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Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Shall I continue?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Shall I continue?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: The Chairman asked when the last time the flood plain that is alleged to exist actually flooded in the area where St. Brigid's is located. Nobody seems to know anything about a flood so could Mr. Ruane tell me the last time it flooded?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: That is fine. We do not need to go further into it. Mr. Ruane has no evidence of a flood there.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: That is fine.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: That is fine. We could apply that to anywhere in the country. It never flooded before but it might flood. Ms Walsh is director of nursing so she would be the ideal person to deal with infection control. We are talking about shutting down St. Brigid's because of infection control issues among other issues. All the witnesses exaggerated the number of beds. They are four-bed wards, not...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that as director of nursing, Ms Walsh would be very good at making sure everything was right in her area of expertise. How many cases of cross-infection were reported to the HSE during the five years prior to closure? Infection control seems to be one of the major reasons why we are closing down these wards so how many people suffered cross-infection?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Could Ms Killeen White get that figure for the committee?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: For example, how many reported incidents were there of people catching MRSA or clostridium difficile or similarly highly infectious diseases? How many of the nursing staff complained about cross-infection within the unit? We heard a presentation from the community. Whoever made this decision, and I am not blaming or pointing fingers at anybody, made the decision to close down a community...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: In fairness, in respect of repurposing the building to provide community care where once members of the same community could go with their loved ones to allow them to die in the comfort and warmth of their own families, you can do all the repurposing under the sun. These things drive me insane. You can something that is working that people use and all of a sudden, it is gone and we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: There have been a number of changes to public service schemes over the years. I think the first major change came in 1995-1996. In April 1996 they moved to a co-ordinated pension. Then we had another revision and I think in 2013 the final revision came, which meant pensions are now based over your life. That means if you want a reasonable pension, you need to be Secretary General of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Is it something the Dr. Roantree would consider having a look at? I ask because we are beginning to see the impact now, especially in the area of accelerated pensions. By and large, the idea for most people in that area is to get in, get trained and get out, and to do it all as quickly as they possibly can because the pension simply is not there. It is particularly the case if a person is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Okay, I will leave it at that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: First, I wish to express my condolences to the family of Acting Sergeant Major Declan "Doc" O'Connell from the Curragh. Sadly, he is the second from the Cadet School in recent times to lose his life. They are going through tough times down there. Last week, I spoke about the helicopter that was forced to land in Derry as a result of an emergency declared by the pilot. I got a reply from...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: We might put one in Castlebar

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: And no ball.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Thank you. All is forgiven. On 15 July 2021, the report of the independent review group into the siege of Jadotville was brought to the Seanad. The Minister at the time was quite taken aback by the response he got to that report. To say it was welcomed coolly would be to understate the situation. It was rejected by this House and by most who spoke. The Minister in his summing up stated,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I beg the indulgence of the Chair. There is a rumour out there that the judicial review that Leo Quinlan and I took into the independent review group was struck out by the courts. We agreed to strike out the case because the Department of Defence gave us what we looked for except for the fact the independent review could not be adjudicated on by the courts because it is not a statutory...

Seanad: Teacher Supply and School Places: Statements (15 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank Senator Keogan for sharing her time. As the Minister of State knows, when I was first elected to the Seanad, he and I stood in this House side by side. I congratulate him on his appointment; it is the first time I have met him in his official capacity. We destroyed education when we changed the contract for teachers at secondary and further education levels by substituting hours...

Seanad: Teacher Supply and School Places: Statements (15 Feb 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: It is not the education-----