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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: I am conscious that Deputy Burke wants to come in. I will follow on from what we have been talking about. I am conscious that in the cases of rare diseases, if a family has a child who is dying, they will try anything. We come across campaigns on gofundme.comand so on. Some treatments are selling hope to people. I am not saying that this happens a lot, but we hear of the charlatans who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: I apologise for keeping Deputy Burke waiting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: This may seem like a silly question, but what signifies that a disease is a rare disease? For example, I presume the coronavirus, when it started off, at one stage would have been seen as a rare disease but it became a pandemic. Would long Covid, for instance, fit in with the category of rare disease, even though the figures per head of population would suggest its prevalence is quite high?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: One of the criticisms from some of the groups concerns the lack of expertise. It probably touches on what Deputy Burke said about there possibly being expertise in Ireland on some issues. What is the process for beefing that up? For instance, we regularly meet with people from various groups outside Leinster House. People with Lyme disease, which is a disease that is quite common in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: The first session of this meeting was about the time lapse for access to reimbursement for the cost of medicines. One of the measures introduced by the former Minister was a sustainable multi-annual budget. Would that be helpful in the Irish situation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: I am teasing it out for the committee in order for it to make a recommendation
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Would a five- or ten-year plan make sense for a multi-annual budget? Are we talking about a budget over the lifetime of a Government?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: One of the exciting things is that there are so many new drugs coming onto the market. Oncologists are talking about life-changing drugs that are coming onto the market. That is the positive message. It goes back to finding a faster way of introducing the drugs to the market. That was one of the reasons for our meeting today. I appreciate the witnesses coming in. The engagement was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Today the committee will meet with the HSE and the Department of Health to discuss the implementation of Sláintecare. I welcome Mr. Paul Reid, CEO; Ms Anne O'Connor, chief operations officer; Mr. Liam Woods, national director of acute operations; Ms Yvonne O'Neill, national director of community operations, HSE; Ms Breda Crehan-Roche, chief officer of Community Healthcare West; and Mr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: With regard to future meetings about Sláintecare, there are very localised questions. I suggest to members that it is impossible for people coming in to have those answers. There is a mechanism if members want to ask those questions. We are not trying to trip anyone up. It would be much simpler. It is not satisfactory for members to ask questions and people not to have the answers....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: I ask the Deputy to allow Mr. Reid to respond on that issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: The Deputy is out of time. Does she wish to ask a final question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Does Ms Crehan-Roche want to contribute on the same issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: Thank you for that information. Senator Black is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: The Deputy asked a number of questions. Does he want answers now or a written answer or what?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: There is some indication that they might answer some of the questions. Does the Deputy want some answers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Seán Crowe: We are running out of time.