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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Well done; great answer.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Where are the missing houses?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Public petition No. P00036/22, reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's emergency departments, is from the Mid-West Hospital Campaign group. I will explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses as regards reference witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of witnesses physically present or who give evidence from within the...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: I thank the Minister. Unfortunately, some of the mid-west campaign group are not able to attend but I hope they are watching in. There is one person here, I hear. I thank the Minister and HSE for coming. I will relay some of the messages we have received from the mid-west hospital action group. The group continuously raises the issue of patient dignity and says it does not exist in the...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: While it is successful in places that have more EDs, the mid-west has over 400,000 people being served by just UHL. The other areas the Minister mentioned have EDs closer to the main hospitals than the mid-west has. Those 400,000 people are travelling a distance to get there. Is the problem not that there are not enough EDs within range of Limerick?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: The Minister mentioned the 36-bed block. We have been hearing about this 36-bed block for a long time. When will those beds be open for patients? Have we a timeline for the 16 additional fast-build beds?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Yes.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Committee members have indicated we let Members in from that region. I ask witnesses to keep answers short because there is a big crowd here and the Minister wishes to leave at 3 p.m. We want to let everybody in. I call Deputy Shortall.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: The Deputy has two minutes left.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Will the Minister do it quickly?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Okay, Senator Gavan is next.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: I ask that we let each other finish our statements and answers.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: I ask that the Minister be allowed to answer the question and then Senator Gavan can come back in.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: It needs to be very brief or the Minister will be caught here after 3 p.m.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: No. What we need is the indulgence of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, to stay an extra half hour because if not, we are going to have to start cutting down the time to around five or six minutes each. That way every speaker gets in. Would the Minister indulge us with an extra half hour?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: The action group has been in here before and its members are online. The intention is that once there is a member of the committee there, negotiations with them will take place afterwards, once we hear the evidence of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and the HSE.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: I will ask Deputy Crowe now-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Deputy Shortall wants to come back on something that Deputy Crowe has said.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: I am aware it is Deputy Crowe's time but he should not have made the accusation.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Martin Browne: There is one issue here. We have always asked people to leave party politics outside the door. This committee-----