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

Seán Crowe: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government intends to reopen applications for the caravan loan scheme; the funding that will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/23]

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I am old enough to remember the worst days of the conflict. I knew people who were killed, maimed and imprisoned, with communities and futures destroyed. Individuals or members of a Government or political party who threaten, by their actions or inaction, to bring us back to those days need their heads examined. I was secretary of the Sinn Féin delegation to the Forum for Peace and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Before we consider the main item on today's agenda, the minutes of the committee meeting on 18 April 2023 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Minister, I am conscious that it is not on the agenda, but there has been a lot of speculation in the media regarding this committee and its role on that. He might address that in his remarks, if he has a view of what he would like this committee to look at regarding that legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of today's meeting is for the committee to meet the Minister for Health to consider and discuss the ongoing acute challenge facing public hospitals, in particular pressure on emergency departments, shortage of bed capacity and the consequent overcrowding. To commence the meeting's consideration of this matter, I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I let Deputy Cullinane go on. A number of members are absent today so there is some leeway. It is okay to bring in the officials? I think it is important that we get as much information as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I apologise to Deputy Shortall for the delay, but I think that was useful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I have to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: To intervene, this matter has been raised a number of times. We received a reply from management at the hospital. It exited the hospital to allow it to be used for other facilities. Management has also denied the allegation that it is never there. It is on record as saying that is not true and that they are present at various times during the day. Therefore, it has been raised and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: The committee has written to the company in relation to the pandemic stuff if the Minister wants to wait for that reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I have a couple of comments myself. At the start of the meeting we heard that there were 592 people on trolley beds yesterday with an average of 560 a day. There are huge challenges there. It was asked why people turn up at emergency departments. The reason people turn up is that they are not well and are looking for medical assistance. In a lot of cases the first port of call is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: What about national rehabilitation beds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: That issue was addressed earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Senator Conway is moving away from the subject we are discussing this morning. As he knows, we have written to the Minister for an update on the issue to which he referred. The Minister may reply if he wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: The next speaker is Deputy Gould. We are running out of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Committee Stage of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: The Minister has a permanent seat there.