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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: That is very kind of Mr. O'Connor to say. I can see there is real engagement by Mr. O'Connor's team and that is very welcome. Of course we have to get it right constitutionally in order to progress it. I can see from everything that Mr. O'Connor has said today that there is good engagement in that work. We are just anxious to see timelines.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is good to be here this morning. I welcome our guests. The last time I attended this committee, which was over MS Teams, I was quite taken aback by the lack of answers I got on where the Bill was at. I want to put that in the context that the Minister had promised that a Bill would be introduced by March last year. It is very clear from the opening statement and the work of this...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank Ms Mullins. What she has said is powerful. It is important to emphasise that this was a public hospital. This belonged to the local community yet it has been closed without any reference or consultation whatever with the people in the community. They have all stood up together and have collected 11,000 signatures, yet to date they have been ignored. That is why I commend the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: That is all that the group got.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: Sorry, was that given as one of the key reasons as to why this hospital should close?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: In that case, it must have qualified what size it should have been.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: It was 11 months.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: Oh my God. One final thought. I cannot help but remember the closure of Barringtons many years ago in Limerick. I am sure Deputy O'Donoghue will remember that too. There was a huge campaign at the time. For a couple of decades the same building has been used very successfully for a private hospital. I apologise as I have to go to another meeting but I commend all the people on coming...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank our guests for coming in and thank members for allowing me to pop in to find out some more information about this issue. Before I put some questions to Ms Mullins and Mr. Torpey, I will make a general comment. When a community loses a hospital like this without any consultation whatsoever and then goes to the trouble of achieving the impressive feat of collecting 11,000 signatures,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Cathaoirleach in the Chair. I was away last week. I commend him for what he said a few moments ago on the tragedy of Ann Lovett's life. Quite rightly he cited the song by Christy Moore about the middle of the island. I have to say that even now the lyrics are absolutely powerful. I lived just a few miles away from Ann Lovett. The key line is "Everybody knew, nobody...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: On the issue of the 24 children who have been refused a school place in Limerick, the stark fact is that on Thursday they are going to receive a letter telling them their application has been refused and they have no place in a secondary school in Limerick. A related factor that has been unacceptable for years, which my colleague, Deputy Quinlivan, has raised several times, is the tendency...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: Get used to it.

Seanad: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: The Minister of State is very welcome, as always. It is important that we are having this debate today. The report of the Mental Health Commission is another indictment of the state of medical services. It outlines familiar failings such as a lack of staffing and capacity. The author outlined five areas of particular concern, namely, shortage and high turnover of staff, a lack of capacity...

Seanad: UL Hospitals Group: Motion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: There are 78 people on trolleys at UHL this morning. So the number is running at more than twice the level of the next nearest hospital and three or four times the level of most other hospitals. The Minister will know that 12 years ago Enda Kenny declared, "I'll end the [scourge] of patients on hospital trolleys". That promise was posted all across the country. It was a key electoral...

Seanad: UL Hospitals Group: Motion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: I did not interrupt the Senator.

Seanad: UL Hospitals Group: Motion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: I do not think that it is funny-----

Seanad: UL Hospitals Group: Motion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: -----when I am referring to people who died. Hundreds of deaths have happened across Limerick and the mid-west and the Senator wants to crack a joke. Seriously?

Seanad: UL Hospitals Group: Motion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is not good enough.

Seanad: UL Hospitals Group: Motion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is gas because there will be enough of the Senators to speak afterwards if they want to make statements.

Seanad: UL Hospitals Group: Motion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: I will not withdraw it.