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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: Before we continue, I take it that the Deputy is in the convention centre and not in a church and that the bells are ringing for the resumption of the Dáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: It is outside of the Deputy's control.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: I agree with Deputy Durkan. CHO 7 area, which the Deputy mentioned, has some of the longest waiting lists in the State. It has the longest speech and language therapy lists with children waiting for years. People are also waiting for years for access to a psychiatrist. These are some of the issues that the Deputy alluded to.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: He does, yes. He is on mute, he nodded.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: Will we move on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: Okay. You will have your opportunity later in the meeting, Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: The Deputy will have to finish there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: You are out of time. Allow Ms Prendergast to finish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: I will have to put an end to this. Deputy Shortall is way over time. I have been quite lenient. I have to move on to the next speaker. I apologise to the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: There is a drop in the feed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: I have to cut off Deputy Burke. He is way over time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: Again, we will let the meeting continue and see what answers we can get on this. Deputy Cullinane expressed a concern and a frustration that is experienced not only by this committee but also by the Committee of Public Accounts. Let us see how the meeting goes. The questions the Deputy asked were not unreasonable and it is disappointing that our guests are unwilling or unable to answer the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank all of the witnesses for their presentations and the time they have given us this morning. They will have heard some frustration expressed by members. We all want to see the hospital built. It is badly needed. As stated by Ms Hardiman, it is for the sickest children in Ireland. We heard this morning that there will be further delays and costs. On the previous occasion the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: Good morning everyone and we will start our meeting now. Apologies have been received from Senators Hoey and the Black. I will introduce our witnesses, who are going to provide an update on the roll-out of the EU digital Covid-19 certificate, DCC. They are: Ms Liz Canavan, assistant secretary general, Department of the Taoiseach; Mr. David Gilbride, head of immigration service delivery,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Canavan. There was a lot of information in that. Ms Canavan referred to the 34,000 calls yesterday, and 40,000 phone calls over the past two days. There is huge public interest in this. The purpose of today's meeting is to try to answer some of the questions that member of the public have. As public representatives, we have been getting many phone calls from people who are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: The Deputy needs to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. O'Connor. I need to move on. Deputy Cullinane is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: I call Senator Conway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)
Seán Crowe: I have a couple of questions. I am one of those people whose name is in Irish on their on the vaccination card. I changed it mid-stream because I realised that was the direction in which we were going. Many people have been in touch with me about this matter. Their names are different on their passports and so on. I have raised this with Ministers. It was as if they were hearing it for...