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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: Mr. Watt could ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: Those were some of the documents. Were they sent late last night?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: There is a briefing document but there are no contemporaneous notes from that period attached to it. I accept that Mr. Watt has given it to other committees-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: -----and we accept the challenges. However, we did ask Mr. Watt to try to be fulsome for the meeting and provide as much information as possible. The more information we have, the better position we would be in for asking questions and engaging with Mr. Watt. It is a huge area. I accept that perhaps we were too broad in the documentation we were looking for. Maybe we should have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Deputy. I call Senator Martin Conway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: Is Mr. Watt concerned that he might give an inaccurate figure? Is this why-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: We do know that €20 million was paid out to the three institutions that took a case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: I just want to clarify the situation and maybe walk through it slowly for myself and others who do not have their heads around this whole issue. It is a complex issue. We all know of the cohorts we are talking about. Am I right in saying we are talking about people who in some cases are elderly and in some cases people with mental health issues and people with disabilities, some of which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: Regarding declarations of interest, I have a niece who was in one of the homes that settled. Both of her parents have died since so I do not know if she is one of the ones who got the €40,000 historical payment at the time. She is a young woman now but she was a child back then. Her family did everything for her. They tried all sorts of crazy madcap schemes to try to help that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: This is not a court of law or anything but we need to work out ourselves if this was fair or just. Clearly if the cohorts we are talking about were overcharged, that was unjust, particularly because they are probably the most vulnerable people we could think of in society.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: The HSE advised residents in long-term care, and some of their advocates, that they were not eligible under the health repayment scheme. That was the signal that was sent out. Some institutions, like Cheeverstown, St. Michael's House, the Sisters of Charity and another one in Limerick that I am not aware of, took the case. They must have been under extreme pressure taking the case because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: Okay. I will just have to bring in members again. Deputy Shortall will be followed by Deputy Cullinane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: Senator Hoey may come in now if she wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: I call Deputy Cullinane, followed by Deputies Burke and Healy-Rae.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: I think you are drifting off the issue. The discussion is on nursing home charges, but I will leave it up to the Secretary General whether he wishes to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for coming in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: Maybe we can have one last question. I apologise; some members are taking part in the Private Members' debate in the Dáil at the moment. The acting CEO of the HSE said last week that the health repayment scheme was not quite closed but largely closed. Mr. Watt spoke about those outstanding cases, of which there are possibly 200. Can he explain what is meant by not quite closed? Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: I am just trying to sum up. We were talking about three different groups of people. I mentioned the elderly, people with mental health issues and people with disabilities. There could be people who are in all three of those cohorts. There are basically three groups and one got paid. The people who never applied to the scheme because they were advised not to clearly were not paid. Then...

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: Officially, 10,500 people, including 3,500 children, are homeless in the State. That is a failure as far as I am concerned and I think that is a failure for anyone listening at home. That does not include those who are sofa surfing or living in unsuitable and overcrowded accommodation as well as parents and children stuck in their granny's boxroom. We all have that experience. We have all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senator Frances Black. Before we get to the main item on today's agenda, the minutes of the committee meetings of 14 and 15 February 2023 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed. The purpose of today's meeting is for the joint committee to meet the National Ambulance Service and Dublin Fire Brigade to consider issues...