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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: I apologise to anyone who has not got in today. I have tried to facilitate everyone. I do not think anyone went under their time. If anyone did, I apologise to them. There have been a number of requests of the Minister today. Deputy Shortall had a number of questions about issues on which the Minister has agreed to come back to her, including a legal note on the first schedule of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: I have no doubt the Minister is going to take on board whatever proposals come from the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Sound. There were legitimate questions and genuine concerns raised here today. If we had another four hours, we probably would have brought up a lot more questions as well. The timing is appalling in this regard. We are against the clock on this issue. As a committee, it has been impossible to try to organise witnesses to come in at the last minute. People are very busy and they are...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: I stood here almost two years ago speaking on a Sinn Féin motion on the need to respect the demands of Irish people and to do something, anything, to mend the utterly broken system that is the Irish housing market. Housing was one of the biggest issues in the 2020 general election and the new Government made a great deal of noise about the delivery of affordable housing. Two years...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: 619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for successful naturalisation applications to be processed at present; the number of applications currently being considered; and the number of live applications still being processed that were submitted prior to 1 May 2020. [22568/22]

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: The latest rent figures from the Residential Tenancies Board show no real relief for renters. It is not a shock to anybody that rents continue to spiral out of control for individuals and families. As the Minister will know, rents keep growing every year and show no real sign of stopping any time soon. As my colleague pointed out in respect of his area, the average rent for a new tenancy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senator Frances Black. Today the committee meets Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Health, and Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, to discuss the proposed appointment of the Chief Medical Officer to a role in Trinity College Dublin. They are both very welcome to our meeting this morning. All witnesses are reminded of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Thank you, Mr. Watt. We will kick off with the questions. Senator Kyne, will you lead us off, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that there are a number of members who want to get in. I will try to be as lax as possible. I call Deputy Cullinane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: We need to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Durkan seems to have put himself on mute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: The Deputy is not on mute. I ask him to come down to the committee room. I will move to Senator Conway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: A couple of members are looking to contribute again. Before they do so, can I walk Mr. Watt through his statement and put a couple of questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Mr. Watt outlines in his statement that he had initial discussions with the CMO in August 2021 regarding his future plans. Will Mr. Watt elaborate on those discussions? What was the general tone? Was it a case that the CMO was indicating he wanted to move on to a new role?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Looking back to August 2021, there were between 1,500 and 2,000 Covid cases per day-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Mr. Watt mentioned that there were discussions with various universities besides Trinity College. Which universities were those?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: Were the witnesses concerned about the impact it would have had if the CMO had publicly talked about moving on, given the number of cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: The discussions continued. At what point in the discussion with Trinity did it make it apparent that its support for the new role was contingent on the cost being recouped completely through public funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: There were discussions in August. Was it this type of role that was discussed?