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Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: The Minister of State is welcome to the House. This is probably one of the most important yet technical pieces of legislation that is generally rubber-stamped but is hugely important nonetheless. All facets and aspects of the State are covered under the 45 headings or Votes as laid out, ending with one of the newer Departments, namely, the Department of Further and Higher Education,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: On behalf of the Fine Gael group, I join everyone else in offering condolences to the family and loved ones of Private Seán Rooney from Newtowncunningham, County Donegal, whose home unit was the 27th Infantry Battalion in Dundalk, on his tragic passing in Lebanon. To the families of the other injured soldiers, I say that hope they make a speedy recovery. As this is the final Order of...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: Now.

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders relative to public business, the Seanad shall adjourn until 11.30 a.m. tomorrow; Standing Orders 29 and 30 shall stand suspended; the Order of Business shall be proposed at 11.30 a.m. provided that, in the event that vacancies in the Office of the Cathaoirleach and-or Leas-Chathaoirleach are reported to the Seanad, there shall be no...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach as a colleague and a good friend. We happen to share the same hotel and he has been great company over the years. He has had some tough days also. I acknowledge and congratulate Senator Buttimer's husband, Conchobar, and all of the members of his family. I also acknowledge his late parents. There is one member of his extended family that Senator Buttimer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Drs. Farrell and Quinlan and Mr. Foy. How fit for purpose is the points system for patients and doctors? Is there a better way to do this? Would the witnesses recommend changes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: Are there people who would make excellent doctors who cannot get through the first step of qualifying for medical school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: If there is a shortage of doctors, not just GPs, nationally and internationally, could greater capacity be brought through the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: Why are they unable to get intern places?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: Is that just a matter of a financial package or incentivising the existing practices to take on interns? Is there an appetite for this in existing practices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: Is a financial package needed, therefore, to ensure that this happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: That makes perfect sense if there is a support package within the Department to provide more intern places. Dr. Farrell mentioned the consideration of the creation of a faculty of rural general practice that would support rural GPs. What are the challenges regarding rural versus urban? Does a rural GP practice mean more house calls and more travel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: We have a smaller number of people interested in becoming GPs at 9% and then the majority of those are more interested in larger, urban practices. Is that because they view that there is not a living to be made in rural Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: The Minister has flagged supports for Ukrainian doctors who have come here. Have the witnesses been involved in the design of that programme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: The HSE has focused on the building of primary care centres. Some of them have been successful and others have not regarding buy-in from GPs. Is there a necessity to ensure that buy-in before plans are designed, rather than building a facility and then hoping the doctors move in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: Is having a one-stop shop the way forward in providing better care?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: In some of the smaller communities in rural Ireland, the population is decreasing and rural practices are less viable. Is there scope for having shared practices or for a doctor serving a number of small communities and not being in the same place every day?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: In my area, west of Galway city, there is a difficulty with the expansion of the out-of-hours services, Westdoc, as city-based GPs are reluctant to serve the more rural areas. Travelling up country roads in weather like we have today is a concern. Is there any solution to that problem as it seems to be a difficulty?

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

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Mulvany and his team. I thank the front-line staff, in particular nursing staff, for their important work in the health services over the Christmas period and, indeed, at all times. Which hospitals have performed the best in recent weeks and why? Which hospitals have performed the worst or have seen the poorest outcomes and why?

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

Seán Kyne: Management can be a factor.