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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: I thank Mr. Morton. Going back to the concerns about recruitment issues, Deputy Cullinane mentioned the recruitment campaign and the information we received. The report we have received under freedom of information, which is based on figures obtained over the seven years up to 1 November, show that there were 538 applications for posts of qualified paramedics. Some 405 of those applicants...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: Has it been decided that the multiple choice element will be changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: That is welcome. From what I was reading, there was a concern that the NAS was ignoring UL and concentrating on its own campaigns. The integration of the university's standards is welcome. UL has stated that since 2016, when its programme was established, many of its graduates have had to go to the UK and not one UK ambulance trust has required its students to undertake the type of exams...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: The pandemic special recognition payment was agreed by Cabinet in January 2022 in recognition of the front-line workers across our State who did such valiant work during Covid. The Finance Act ensured that the €1,000 payment was tax-free. There was also a recognition of a special bank holiday on 18 March last year. For a long number of months, there have been concerns that people...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: I express my sympathies to the families of John Keenan Sammon, Wojciech Panek and Christy Stokes who died tragically at the weekend in Galway when their car entered the water in the River Corrib at Menlo Pier. My thoughts are with their families and friends at this difficult time. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha dílse. Yesterday the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, dismissed the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: I thank Mr. Watt and the team for attending. It has to be acknowledged we have a much fairer system of health and nursing home care than in the past. The dialogue needs to move towards more in-home care than nursing homes, but there are situations, no matter how good a family is, where there is a need for nursing home care. The Attorney General’s briefing published a couple of weeks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: Regarding the money paid out, I know a number of law firms took cases. Were they people or the descendants of people with the means to take such cases? Many people, perhaps, did not have the means and were, therefore, most likely not to have got recompense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: It is a fair assumption that those who have the means get justice very often and those who do not, do not. The Minister has to come back within three months, I think, with where they are going. I take it from Mr. Watt's commentary in the opening statement and what I have heard that he will not suggest to the Minister that he provide a package of funding to recompense private cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: Is it highly unlikely that Mr. Watt would be supportive of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: At this stage, Mr. Watt does not see himself proposing to the Minister that there be any reopening of those cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: Getting back to the point, the Department settled a number of cases where the individuals had the means to take those cases but, at the same time, Mr. Watt still does not think it is appropriate to look at all the other cases where individuals may not have had the means?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: We have seen commentary about people who have had to sell their parents' homes to fund nursing home care. How does Mr. Watt feel about those cases on a human level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: It does not solve the retrospective cases and the issues people faced at the time, including having to sell a home to fund care. That is the point I am making. In the 2005 Supreme Court decision on the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004, it held that the retrospective provisions of the Bills were nullified, which nullified the rights of persons with full eligibility to recover moneys for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: The Supreme Court stated that the attempt by the Government to rectify that via the Act in 2004 was unconstitutional.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: Mr. Watt mentioned the fair deal. On the future and moving towards more home care, home living and caring for persons and loved ones in the home, where does he see the Department moving towards? Both private and public nursing homes cannot get staff. That may change in the future with the ups and down of the economy and employment. Where is the Department moving and what vision does Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: A number of years ago, the issue seemed to be funding to get the hours. Now, it seems to be getting the staff to fulfil those hours. From talking to loved ones who are lucky enough to have hours and staff, staff are arriving in certain cases at 11.30 a.m. for the first call, which is too late for the personal care required by older people. A huge focus is needed on ensuring, however it is...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Seirbhísí Fuíolluisce Poiblí sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as a bheith linn tráthnóna agus cuirim fáilte rompu. Is í seo an fhadhb atá ag áiteanna eile sa Ghaeltacht agus, mar gheall air sin, an fhadhb atá ag an nGaeilge. Sna háiteanna ina bhfuil an teanga is láidre, tá cuid de na scoileanna i mbaol. Is fadhb mhór í sin. Luadh go bhfuil 51...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Seirbhísí Fuíolluisce Poiblí sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: Tháinig na muintireacha sin ina dhiaidh sin.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Seirbhísí Fuíolluisce Poiblí sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: An bhfuil siad ag déanamh go maith?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Seirbhísí Fuíolluisce Poiblí sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: Is iontach é sin. Luaigh Máirín Ní Choisdealbha-Seoige an scéim Croí Cónaithe. D'athraigh muid coinníollacha na scéime sin chun go mbeadh sí feiliúnach do scéimeanna faoin tuath. Is rud tábhachtach é sin agus is deas é a chloisteáil go bhfuil sé ag feidhmiú go maith. Tá fadhbanna in...