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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: Is there a freedom with that voucher to choose a person in the community?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: It has to go through a recognised provider.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: I will move on. We can come back to Deputy O'Reilly if she has other questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: Is the Senator's phone active?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: It is affecting the sound quality.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: I invite Ms Joan Carthy to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: I will open the meeting to our members. The first contributor is Deputy Stephen Donnelly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: Who would like to take those questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Ms Deane. I now invite Mr. Liam O'Sullivan of the Care Alliance to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan. I call Mr. McLaughlin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. McLaughlin. I now ask Mr. Joseph Musgrave of Home and Community Care to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: The purpose of this morning's meeting is to consider home care services. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Ms Celine Clarke and Ms Audry Deane of Age Action Ireland; Mr. Liam O'Sullivan, Mr. Pat McLoughlin and Ms Joan Carthy representing Care Alliance Ireland; Mr. Joseph Musgrave and Mr. Ed Crotty of Home and Community Care Ireland; and Mr. John Dunne and Ms Clare Duffy from Family...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (11 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: 565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria which limit the proximity of a wind farm to the nearest occupied residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52134/18]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments (6 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: The measures outlined in the winter plan are very good in theory but will be very difficult to implement in practice. They are superimposed on an already congested system which has no spare capacity. Hospital capacity in Ireland runs at approximately 95% to 97%. It is well recognised that a hospital which runs at 85% of capacity or more works very inefficiently, so we are already in a...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments (6 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank the Minister of State for coming in to address this matter, which is very topical. It concerns our accident and emergency departments and the length of our trolley queues, which are growing year on year. Compilation of the numbers started in 2013. Each year they have increased and each month of this year they have increased. It is a year long issue now. The Department of Health...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: Conscientious objection is an important issue and this section of the Bill is vital, as shown by the number of Deputies contributing on the debate. Doctors' individual rights and beliefs are not absolute. They should not trump the legal rights or beliefs of others and certainly should not trump the beliefs of doctors' patients. That also goes for all nurses, midwives and allied health...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Michael Harty: Obviously, this amendment refers to parental consent for girls under the age 16. The reality is that when a young girl like that presents to a GP - it would most likely be a GP in this situation because it is going to be early pregnancy - the GP has a certain number of obligations that are already enshrined in law. First, if a girl under the age of 16 is pregnant, that essentially is...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Michael Harty: Apologies have been received from Deputies Donnelly and Kelly. This meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 38 - Health. In that regard, I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for mental health and older people, Deputy Jim Daly, and his officials. I thank the Minister of State for the briefing material,...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Michael Harty: I thank the Minister of State. Is Deputy O'Reilly ready?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Michael Harty: I will explain one point. We allow a Deputy ten minutes or so to ask questions and get answers. Perhaps speaking over each other is not going to be beneficial. Please give the Minister of State an opportunity to answer, Deputy O'Reilly, and then submit another question.