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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: I thank the Deputy very much.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Deputy Durkan, with respect, that is a question for the HSE.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: We have a couple of seconds left. One of the Senators wants to ask a question about the centre in Cork.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Can Dr. O'Sullivan take another question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: I am conscious we are eating into her time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: If Dr. O'Sullivan is sure, I will call Deputy Shortall.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Before Dr. O'Sullivan goes, for the benefit of people who are unaware of the issues around the mesh itself, will she explain the difficulties in removing it? The skin grows through the mesh, which makes it difficult to remove.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: The Deputy can ask the rest of the panel now. I am sorry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: The HSE panel is here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: We can discuss that in private session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Where a person needs more than one operation, maybe a follow-up is needed for reconstruction, it was not covered under the scheme which was one of the points that were made to us this morning. Is that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Is it not the case that removal necessitates construction but, again, depending on the individual case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Deputy Gino Kenny is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Can Deputy Gino Kenny accept that we will get that full report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Today we got a sense of the scale of the challenge, yet the figures on those who go to Cork and Dublin do not seem to reflect that. Women out there are suffering. In one of the opening statements we were told there were advertisements and so on and that 70 women came forward. I am surprised that more women are not coming forward. I do not know if that is down to a lack of confidence in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Women referred to difficulties with transport to clinics. The Cork clinic serves all of Munster. We also need to examine other issues, such as the length of time people are in a clinic. I am conscious that people may not be able to sit for a long period. There are other services and a bigger picture. Treatment does not just involve sitting down and seeing a clinician. Other supports...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: I am conscious that there is a pause. That was referenced in some of the questions people asked. Mr. Kidd spoke about Germany and how this stuff went ahead in some other jurisdictions. It may work for some but we are walking a delicate line.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: I am getting the nod that we have gone over time. I really appreciate the witnesses coming in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Yes.