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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: The scoliosis issue, for instance, is not a financial problem. The waiting lists are not due to a lack of finance.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: On that point, regarding the challenge for many people who are seriously ill, I will give the Minister an example. One person with long Covid-19 is on oxygen 24 hours a day. His medical card is running out. He has been asked to get bank statements and information in respect of his income. He needs to get a letter from his doctor and this means trying to visit his doctor. It is also...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I apologise to the Minister and his officials because I know we are drifting off the Estimates.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the following Further Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2023: Vote 38 - Health.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and his officials for attending our meeting this morning. It was very useful. I apologise if we drifted off the main issues but I believe the issues were relevant to the Estimate.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Do we have a rough overall figure at this stage? Are we talking about thousands or tens of thousands of people?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: It is on money spent. When Mr. Gloster and Mr. Watt were before the committee the general consensus was that additional beds are needed. The political will is there, including on the part of the Minister, to try to speed up this process. We all expressed a general frustration with the slow pace of the process. The Minister mentioned planning and so on but we all know of projects where...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has an indicative date for the implementation of section 6 of the of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, specifically the recording of a father’s name on a birth certificate. [15689/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: The minutes of the committee meetings on 21 and 22 March 2023 have been circulated for members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of today's meeting is a discussion with representatives of the Department of Health and the HSE on the implementation of Sláintecare reforms. To commence the committee's consideration of the matter, I am pleased to welcome Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General; Mr. Derek Tierney, assistant secretary; Ms Rachel Kenna, chief nursing officer; and Ms Sarah Treleaven, principal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Watt. I invite Mr. Gloster to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Gloster. On behalf of the committee, I wish to be associated with his remarks about Mr. Stephen Mulvany. I thank everyone for co-operating with and supporting the work of this committee. The first speaker for Fine Gael is Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: Does Mr. Gloster wish to add to any of those comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: On the RHAs, will you-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Colm Burke is going into detail on a specific case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: I know the Deputy has raised the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: Just yesterday I was listening to a representative of An Garda Síochána talking about the people who were leaving the Garda. They were starting to do surveys of members who were leaving. It would make sense for that to be in practice in the future so the HSE can get a better picture. We all have anecdotal evidence as to why people are leaving but that would be a really useful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank the witnesses. Other members are looking to come in, but I wish to welcome the progress that has been made regarding Sláintecare. I have gone through many of the big-ticket items relating to it. I welcome the fact that the RHAs will progress early next year. It is all positive news, but I share the concern that it is a ten-year implementation plan and that we are already six...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: We have seen during Covid the new applications that have come through. As I said, we should promote those people who were innovators and who came up with those models during the pandemic. We tend to go outside all the time, but if the talent is in house it should be nurtured, encouraged and moved forward. It would be good if we could come back to that at some stage. There are...