Results 5,781-5,800 of 6,821 for speaker:Seán Kyne

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Kyne: Mr. Gloster mentioned costs and energy costs. Regarding energy, is there a bulk purchase or is it based on individual hospitals or individual group areas? Presumably, as a large user of energy, the HSE has buying power. Perhaps Mr. Gloster can comment on that. Second, when does Mr. Gloster anticipate the planning application for the emergency department in Galway can be lodged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Kyne: That does not the answer the question on when the emergency department-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Kyne: This has been going on for years. I accept that Mr. Gloster was not part of the debate between Merlin Park and UHG. I was there with the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, in September 2018, which is five years ago, when Saolta promised the planning application would be lodged before Christmas. These are the mixed messages we are getting. Absolutely there are different parts of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State and thank the Office of the Cathaoirleach for choosing this Commencement matter. It is regrettable there is no Minister or Minister of State here from the Department of Health. I have raised this matter on at least two occasions going back to 2020 and 2021. It relates to the lack of cover by Westdoc for Moycullen- and Oughterard-based GPs. As the Minister...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for the reply on behalf of the Department of Health. As I said, it is certainly welcome that the Westdoc service has been expanded to cover the critical 12 midnight to 8 a.m. period and I welcome also the funding that was provided in this year's budget. Since I first raised the issue in 2020, there have been improvements in the service, and I want that to be...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State. I will address some of the changes that were made last year. Without pre-empting the budget, I hope we can see a repeat of some of those initiatives this year. The €1,000 reduction in registration fees was certainly a boost in terms of improving accessibility to our universities for students, as were the changes made in the Finance Bill 2022 whereby...

Seanad: Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Motion (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: The Minister is welcome. I suppose, at the start of the summer recess, the Minister did not think this would be an issue he would be facing in government. More importantly, it is an issue for the parents and children impacted over a long number of years who, unfortunately, are now suffering, although through no fault of the Minister. Previous speakers mentioned the need to examine how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Ms Fitzgerald and the team from HIQA. I refer to the reporting of HIQA's work in local radio, local papers and indeed national media. In some ways this is as important as the reports HIQA does. Do our guests agree?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: As a society with full employment and difficulties recruiting, how much is that impacting on nursing homes? It should not be an excuse, of course, but is it an issue? Does HIQA have to tell a provider that they do not have the staff and therefore they have to leave beds vacant until such time as they have the staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: We all remember the "Prime Time" exposé of a HSE facility in County Mayo in 2014. Gardaí cannot be everywhere and HIQA cannot be everywhere. How does HIQA operate in terms of unannounced inspections? In this case there was undercover footage. The saying is that a picture paints a thousand words. Everyone was able to see what was going on. I believe there was an unannounced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: Is HIQA confident that such situations as occurred back in 2014 in the facility in Mayo could not happen today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: Does HIQA have a role in relation to protected disclosures, in terms of staff who are present? If I am correct, it does not apply to former staff. There have been some organisations where it would not apply. Perhaps the witnesses could give a bit of testimony on the role of protected disclosures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: The Minister of State is welcome. I commend the budget announced by the Minister for Finance, Deputy McGrath, today. I commend him, the Minister of State and the team in their Department on their comprehensive budget proposals. I especially welcome the increase of €100 in income tax credits for PAYE employees, the increase of €2,000 in the standard rate of income tax cut-off,...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: I wish to share my time with Senator Maria Byrne.

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: The Minister of State is welcome to the Chamber. I acknowledge and commend his role and that of the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, in the publication and preparation of the budget, in addition to all the officials in the Department and their Government colleagues for their input. This is clearly a budget that accounts for our growing population, an ageing population and the once-off...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: I acknowledge the very emotional testimony of Senator Black. If we are to have a minute's silence we need to have a minute's silence for all who have died and been killed in conflict in recent days. We have to acknowledge this. I know it is not traditional for Ministers to come to the House to speak about their departmental budgets but if they are agreeable it is something that would be...