Results 3,521-3,540 of 8,596 for speaker:Seán Crowe
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: Ms Caulfield, you have the floor, but your microphone appears to be on mute. Is it on mute?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: Yes, so perhaps Dr. Mulligan can continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: Ms Caulfield, can you come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: Deputy Shortall is next. I apologise for the IT system. We are having difficulty and we cannot see the Deputy on the screen. It is probably something we will try to examine again next week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: Yes, loud and clear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: The system seems to have collapsed. I ask the committee to bear with us. As we have been unable to re-establish contact, I will adjourn the meeting. The committee will meet in public session next Tuesday, 23 February 2021 at 10 a.m., when we will hear of the emerging evidence that vitamin D may reduce the severity of Covid-19 infection. We will have representatives from Trinity College...
- Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: The Minister of State said that in normal times, there is a ten-week waiting list for driver tests. The waiting list for a driver test in the Tallaght centre was 9,500 in November. That is nearly one tenth of all the people waiting for tests in the State. There is clearly a problem. There was an increase of over 4,000 in just four months, so it is safe to assume that the number waiting...
- Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: The Minister of State referred to significant amounts. It could be 10,000 or 11,000. I understand the challenges we face at the moment but I want to know if a plan will be put in place to deal with the backlog in the Tallaght area specifically. One person in ten on the national waiting list is waiting for a test in the Tallaght centre. It is equivalent to the population of a town....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: We have one piece of housekeeping before I bring in the witnesses. Can I take it that the draft minutes of our last public joint committee meeting and the private meeting from last Tuesday, 2 February, are agreed? Agreed. I remind members that we will be meeting in private session this afternoon at 3.30 p.m. Does that time suit everyone?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: That is okay. It is no problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses: Dr. Gabrielle Colleran, vice president, Irish Hospital Consultants Association, IHCA; Professor Robert Landers, vice president, IHCA; Mr. Martin Varley, secretary general, IHCA; Ms Vanessa Hetherington, assistant director, policy and international affairs, Irish Medical Organisation, IMO; Dr. Peadar Gilligan, consultant committee, IMO; Mr. Anthony Owens, director of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: I invite Mr. Owens to make his opening remarks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Owens. Finally, I invite Ms Ní Sheaghdha to give her opening statement and she has five minutes to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Ní Sheaghdha. We have gone over time. As members are attending virtually from their offices and therefore cannot see the clock to monitor their speaking time, I will try to advise them when they have a minute remaining. I ask them again to stick to their time allocations in order to facilitate all members' participation in the meeting. I think most of them have experience...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: Can we hear from the IMO?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: I believe Dr. Colleran has indicated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: We are having difficulties and the camera keeps fading in and out. For people watching at home, there is a technical glitch in our system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: We can hear you and we can see you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: Deputy Shortall has less than three minutes left to have those five or six questions answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)
Seán Crowe: I do not have time to call Dr. Colleran's colleagues. I will move on to the next questioner.