Results 181-200 of 8,661 for speaker:Seán Crowe
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Crowe: Before that, does Mr. Jennings or Ms Carroll wish to reply?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Kelly. We had this discussion when others came in, around the 2,500 extra staff. Bernard Gloster led us off and he talked about deserving posts. When we had the HSE and the Department in, I asked about this. There was an impression out there first of all that we were hiring willy-nilly, that they were not really important posts. Bernard Gloster talked about deserving posts....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Crowe: I am getting the nod from the clerk. We are over time. I was looking at the clock in front of me but, apparently, he is looking at another clock. We are over time. I am conscious of the broadcasting staff and everyone else. I thank the witnesses for coming in. This has been a useful session. For the couple of weeks we have left, we will try to follow up on some of the issues. On...
- Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)
Seán Crowe: The housing crisis is a major factor in the difficulties we have in providing public services. Young teachers, gardaí, nurses and workers of all persuasions cannot afford to live remotely close to their places of employment. A teacher or nurse in my area might live an hour or hours away. How can we make life in the public service appealing when we make such a basic necessity as a roof...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Seán Crowe: The Tánaiste does not know what contracts are.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Seán Crowe: Change the narrative.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: The meeting has been convened to consider the 2024 Supplementary Estimate for Vote 38 for the Department of Health, amounting to €1.749 billion for current expenditure and €5 million for capital expenditure. I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Colm Burke, who is a former member of the...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: Okay.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: The Minister spoke of subhead J1. Maybe it is the language he is using but it is not very clear. I am conscious people are probably listening at home as well. Maybe other members understand it. The Minister stated: While there are deficits across a range of core services, most of the supplementary ask, €1.544 billion, relates to acute hospitals. These deficits in core services...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: It is a bit unclear but I will the discussion open up to members. I think Deputy Durkan is leading us off.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: I have a couple questions. I will walk through the Minister’s opening statement. He mentioned an additional €5 million for capital expenditure. Can he give us a flavour of what is involved?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: Yes, he mentioned that later on. He also raised some of the key drivers of the supplementary budget. The Minister said that 60% of the Supplementary Estimate is required for pay costs, excluding pension costs. He mentioned “staffing roles that had previously been provided from temporary Covid funds along with funding for staff hired in excess of funded levels of recruitment”....
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: I am trying to get at the nub of why. The Minister also mentioned “higher agency, overtime and staff allowances due to increased level of demand, especially in acute settings”. He is saying that the people who came in from the Covid funds who were working in the system are needed in the health system.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: The impression at one stage was that people were being hired willy-nilly and there was no real need for those staff. The Minister is saying that the Covid staff are needed. There was a recruitment embargo and we all get that you cannot just hire staff. However, I do not think that anyone is saying that these staff are not needed within the health system. Are there any staff that the...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: We need to be much more focused on who we hire. Is that what the Minister is saying?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: Again, staff are needed. We had witnesses in the committee. We heard about the radiologists. We have machines sitting there, lying idle, that would be able to be used. That is just one example, but we have been given other examples over the years related to staff. People are waiting on waiting lists. Last night disability was talked about, for instance. Some 4,000 children are waiting...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: Yes.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Seán Crowe: Deputy Gino Kenny is looking to come in online.