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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that no one should be going hungry but those who are living in a hotel room with their family and have access only to a kettle are reliant on processed food, takeaway food and so on. I am conscious of the proportion of Irish people who are stuck in that situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I would like to think we have started a conversation. I know members would like to come in again, and I would also like to ask more questions. It is something we can maybe return to in the future, but this has been a useful engagement. I thank the representatives of the Health Promotion Alliance Ireland and Dr. Norah Campbell for their engagement with the committee.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: No one would argue that the current situation and the institutional culture in RTÉ are healthy, acceptable or sustainable. The deficit in TV licence revenue last year indicates that some 120,000 people have chosen not to renew their licence. I cannot blame them. Financial scandals at RTÉ rocked people's trust and confidence in the national broadcaster and the television licence...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants on a waiting list for a driving test by test centre, in tabular form. [6189/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student requiring hearing aids would have to wait three months for software to be purchased for use with a system (details supplied); his views on whether a process taking three months in an academic year presents an unacceptable barrier to education for students with hearing difficulties; the changes she plans to make to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Deputies Cullinane and Shortall. Before we get to the main item on today's agenda, are the minutes of the committee meetings on 17 and 23 January 2024, which have been circulated to members for consideration, agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of today's meeting is to engage with representatives from the Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Family Carers Ireland on the health needs of persons with dementia and the services available to them. I am pleased to welcome from the Alzheimer Society of Ireland Mr. Andy Heffernan, chief executive officer, Ms Clodagh Whelan, advocacy manager, and Dr. Laura O'Philbin, research and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Heffernan. I invite Mr. Dunne to make opening remarks on behalf of Family Carers Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Dunne very much. I am going to open up the discussion to members. I think someone's mobile phone is ringing on silent, so I ask that it would be turned off as it impacts on the broadcasting system. We will go straight into questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Whelan. Again, if there is time, we might get a second round of questions in. I want to invite Deputy Pauline Tully, who is substituting for Deputy David Cullinane. She is very welcome to the committee this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: We have to move on. Deputy Hourigan is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Reference has been made to the different approaches of the CHOs and concerns about regional health authorities in that regard. Please come back to us about this matter as the organisations present probably do not have time now. As a committee, we engage all of the time about these issues, particularly the roll-out of the RHAs. If our guests have particular concerns about this area of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Yes, if we have time. I am going to give a comfort break in about a half an hour. That will take ten minutes off. I will move on to Senator Frances Black next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Senator Hoey, who is online, is next. Please confirm that you are in Leinster House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I will suspend for a five-minute break if that is sufficient for everyone. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I call Deputy Lahart.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: That is a really important point. I am conscious that there is a campaign on dementia led by the HSE and I understand that the Alzheimer's Society of Ireland is also involved. We are hearing those messages on the radio and reading about it in newspapers. It is important to stress that there are different types of dementia. It does not recognise class, creed, colour or financial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: They also mentioned that one in three of people with dementia did not have it diagnosed. It goes to show the scale of the challenge facing us. I presume the figures here would be similar. We do not really know because we do not have a register. That is something that the committee could follow up on. Based on the figures quoted in 2017, we were talking about 11 people every day being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses mentioned the role of alcohol in relation to dementia. I have a friend who discovered wine late in life. For some reason, he was drinking pints for most of his life but he discovered wine late in life. It was the strength of the wine that was the issue. He was told that if he did not cut back on it, the early stages of dementia would get worse and worse. There are all sorts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I was a little surprised when we asked about respite to hear that people still preferred respite at home. You would imagine, particularly for carers, that it would be life-changing and transforming for them to get a week off, but they do not want to leave.