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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: We will now go into public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.We are holding two sessions this morning. In the first session we will hear from representatives from the Irish Farmers Association and officials from the Department of Health as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the nursing homes support scheme (amendment) Bill 2019. It is proposing amending...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Redmond. I now call Mr. Healy to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: I will open up the discussion to our members. The first three members offering are Deputies Kelly, Durkan and Murphy O'Mahony.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: When the committee completes its deliberations this morning, it will produce a report as rapidly as possible to assist the Department in drafting the Bill, and I hope it will be done before the end of the year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Redmond and call Deputy Danny Healy-Rae.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: We will give the witnesses an opportunity to respond to those points.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: We will get an answer to that question. We need to conclude soon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: I am sorry, we have given the Deputy 20 minutes already.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: Before I call Senator Mullen, on what Deputy Naughten said that the land or the asset could be assessed three times, is it possible that one chooses the higher assessment figure and disregards the other two? Alternatively, does one allow the income in the other two to be offset against the higher assessment figure, say, of 7.5%? That would mean that the rental income would be offset against...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: On the proposed statutory homecare scheme that will be introduced in the near future, will the same assessment criteria be applied to it as are applied to the nursing home scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Healy. That concludes our hearing. I thank Mr. Redmond, Mr. Duff and Ms Simon from the Department of Health and Mr. Healy, Ms Farrell, Ms O'Sullivan and Mr. Stapleton from the Irish Farmers Association for giving evidence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: We will produce a report as soon as possible to assist in the drafting of the legislation. I again thank the delegates for coming.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: We will resume our review of workforce planning in the health sector. I welcome from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha, general secretary, Ms Eilish Fitzgerald, second vice president, Ms Niamh Adams, president, and I have left one person out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: My apologies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: I wish to draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. If they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: I have a number of questions. Sláintecare makes a proposal which is accepted for a regionalisation of the HSE into six regions based on hospital groups. Will that make recruitment and retention easier? Will it reduce the number of steps required to recruit somebody in the organisations? On limiting recruitment, a moratorium or a pause, does the INMO believe the Department of Health...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: Obviously, the shortage of nurses is feeding into the lack of supply of theatre services. Are theatres closed because hospitals cannot recruit sufficient numbers of theatre nurses? It feeds down through the system, with a backlog of surgical cases backing down into emergency departments. What is happening in emergency departments is just a symptom of what is happening in the health...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: With regard to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: What is the position with regard to nurses being supported in their work and professional career?