Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail)
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I have received notice from Senator Mark Daly that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health to clarify the new national structures in the HSE service plan in relation to organ donation and transplantation, and the way in which 20 new staff, who were employed following the debate during the recall of the Seanad in 2013 on the implementation of an EU directive on organ donation, are being utilised.

I have also received notice from Senator Mark MacSharry of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health to outline (1) what, if any, procedures are followed to prevent a consultant physician from practising unsupervised as a senior consultant in obstetrics or any other discipline when they have previously been at the centre of settled medical negligence allegations; (2) the reason a senior consultant in charge of a case, which resulted in the death of a person in Sligo, was permitted to practise unsupervised when he had been at the centre of previously settled medical negligence allegations in Limerick; (3) what the Government is doing to prevent a repeat of such an occurrence; and (4) the initiatives the Government is taking to ensure that more qualified consultant obstetricians and consultants of all medical disciplines are available in the health service and that more senior Irish doctors and consultants are encouraged and attracted to practise in Ireland rather than overseas.

I have also received notice from Senator Rónán Mullen of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health to specify the value of any contracts for the provision of information technology services awarded by the West Northwest Hospital Group, later known as Saolta University Health Care Group, to a company (details supplied); to inform the House whether all such contracts were in compliance with all relevant HSE tendering procedures; to indicate whether or not there was any commercial connection between any member of senior management of those hospitals and the company in question; and whether all appropriate steps were taken in that event.

I have also received notice from Senator Lorraine Higgins of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to state if he will introduce a road improvement scheme or fund for various private roads in order to improve road safety in Ireland.

I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion and they will be taken at the conclusion of business.