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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: I will give an example of a situation where I, as a politician, am acting on behalf of someone who has mental health issues, someone who cannot read or write or in one of several other situations of which there is a list. Will this system change in the context of allowing me to get access in this regard? Will the situation improve, deteriorate or be much the same in the context of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: I mentioned the idea of data access and Deputy Hourigan referred to researchers. On the surface, it all sounds very good but I asked about the likes of insurance companies and whether they would be one of the stakeholders. For instance, if there are researchers and the eircode, etc., is known, could there be a negative impact? For instance, in a particular area, such as a deprived area or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: I get the idea of building a system. Witnessed referred to the IHI and stated that number will not be used. Whether we change it to the PPSN, we are building a system that can itself read. It can update itself. It is not impossible for computers to read 20 numbers or whatever else; that is what computers do. Humans are not as good at it. If a system is built, it can be added to and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Yes. I gave an example of insurance companies. If someone lives in a particular area where there are a number of break-ins, his or her insurance premium will increase. In this instance, if someone lives in an area where there are many people with obesity, for example, it follows that insurance companies may point to that and it could be a negative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Perhaps we will end on that positive note. I thank the Department for assisting the committee in its pre-legislative scrutiny of the health information Bill. We will be in touch with the Department shortly about this matter. I propose that the committee suspend and then discuss the matter in private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Grocery prices have soared by 17% over the past year, which is the highest rise ever recorded. This means the average grocery bill could rise by €1,200 a year, just to put food on the table, if the current trend continues. We know this rise in the cost of living shows no sign of slowing down. What we were told was a temporary rise in inflation, a reaction to the war in Ukraine, has...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 8 to 11, inclusive, may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: I think we have drifted into amendments Nos. 4 and 5.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Take it now.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are related and may be discussed together. We have already had discussion on them. Does anyone wish to add anything?

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Does the Minister want to reply?

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Is the amendment agreed to?

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: There is no need to put it to a vote then.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022 and has made amendments thereto. I thank the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, and his officials for attending today's meeting.

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: The meeting has been convened to consider the Committee Stage of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022. Among other matters, the Bill provides for issues relating to the registration of social care workers, the complaints investigation function of the Medical Council and the registration of doctors. I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: They are tidying up the legislation.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: The Minister has already done that. Does he wish to speak about it?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: 202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost-rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project tosaigh in Dublin South-West, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, for each of the years 2016 to 2022, and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, in tabular...