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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: Go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: We are over time. I will let Mr. Ray respond but we need to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: Does Mr. McEvoy want to come in first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: Mr. McCann's device is muted and we cannot hear him. Does Deputy Burke wish to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: I ask the Deputy to allow Mr. Ray to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: Mr. Kenny has made an important point. Before we move on to the management representatives in the next session, a point was made about staffing levels, a reduction of 20% in those levels and a reliance on overtime. Recently, we heard proposals from the Minister to fill vacancies. How would the witnesses respond to those proposals? Are they ambitious enough? Will they be sufficient to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: Mr. Ray wants to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: We rely as well of course in some areas on part-time firefighters. Does Mr. Kenny want the last word?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Kenny. I am conscious that it was mentioned that other unions are involved with these issues as well. We just did not have the space this morning to try to include representatives from all of them, but we will be glad to have their input into whatever future deliberations the committee has. I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee today. I apologise to those who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: In the second session today, we will engage with service providers. I welcome the second group of witnesses to our meeting. From the HSE National Ambulance Service, I welcome Dr. Cathal O'Donnell, medical director; Ms Emily Mahon, human resources manager; Mr. Liam Woods, national director, acute operations; and Mr. Robert Morton, interim director. From Dublin Fire Brigade, I welcome Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: The Deputy has five minutes and she is way over time. This is the final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: I have to move on. While we wait for Deputy Durkan, I wish to follow up on a point made in the previous session. A suggestion was made about the introduction of hospital liaison officers to address difficulties with accident and emergency departments in particular. We heard evidence this morning that people were waiting five or six hours at hospital accident and emergency departments. Do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: Other members are looking to get in. We are having some technical difficulties. While we are waiting on them, I will ask a few questions myself. I am told that Dublin is one of the best cities to have a heart attack in, if there is any good place to have one. That is largely down to the network that Dublin Fire Brigade and the ambulance service have been able to build up. Does Mr. Keeley...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: We have heard that the system is overly reliant on overtime. We heard earlier about capacity, with between 200 and 220 staff being trained each year. Is there any possibility of that being increased? Is there any capacity in the system to upskill more people. We heard from the Minister that part of the delay has been due to Covid. Training was not happening. I believe it has now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: That concludes our business for today. I thank everyone for their contributions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: I know but the meeting was to finish at 12.30 p.m. I apologise as I cannot allow the Deputy to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: We have been meeting all morning. I apologise, but I cannot bring the Deputy in at this stage. I thank all the witnesses for their contributions and responses. I thank, in particular, all the front-line responders who have shown their commitment and dedication down through the years. They have shown particular dedication during the recent pandemic. It would remiss of us not to say that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (14 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: 634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release the official advice he received from his Departmental officials that indicates that the chair of the review body into the Health Act 2018 should be appointed following a tendering process. [61647/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: 737. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the reimbursement of travel costs for haemodialysis patients is administered; the rate per kilometre; if it is paid through the hospital administering the treatment or centrally by the HSE; the reason some patients are paid monthly and others less frequently; and the timeframe for payment specified by the HSE. [61834/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (14 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Deputy David Cullinane, who will be substituted by Deputy Pat Buckley. Deputy Colm Burke will be substituted by Deputy David Stanton. Deputy Mark Ward will also be attending today's meeting. You are all very welcome. Are the draft minutes of our public meeting on 8 December 2021 agreed to? Agreed.