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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I am not sure if the Deputy has ever heard me speak on this before because if he had, he would not make some of the statements that he has made. I have always said that throwing money at it is not a solution. It is interesting to hear that from Fianna Fáil because it has always looked for more money in this area and everything else relating to health. I do not agree that additional...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: We will move on if the Deputy does not want to listen.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I would be delighted to answer the Deputy's questions if he is prepared to listen. I was about to inform the Deputy, while I did not realise he was so sensitive to politics, that I have built a lower level of infrastructure across the country over the past 12 months. We have recruited 114 assistant psychologists, 20 psychologists and ten advanced nurse practitioners for young people across...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: Obviously, the design has been agreed and planning permission has been secured. The Deputy is now suggesting that we go back and look at the design again. While I cannot say for sure, I think that is unlikely to happen. The points being made by the Deputy will be addressed in the PwC report and it is best to wait for the publication of same. PwC, which has professional expertise in this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I am not sure how familiar the Deputy is with the history of this project and the effort, time and expense-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I am not talking about the current position but, rather, the history of the project. I am not sure if Deputy Donnelly knows how long it has been on the go and how long it took to secure planning permission. However, he knows enough about the system to know that if one changes a design, it has planning permission implications. If the Deputy is suggesting that we go back to the drawing board...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: Of course, as part of the PwC review, it will be considered. If a recommendation to that effect is made, the Government will consider it. It is not as simple as saying that we will not change the design. Nobody is saying that but there are implications to doing so.. We would have to go back through the planning process again, which took years to complete. This project was before An Bord...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act specifies the criteria for decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. The Minister for Health has no role or powers in respect of such matters. Following detailed consideration of an application for the reimbursement of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The Deputy may well have a fair point. We are operating under the terms of the 2013 Act, passed by this House, which give the Minister no role or function in the negotiating process. In some other European countries, as I understand it, the relevant Minister is the decision maker. Perhaps Deputy Curran feels that system is more appropriate but that is a matter for this House to decide. We...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: As the Deputy is aware, a branch of the Psychiatric Nurses Association, PNA, called the National Ambulance Service Representative Association, NASRA, has been engaged in industrial action. The PNA states that its industrial action is in connection with two substantive issues. The first is the automated deduction of union subscriptions. The second is the refusal by the HSE to engage in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The reference to industrial relations policy is that there has been a longstanding objective not to have over-fragmentation of representation for workers because that does not lead to coherent representation. It is accepted across the board that it is not helpful to have disparate, fragmented groups representing one sector. Ambulance personnel have three unions that are recognised to choose...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I have already explained the Minister's absence. I cannot keep repeating myself.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I do not think he went abroad to avoid answering this question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: We either accept or not that it is good industrial relations policy to limit the number of unions-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: It is just a point of debate. I am just putting it out there. If there were 12 different unions representing one sector, it would be very difficult for the employer. That is a fact of life. We are making many demands of the HSE to do more, to do better and to improve and we have to accept that common sense and logic must prevail. If we allow 12 individual unions to represent one sector-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: Twelve is an arbitrary number. My point is that we should accept that over-fragmentation of the representative bodies is either helpful or unhelpful.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I believe it is unhelpful. I do not want to prescribe a number but workers in this sector already have three different unions to choose from. The Deputy says the workers are being denied their right to choose a union but they have three unions already to represent their rights.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: This is a debate about whether there should be a fourth union, whether we should continue indefinitely or whether the HSE as an employer should.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has confirmed that significant value engineering analysis has been carried out on the project, at each of the stages, namely, pre-tender, pre-contract award and post contract award. At an early stage in the process, the development board determined that the traditional method of procurement was not suitable or realistic for a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Consultant Contracts (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I confirmed in my reply that the Minister, Deputy Harris, met the representatives of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association last week. It has been accepted that there is a disparity in new-entrant pay for consultants and the Government would like to see it addressed. It has been acknowledged by the Public Service Pay Commission that the disparity is contributing to recruitment issues in...