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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: There is another meeting, as it were, going on here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: I need to move on now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: The Senator's time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Next are Senator Conway and Deputy Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Allow Mr. Menton to respond, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank our guests. We have come to the end of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Senator Higgins is pushing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thought we were finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: I appreciate the time and effort our guests put into the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: It was useful for the general public. As a committee, we would have liked more time to discuss the issues. The lack of time is nothing to do with our guests. We are up against the clock in the context of the possible Cabinet decision tomorrow. I appreciate our guests coming in. The meeting now stands adjourned. The committee will meet in public session on Wednesday, 18 May.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: The committee stands adjourned.

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: As Deputy Kenny said, the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh as she covered an Israeli raid in the West Bank was a serious violation of international law and potentially a war crime. She was clearly identified as a journalist. She was wearing press insignia but she was targeted by sustained sniper fire, as Members have said. The attempt by the Israeli regime to muddy the waters and claim she had...

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: There were 14 rental properties on one rental website in Dublin 24 this morning. Three of them were basically sheds or granny flats in the bottom of someone's garden. However, many full properties sit on short-term letting sites, taken out of the rental market during a housing crisis and little more than profiteering. The housing market is a machine with many moving parts. That is the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: 228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties that have been approved for upgrades, by each local authority, under the energy efficiency retrofit programme in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and the number of upgrade works that have been completed, by each local authority in 2021, in tabular form. [26232/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Deputy Colm Burke. At today's meeting, we will be discussing the HSE National Service Plan 2022. From the HSE, we are joined by: Mr. Paul Reid, chief executive officer; Ms Anne O'Connor, chief operations officer; Dr. Colm Henry, chief clinical officer; Mr. Liam Woods, national director of acute operations; Mr. Stephen Mulvany, chief financial officer; and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Reid. Going straight to the questions, I call Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: A number of members have indicated for a second round but I will use some of my own time for a change to discuss some of the issues that have not been addressed so far. The report refers to mesh implants and states that the Chief Medical Officer has put forward a number of recommendations. Would the witnesses be able to outline some of those recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: The difficulty during the pandemic in getting the expertise from abroad has been resolved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: With regard to scoliosis, we had some very moving testimony from doctors who were in the service but also from families. They were talking about the backlog and the challenges they are facing. As I said, it was moving testimony about the agony that children are going through. There have been problems within the system itself. Have they been resolved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: The issue of speech and language supports was touched on earlier. Teams are missing key personnel and, again, we are looking at waiting times in this regard. What is the plan to address that?