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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: How long will that last?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is a lot of beds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: How high is the rate of absenteeism in the UL Hospitals Group at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have a very open mind about elective services. We need elective beds. St. John's is in the middle of the city, has a 90-bed Nightingale ward and the hospital has the capacity to possibly increase that number to 150 beds, which would mean 60 additional new beds. The UPMC is an other option. Has the HSE had discussions about the UPMC and St. John's? Is the HSE open to St. John's playing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The HSE's submission is littered with references to reconfiguration. While that was Government policy, it was not Government policy to close three EDs and leave only one. There were 35 ED beds between the hospitals of UHL, Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's and overnight, the number was reduced to 17 ED beds. That was not policy. There were to be 136 co-location beds on the grounds of UHL. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: If the HSE builds a 96-bed block then thereafter, does every new block that is built contain new beds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: So there will be 48 beds but one is still short 87 beds. Will building a second 96-bed block bring the number up to the 642 that is sought?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, every bed after the new 96-bed block is built will be a new bed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Professor Cowan and thank her for all of the work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: What will be the purpose of that site visit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the HSE open to the proposal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: They would not be the first to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is universal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Unfortunately, it has now become the standard across the spectrum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Particularly if people feel they are being ignored, they go to politicians.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (27 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47135/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable housing under the Part V requirement since 3 September 2021 (details supplied). [47267/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will raise the issue of Part V affordable housing. I have raised this previously with the Minister, his Department and his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke. My question is very straightforward. I will put on record that I welcome the 25 affordable houses in Castletroy, which are very beneficial, but on the Part V model, why does the 10% affordable housing requirement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: My point is very simple; I believe every new estate that is being built should have 10% social housing and 10% affordable housing. At present, every new estate being built will have 10% social housing. However, if planning permission is secured to develop land that was purchased between 1 September 2015 and 31 July 2021 before 31 July 2026, which is four years away, there is no requirement...