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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: Does anyone else on the team have the slides?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: Can Ms Magahy leave, come back into the meeting and see if it works? We have been having problems with Teams for the past number of meetings, so we hope we will be able to sort it out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: We can do that. I think Ms Treleaven is in now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: That would be the sensible thing to do. We will suspend and see if we can sort out the IT problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: I ask Ms Magahy to continue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: We are not seeing the slides. We can only see Ms Treleaven.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: Some of us are seeing slides and some are not. Will we continue? Hopefully, people who are watching at home can see the slides.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Magahy. I again apologise for the technical hitches that interfered with the meeting today. We usually have ten minute and seven minute slots, but I ask members to curtail themselves to eight minutes and six minutes, respectively, if that is possible. We will try to make up time. If there is a chance, I will try to bring members back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: The Deputy is out of time. The next contributor is Deputy Martin Browne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: The Deputy has asked a number of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: The difficulty for the Deputy is that he has asked ten different questions and our witnesses have approximately two minutes left to respond to him. I do not know if we will receive written replies because of the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: Is there anything else that Ms Magahy can respond to the Deputy on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: I need to move on. Senator Kyne is next but I wonder if he would let Deputy Durkan in first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: I have two questions. To follow-on on the waiting lists, I am told that there are almost 900,000 people on the waiting lists at present. That is down to Covid, certainly. It has tested our healthcare system and pushed it to the brink. We have also seen embargoes on staff recruitment, pay issues, a specialist retention crisis and a lack of investment in physical capacity all contribute to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: The last point Ms Magahy made in her presentation was on age-friendly homes. The question we all ask is whether they are being built. There was little talk on the role of local authorities. It is the basic things that people in hospitals need, such as a ramp, a door widened, a shower, a possible extension and so on. This is where the joined-up thinking comes in, so people do not have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: I appreciate the witnesses' contributions today. It was useful and has certainly helped the work of the committee. That concludes our business for today. The meeting now stands adjourned, until we meet again in public session next Wednesday, 16 June, at 9.30 a.am.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: We can see Ms. Treleaven's screen now but it is blank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: The Deputy is out of time.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Crowe: The European Parliament agreed a position on the digital green certificate in April. The Oireachtas health committee asked for a technical briefing on how this legislation would impact on both domestic and foreign restrictions. We were told this week that we would not get a briefing. The committee had planned to meet on the week we are supposedly off. The cyberattack is obviously a...