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Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Maria Byrne: I was not here when the Minister of State made her opening statement but I did read it. I was next door at the health committee, which sits at the same time unfortunately. I want to follow up on a few things. I want to continue the conversation on the primary medical certificate. I know of a lady in her late 80s who sought it recently. There was a hold-up to do with there being no board...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Maria Byrne: I thank Mr. Gloster and the team for coming today. This meeting has certainly been very informative. In the past two years, appointments in University Hospital Limerick had to be cancelled on a number of days because of emergencies in the emergency department. Has that had a knock-on effect on waiting lists? While I understand that some of the waiting lists have come down, others are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Maria Byrne: I am glad to hear Mr. Gloster acknowledge that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Maria Byrne: I was visiting somebody in a hospital recently, not UHL, and there was somebody in the bed opposite them. The person, a public patient, was brought because they were waiting on an MRI scan. They were told if they went home, they would lose their place. To me that person was bed blocking because they realistically did not need to be in that bed. I am sure this is happening across different...