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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: If Deputy Healy Rae wants to make a proposal, he can do so and one of the other Deputies can second it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Deputy Canney has seconded it as has Deputy Durkan. Does anyone dissent? No, that is fine. Can Deputy Healy Rae come back to the committee with a wording for that proposal?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: No, the Deputy can come back to the committee secretariat. It is nearly 9 p.m. so we will move this along.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We know the word you mean, Deputy Canney, keep going.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I usually give people the option of a second round of questions but I am mindful it is 9.30 p.m. and we have been here since 5.30 p.m. In that context, I propose that we draw to a close at this stage, if that is acceptable to everybody. Before I do so, however, I will invite our witnesses to make one final comment.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Thank you so much for coming here. Again, I apologise for running so late and for the vótáil. We are here at a very late hour and I really appreciate our guests' time and the effort they have put into this engagement. It is very much valued by the members.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 229. To ask the Minister for Health on foot of the National Clinical Programme on Self Harm report, when he proposes to launch the National Traveller and Roma Mental Health Action Plan as agreed in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11829/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce an ethnic identifier in coroner courts’ reporting and in Irish health services as a core data item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11830/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 231. To ask the Minister for Health in recognition of Travellers as a priority group as being at an increased risk of suicidal behaviour when he will instruct the Connecting for Life Advisory Group established in 2020 to meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11831/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 232. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent conclusions of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, his plans to devise a specific mental health strategy for Traveller children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11832/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The Deputy is way over time. I ask him to make it brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I agree with Deputy Shortall's proposal, particularly concerning emergency contraception. This is the aspect I find frustrating. It is an emergency issue and we are adding on the trip to the GP and the expense associated. I am under the impression that 23 of 27 EU countries allow for some version of emergency contraception without a prescription. I thank the IPU for its briefing. It was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I return to the point of whether there is resistance from other groups in this regard. I am not referring to the Department or the HSE. Is there resistance within the other health providers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am glad that the IPU continues to push for more services in community pharmacies and a right care, right time, right place model. I recognise that reimbursement to the pharmacies might be one factor, but I will return to the issue of locum rates for pharmacists, which are high. I understand there is competition for staff in the industry. Is the answer to that is higher education places...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I will return to the strategic action plan and the lack thereof. A theme has arisen a number of times in our committee sessions. One of the enablers of change that the witnesses have outlined is an ICT system and working communication, if is not accurate to say "data sharing", with the HSE, which I assume is the largest issue. This has come up a number of times in the context of e-health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: A member of my family is constantly being given forms at the pharmacy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Can we unpack that a little? That response is useful. I am sorry if I am doing a very deep dive into this topic but I am trying to understand. When Dr. O'Dwyer says that the information could live in the cloud or there is some kind of national system, would that be run and owned by the HSE or the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Pharmacists would then feed into it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: When we talk about a national e-prescribing service, would it be something for which the pharmacy sector could make a business case and look at what the funding and procurement process would be? It sounds to me like that is not the case. The strategy would be more that the pharmacy sector would require the HSE or the Department to take action.