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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses from the Department of Health and the HSE who will be presenting virtually to our meeting this morning. They will provide us with a briefing on the operation of the medical card scheme. From the Department of Health we have Ms Celeste O'Callaghan, director of model of care policy, primary care policy and eligibility policy, Ms Emma-Jane Morgan, principal officer,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank Ms O' Callaghan. I call Mr. Ryan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Ryan. As witnesses will be aware, Deputies and Senators are asking questions virtually from their rooms within the Leinster House precinct. There may, therefore, be difficulties with the system this morning but please bear with us. The first questioner is Senator Conway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: Who wants to take that question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: The Deputy has made the point. We will discuss the matter in the private session later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank the Deputy. We need to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: Our next contributor is Deputy Shortall.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: Yes. Unfortunately, we cannot see you. The system seems to be breaking down again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: The Deputy has gone over her time and Senator Kyne needs to come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: Does Ms Morgan wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: Dr. Green wishes to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: I do not think Deputy Burke is going to get an answer this morning so I suggest that he takes the matter up with the Minister. I need to move on now. Senator Clifford-Lee is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: Ms Halliwell wishes to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: I have a couple of questions. Several members have expressed frustration this morning regarding access to services for medical card holders. Earlier we heard about a crisis with regard to the number of dentists in the GMS. Do we know exactly how many dentists have left the scheme? What do patients of dentists who have left the scheme do? Do they move to another dentist or do they contact...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: The report referred to eligibility and some of the areas which were not covered and remain uncovered. Crohn's disease, coeliac disease and asthma were referred to, as were older people and persons with mental health issues such as schizophrenia, and it was stated that medical card eligibility should be based on medical need rather than specific medical conditions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: Are figures available on the numbers of dentists and chiropodists who have left? What do people do in those circumstances?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: Does Mr. Ryan have any data on where the 199 dentists who have left the scheme were working?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank the witnesses for their participation. On the GMS scheme and the contracts in place with GPs, as I am sure the HSE staff here are aware, due to the huge demands on GPs in rolling out Covid-19 vaccinations, many levels of healthcare cannot be provided for. Most people understand and accept that. That is a reality as mass vaccination is rolled out but I am concerned by a few...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: I have to bring the meeting to a close. I thank the witnesses for all their contributions. They were really helpful. The witnesses heard many members express their concerns regarding backlogs, waiting lists and the frustration of many people with a medical card due to the difficulties they have in accessing services. The message from the committee would be that if at all possible, we...
- Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Mar 2021)
Seán Crowe: Successive Governments and local authorities have appalling records of preserving our heritage. From Georgian Dublin to the cottages of the west, we are more than happy to allow developers to buy up whatever artefacts of our history they like and then tear them down with JCBs. We saw that most recently with the house of The O'Rahilly, which pulled down to make way for a hotel. Will we see...