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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: Hold on; give us a break. Members will have five minutes each. If I can, I will allow the main spokespersons back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: We are supposed to be dealing with the Sláintecare progress report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: Could we get a report from the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: Does Mr. Watt wish to respond? I know it does not fall under the topic for the meeting but it is an issue people are talking about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: Does Mr. Watt wish to provide the committee with a note on this issue? I do not think any reply he gives now will satisfy members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: Is that okay with members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is unfortunate but these things happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: We might return to that issue in the next round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is the Deputy's interpretation only.

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: As my party colleague said, childcare fees for parents in this State are among the highest in the world, yet early years workers, who are highly qualified professionals, many with degrees, are paid some of the lowest wages of any sector, with far too many working on or just above the minimum wage. Sinn Féin's plan would reduce childcare fees for parents by at least one third for this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: Where is the just transition?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Seán Crowe: 676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults accessing speech and language therapy services in CHO 7; the number of adults awaiting assessment for the services; the number of adults who have had an assessment and are on waiting lists to access services; and the average wait time for assessment and post-assessment access. [17478/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: No apologies have been received. Draft copies of the minutes of the meetings of 13, 18 and 25 January 2022, 1, 2, 15 and 22 February 2022, and 23 March 2022 have been circulated. Are these agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: We are meeting today with representatives from the Neurological Alliance of Ireland to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on neurological services, care and capacity. I welcome Ms Magdalen Rogers, the alliance's executive director, and Professor Orla Hardiman, national clinical lead for neurology and professor of neurology at Trinity College Dublin. All witnesses are reminded of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: Thanks very much. Deputy Lahart is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: Not at all. It is certainly something the members will discuss in the next private session. It is a reasonable request. The biggest challenge the Neurological Alliance of Ireland and the Deputy is facing is that there are so many challenges within the overall health service that every week we are jumping from one crisis to another, unfortunately. There is the pressure we are putting on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: Again, why that has not happened is a practical thing we will try to follow up on. It comes as news to me and I am a Teachta Dála who represents one of the CHO 7 areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: It was news to this committee, and seems extraordinary, that the implementation committee did not meet for a long period. The Neurological Alliance of Ireland wants us to go into that in detail at some later stage. Professor Hardiman mentioned Donegal. I think of Donegal as the north west. Ms Rogers was saying there is a team there. What is the problem there? Is it that sufficient...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: The submission states that neurological services are short around 100 nursing staff. Is that number still increasing or is decreasing?