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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: The other one and the most important is that meaningful negotiations be opened up. It seems bizarre that has not happened. We have been getting Dáil replies suggesting otherwise. We have not looked at the IDA’s relationship with the Dental Council. What does that entail?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: We mentioned training. We have had correspondence over the years criticising the standard of training in Ireland compared to other jurisdictions, particularly Britain. There is some discussion about that. Does the IDA have a view on that? Is there a gap between training in both jurisdictions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: Would people undertaking specialties normally go to Britain to upskill? Does this come down to the fact that there is no recognition here? They are upskilling themselves. It would be normal in the medical profession, for example, for people to travel abroad to upskill, etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: Okay. To sum up, we said we would look at the workforce plan. Some of the members suggested we would have a session on this topic. It has been raised in many meetings regarding aspects of the health service. The new dental college has been granted full planning permission. We will follow up on this and see where it is within the scheme of things, especially regarding the budgetary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: The need for legislation was also mentioned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: Again, we can pursue with the Minister whether there are plans in this regard and if this is a priority for his Department. Unless there is anything else, I thank the representatives of the Irish Dental Association for their engagement with the committee on the strategic workforce plan. A broad range of matters have been raised and the committee will reflect on these carefully. We will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the points attained by blind and vision impaired Leaving Certificate candidates on a national average basis versus the performance of their peers in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [32950/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: 356. To ask the Minister for Health how the additional €3.5 million announced in Budget 2023 for community and voluntary providers of drug and alcohol services is to be spent; the amount of that €3.5 million already allocated; a tabular breakdown of what organisations received a portion of that €3.5 million; and how much. [33384/23]

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: With a shortage of affordable housing and increasing homelessness rates, the need for social housing has become more urgent than ever. The last thing Irish people want to hear is the excuse that homes cannot be built overnight. Fine Gael has been in power for 12 years. In those 12 long years, the level of homelessness has done nothing but grow. We have seen homelessness records broken...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senator Black. Before we get to the main item on today's agenda, the minutes of the meetings on 4 and 5 July have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of the meeting today is for the joint committee to receive an update in relation to the progress being made in the development of the new national children's hospital, as well as expenditure issues and trends in relation to the development. The committee last considered this major project in the development of health services for children in October 2022. To enable the committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: We have the statement. Let us hear what Mr. Gunning has to say and people can-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: Witnesses can also depart from the actual written statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: I would prefer-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Gunning. I will move straight away to questions from members, beginning with Senator Kyne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: Can you clarify something, Mr. Gunning? You talk about the claim. Is that the Covid claim? Is that still outstanding or has it been resolved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: Thank you. I will move on to Deputy Hourigan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: On the same issue, is this additional spending in respect of the building or was it in the original costings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: Okay. I thank Mr. Devine.