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

Seán Crowe: One of the issues that keeps coming up in the context of health is that of oral care. Again,.there are shortages and blockages within the system. Mr. Watt outlined the number of staff who have been recruited and so on. Is this one of the areas that is being prioritised? People are encountering difficulty getting an appointment with a dentist. There was reference earlier to the difficulty...

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

Seán Crowe: Okay. At meetings like this, we do not get a sense of the answer to the big question everyone asks, which is whether the system can be fixed. Innovative measures are being taken. Last week, for example, we had people in from University Hospital Limerick, UHL, and they spoke on the big challenge being faced there, relating to senior citizens coming through the emergency department system....

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 ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: The inability of people to access a driving test in south Dublin is an issue I have been raising for years. At the moment, 10,000 people are on the waiting list for the testing centre in Tallaght. This is the longest waiting list in the State. It represents 12% of the State-wide waiting list. The centre in Deansgrange in Dún Laoghaire has the third longest waiting list. In June...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: 131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list all of the eligible categories of workers for the pandemic special recognition payment. [46225/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that firefighters and paramedics with Dublin Fire Brigade have not received the pandemic special recognition payment despite providing front-line ambulance services during the crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46226/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Deputy Colm Burke and Senator Frances Black. Before we get into the main item on today’s agenda, minutes of the committee meetings of 21 June 2022; 12 and 13 July 2022; and 16 September 2022 are being circulated by members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed. The purpose of today’s meeting is for the joint committee to consider the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank Professor Cowan. We will now take questions from the members. Senator Conway is leading off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: Senator Conway asked a series of questions. If he is asking questions, he needs to give time for the witnesses to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: I will move on to Deputy Quinlivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: Will the Deputy please let Professor Cowan give an answer. We are running out of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Seán Crowe: Before we move on to Deputy Kenny, I have a question on the population issue. Professor Cowan referred to figures for beds and so on. Has the population expanded much since those figures were published? Perhaps Professor Cowan could give us a sense of the challenge facing us.