Results 121-140 of 1,100,686 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Brendan Griffin OR speaker:Verona Murphy OR speaker:Michael Collins OR speaker:Noel Grealish OR speaker:Thomas Byrne OR speaker:Ivana Bacik OR speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton OR speaker:Alan Farrell OR speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Seán Haughey OR speaker:Sorca Clarke OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Patrick Costello OR speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire OR speaker:Paschal Donohoe OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Frank Feighan OR speaker:Maurice Quinlivan OR speaker:Roderic O'Gorman OR speaker:Richard O'Donoghue OR speaker:Claire Kerrane OR speaker:Peter Burke OR speaker:James Lawless) in 'Committee meetings'
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Good afternoon to him and to committee members. I thank them all for the invitation to speak on the critical issues relating to the delivery of safe, timely and effective care for the people of the mid west. I would like to start today by stating clearly that additional capacity is needed in the mid-west to provide people with timely access to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I might respond to the Deputy when he comes back, if that is of use.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Who is the chief executive of the hospital?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Ian Carter has taken up the role. His role is wider than just the chief executive of UHL-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----but who the Deputy and I would understand as the day-to-day new chief executive is Ian Carter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: He is not here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: He is not here because he has just landed on the ground in UHL and he is implementing a lot of the reforms we have just talked about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: She is not here. If the committee wants another meeting with the clinical director and the new chief executive-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Can I respond quickly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is a fair challenge. If we want to do another session at an appropriate time, we can do that. I asked the regional executive officer to be here. The invitation was to me. Had the invitation come to the clinical director, of course we could have done that. It is a fair challenge. However, the invite was not just to discuss UHL; it was to discuss the region. The person best suited to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: There is clearly a case to be made for a second emergency department. It is why I have asked HIQA to conduct a review specifically looking at that question. The straight answer is that there is clearly an argument to be made. However, there is nuance to it which HIQA needs to look at. If we look at the amount of additional bed capacity we are adding that is already in and that is now in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I do. If the Deputy gives me a moment I can pull it up for him but it sounds like he has it in front of him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. I appreciate he is being careful but we have to be very careful about what we say here. There is a significant disciplinary process under way that is a matter of public record, against the person the Deputy has discussed. These are highly legalistic processes, therefore we have to be very careful not to prejudice anything that would come out of that. It would not be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I will just finish this sentence, if that is okay. The hospital group managers nationally and the CHO managers nationally are being redeployed to other roles.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I believe that a redeployment of the senior management within the move to the six regions is a reasonable thing to do. There was public competition, quite rightly, for the six regional executive officer, REO, posts. Regarding the mid-west, I want us to be really careful here. As of this moment, no findings have been made against anyone in UHL in regard to the tragic death of Aoife so I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Thanks very much. I presume the Deputy meant to say avoidable. He said unavoidable-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Let me answer this question carefully. If the Cathaoirleach wants to stop the clock for Deputy Crowe, he should feel free to do so because this is a matter for all of us. I will try to make a few points on this. I have met Carol and James. It was heartbreaking. Aoife was 16. My oldest kid got his junior certificate results yesterday. He is 15. I cannot begin to imagine what they have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Thanks Chair and Deputy. If we were to launch a statutory inquiry, one of the questions we would have to be able to answer is whether the legal teams of those currently under investigation by their employer will say that those investigations have to stop. They could say that they have to be paused and they could be paused for two, four, eight or ten years. I hear the family with all of my...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank Deputy Crowe. I will answer his first question first. I know he is not seeking to criticise Ian Carter.