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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I know Deputy Boyd Barrett wants to come in but I will ask a few quick questions first. I wish to talk a little about the regional uplift. Because it is possible to watch back past meetings of the committee, I am not spilling any secrets when I say that many members of the committee were favourably disposed to the notion of regional uplift and can see its value. Part of the discussion...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: They are like anchor tenants that draw activity to them.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: There are two key points. I want to give the witnesses a chance to answer.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the representatives very much for their time, attendance and input.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The Deputy may make his point. I will then bring in Deputy Farrell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I wish I could answer the Deputy's political question. I want to discuss the decision-making in the months leading up to Christmas week and the trolley crisis. We are dealing with this issue today and we deal with it every year. In researching for this session, I found articles on the trolley crisis from every year. It is worth saying that. We often make these decisions around age...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that standard or extended GP hours?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Does that include D Doc?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: When did that beefing-up click into place? I do not mean when the discussions took place but when those hours first started.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry to cut across but my time is limited. Does early in the month mean 1 January, 3 January, 6 January or some other date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: They were available but were they being provided? I just want clarity on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Here is my question. I completely accept that this is happening across Europe and that it is a perfect storm but this perfect storm happens every year, although not to the same degree. I had to use the D Doc service on St. Stephen's Day not too many years ago with a child who had bronchiolitis for whom I was really fearful. Christmas week happens every year and we know that it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, nobody is suggesting that GPs are not doing enough. What I am suggesting is that, particularly when it comes to our younger patients and children under the age of 18, the reports I am receiving of people sitting in the accident and emergency department in Temple Street or wherever it might be for up to 12 hours are simply unacceptable. If you have a child who is not drinking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, it related not to trolley numbers but, rather, to rates of influenza. It was not triggered by a particular number of trolleys.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is there a guideline for that trigger or is it just a judgment call by a particular team?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: My final question relates to the performance of CHO 3 in Limerick hospital over recent months and the ongoing fundamental issues in that area. Some members of my family live in Limerick. There is a general feeling in the region that people do not even try to attend the emergency department in Limerick hospital now. Is the HSE undertaking a review of that CHO in the context of what needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I apologise for interrupting, but I am asking about the CHO because we have just established that failures relating to the primary care system and to accessing other services often lead to people presenting at emergency departments. We can include the hospitals in this question. Is the HSE undertaking a fundamental review of services in the region?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: In that case, the HSE is perfectly happy with the operation in that area at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The HSE has not, however, identified that area as needing attention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We have admission avoidance already just by dint of nobody wanting to go.