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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: If Dr. O'Sullivan is sure, I will call Deputy Shortall.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Before Dr. O'Sullivan goes, for the benefit of people who are unaware of the issues around the mesh itself, will she explain the difficulties in removing it? The skin grows through the mesh, which makes it difficult to remove.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: The Deputy can ask the rest of the panel now. I am sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: The HSE panel is here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: We can discuss that in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Where a person needs more than one operation, maybe a follow-up is needed for reconstruction, it was not covered under the scheme which was one of the points that were made to us this morning. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Is it not the case that removal necessitates construction but, again, depending on the individual case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Gino Kenny is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Can Deputy Gino Kenny accept that we will get that full report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Today we got a sense of the scale of the challenge, yet the figures on those who go to Cork and Dublin do not seem to reflect that. Women out there are suffering. In one of the opening statements we were told there were advertisements and so on and that 70 women came forward. I am surprised that more women are not coming forward. I do not know if that is down to a lack of confidence in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Women referred to difficulties with transport to clinics. The Cork clinic serves all of Munster. We also need to examine other issues, such as the length of time people are in a clinic. I am conscious that people may not be able to sit for a long period. There are other services and a bigger picture. Treatment does not just involve sitting down and seeing a clinician. Other supports...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that there is a pause. That was referenced in some of the questions people asked. Mr. Kidd spoke about Germany and how this stuff went ahead in some other jurisdictions. It may work for some but we are walking a delicate line.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am getting the nod that we have gone over time. I really appreciate the witnesses coming in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Mr. Kidd might give us a written reply regarding what he mentioned earlier about gynaecologists from Britain who came over for a teaching day. It seems strange that it was just one day in Cork. He might give us the background to that. I appreciate the witnesses coming in and thank the group that came in previously. I thank everyone for their involvement in this comprehensive discussion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that we are talking about another jurisdiction but this committee would have written to the Department. A specialist was coming from London to upskill many of the surgeons in Ireland but we know there was a delay to that individual coming over because of the pandemic. The last correspondence we had said that this upskilling work had gone ahead. Again, this is something the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Will Deputy Durkan listen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: I really appreciate Dr. O'Sullivan giving her time this morning. I thank her for eating into her on-call time. We really appreciate her taking part. We will start the speaking rota again. Is Deputy Durkan speaking for Fine Gael?

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: We are calling on the Government to introduce an emergency budget to deal with the rising cost of living. None of us should have to make a speech outlining the challenges facing families. We see the evidence of that every day. Many of the people to whom I speak say they are at their wit's end and do not know how they will pay the next bill. They are dreading the postman coming up the...