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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I again thank Mr. Tierney for the invitation to visit the hospital. On behalf of all members, we found it interesting. We got a sense of the scale of the operation that is going on there and particularly of the potential of the actual site itself. I thank them for that. Before bringing in the members, one of the big questions in the minds of many people who are watching this morning will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: When can we expect to see patients in beds? Will it be on a phased basis? Will they wait until the hospital is completely finished or will they be moving in in phases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: One area we probably have not touched on that I should have mentioned at the start of the meeting is the local residents. There has been huge patience and co-operation and the meeting should not go by without the officials addressing that and how it is going. Consider the impact having a huge building site on your doorstep would have in the form of noise levels and everything else. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: In a post-pandemic context, we all realise the importance of ICU beds. It is good to know we have this type of flexibility, because who knows what we may be facing in future? Another small aspect in the overall context, but a major one for the patients going into the facility, is that I am conscious it is an all-Ireland facility. In this context, accommodation for nurses was mentioned....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: One of the positive developments is the development of an electronic patient indicator. Since we have some time, I ask one of the witnesses to expand on this initiative and how it is going to operate. Do we need to follow up with legislation in this regard? How is this system going to develop? I refer again to the idea of moving away from a paper-based system and this meaning it would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Tierney. I call Deputy Cullinane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Members of the Law Library we will not be out of pocket. Deputy Shortall is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is an important point and it is important that we are learning from the process, particularly around cost, but in other matters as well. That is a positive message to hear. Before I move on to Deputy Gino Kenny I want to go back to the issue of Tallaght University Hospital and Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and those claims that were resolved in the High Court. Were the claims...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: It was not Covid-related.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Conciliation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am sorry for delaying Deputy Gino Kenny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I do not know whether I agree with my colleague about being over the hill but we are over the meeting. I thank the representatives from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, the Department of Health and the HSE for their assistance to the committee on this important matter. This has been a good engagement. For people listening at home, many questions have been answered....

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Mac Lochlainn stated that these blocks are still being made. That is extraordinary. We know it is still going on. We know that defective buildings are probably still being built. Deputies have given examples of that in their constituencies. The Government announced an anaemic scheme of compensation but it never once tried to go after those who caused the problem. Once again, it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: The Taoiseach's party wants to do away with history.

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: We know that health and housing have been the dominant issues in the past two Dáileanna and I would argue they have been the dominant issues over all of the Dáileanna when I have been a Deputy. I would also argue that budget 2023 fails to deal with either of them and just tinkers around the edges. The big solution for renters in this week's budget is a €500 annual tax...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: Before we get to the main item on today's agenda, the minutes of the meetings on 20 and 21 September 2022 have been circulated to members for their consideration. Are they agreed to? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: Before we get to the main item on today's agenda, minutes of the committee meetings on 20 and 21 September 2022 have been circulated to members for their consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the implementation of Sláintecare, with a focus on workforce planning. To enable to the committee to consider this matter, I am pleased to welcome Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: I call Mr. Paul Reid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: On Mr. Reid's final point, he referred to 123,000 workers in the HSE and section 38 organisations who received the pandemic recognition payment. Will he give the committee an update on other workers, particularly members of the Dublin Fire Brigade and ambulance drivers, who have yet to receive the payment? What is causing the delay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: Does Ms Hoey have a sense of when people will be paid?