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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I am also conscious that the individual we are talking about is before another committee at the moment. There may be a situation in the future where we may be able to ask him the questions directly. If it is in the context of the Estimates, I will allow it.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Can we go back to the Minister and let the Minister finish his reply?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: While we are waiting, the committee wrote seeking detail of the amount of money that is going to outsourced services and this whole area. I believe we are awaiting a reply on that. It has been discussed by the committee and particularly in private session. It is a concern of the committee overall.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: That is the last question.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Shortall has gone way over time. I have been very lenient. Other members wish to contribute.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Minister, I am conscious that some of the questions are very localised and you might have insufficient detail. I suggest that you come back with a note on some of the things and perhaps address the broader issues. It is very difficult for you and your staff if the issue is a very localised one.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I know, but some of the questions are very localised and I think even the backup staff that the Minister has here would not necessarily have that information to hand.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: This is again something we discussed in yesterday's private meeting. The Minister is coming in again to discuss the issue of acute beds. We have suggested that the matter of step-down beds form part of that discussion. We may be revisiting this again. I just wished to give the Minister some notice. I call Deputy Colm Ward, who is not a member of the committee but who is welcome.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I am sorry.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Before I bring in Deputy Cullinane, I will make a couple of points. The Minister spoke in his opening statement about addressing unacceptably long waiting lists. I could go through the different sectors but he is probably aware of them. I will highlight a couple of cases of unacceptably high waiting lists that have come across my desk. These are not cases that involve my constituents. I...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: It is not even that. That waiting time is just to get an appointment to see someone. There may be other avenues down which he could go. I am giving an example. That man was told by his doctor that he could be waiting for between five and six years. There are treatments that jump out in respect of the waiting lists, including dental care and oral hygiene, particularly for children....

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: The scoliosis issue, for instance, is not a financial problem. The waiting lists are not due to a lack of finance.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: On that point, regarding the challenge for many people who are seriously ill, I will give the Minister an example. One person with long Covid-19 is on oxygen 24 hours a day. His medical card is running out. He has been asked to get bank statements and information in respect of his income. He needs to get a letter from his doctor and this means trying to visit his doctor. It is also...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I apologise to the Minister and his officials because I know we are drifting off the Estimates.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the following Further Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2023: Vote 38 - Health.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and his officials for attending our meeting this morning. It was very useful. I apologise if we drifted off the main issues but I believe the issues were relevant to the Estimate.

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I am old enough to remember the worst days of the conflict. I knew people who were killed, maimed and imprisoned, with communities and futures destroyed. Individuals or members of a Government or political party who threaten, by their actions or inaction, to bring us back to those days need their heads examined. I was secretary of the Sinn Féin delegation to the Forum for Peace and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Before we consider the main item on today's agenda, the minutes of the committee meeting on 18 April 2023 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed.