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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: I have three people who wish to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: I need to move on Deputy Shortall.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: I apologise to Senator Maria Byrne as I do not think we will have time to get her in today. She is not a member of the committee but she did indicate she wanted to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is hardly going to happen. I do not think that is going to happen. The Deputy has asked the question anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: Sadly, we have come to the end of the meeting. I thank the representatives from the Department of Health and the HSE for their continued engagement on this matter. I look forward to further regular engagement with the Department of Health and the HSE on this important matter. Separately, it is understood this will be the committee's last engagement with Mr. Paul Reid as CEO of the HSE....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: We wish Mr. Reid well for the future and may he enjoy that family time he was talking about.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: The Taoiseach's party wants to do away with history.

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Mac Lochlainn stated that these blocks are still being made. That is extraordinary. We know it is still going on. We know that defective buildings are probably still being built. Deputies have given examples of that in their constituencies. The Government announced an anaemic scheme of compensation but it never once tried to go after those who caused the problem. Once again, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senators Black and Conway. Minutes of the committee meetings on 27 and 28 September 2022 have been circulated to members for their consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of today's meeting for the joint committee to discuss the current status of the new national children's hospital. I am pleased to welcome from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Mr. David Gunning, chief officer; Mr. Phelim Devine, project director; and Dr. Emma Curtis, medical director. I also welcome from the Department of Health: Mr. Derek Tierney, assistant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Gunning and I call Mr. Tierney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I again thank Mr. Tierney for the invitation to visit the hospital. On behalf of all members, we found it interesting. We got a sense of the scale of the operation that is going on there and particularly of the potential of the actual site itself. I thank them for that. Before bringing in the members, one of the big questions in the minds of many people who are watching this morning will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: When can we expect to see patients in beds? Will it be on a phased basis? Will they wait until the hospital is completely finished or will they be moving in in phases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: One area we probably have not touched on that I should have mentioned at the start of the meeting is the local residents. There has been huge patience and co-operation and the meeting should not go by without the officials addressing that and how it is going. Consider the impact having a huge building site on your doorstep would have in the form of noise levels and everything else. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: In a post-pandemic context, we all realise the importance of ICU beds. It is good to know we have this type of flexibility, because who knows what we may be facing in future? Another small aspect in the overall context, but a major one for the patients going into the facility, is that I am conscious it is an all-Ireland facility. In this context, accommodation for nurses was mentioned....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: One of the positive developments is the development of an electronic patient indicator. Since we have some time, I ask one of the witnesses to expand on this initiative and how it is going to operate. Do we need to follow up with legislation in this regard? How is this system going to develop? I refer again to the idea of moving away from a paper-based system and this meaning it would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Tierney. I call Deputy Cullinane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Members of the Law Library we will not be out of pocket. Deputy Shortall is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is an important point and it is important that we are learning from the process, particularly around cost, but in other matters as well. That is a positive message to hear. Before I move on to Deputy Gino Kenny I want to go back to the issue of Tallaght University Hospital and Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and those claims that were resolved in the High Court. Were the claims...