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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: I ask the Minister to reply in writing to the query about the number of public health nurses.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Hourigan raised a matter in respect of the Estimate. Clearly, the Estimate is massive and perhaps we need to examine how it is done. Maybe we should provide supports for committee members. We do it for overseas aid and it is done in other parliaments. It is something that we should consider. I did not got a sense that we have dug into the Estimates and where the money will be...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: It is a specific 72-bed project-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: In Tallaght Hospital. Palliative care was mentioned. All of us have been in hospitals when people were informed that their loved one was going to die. I was in a hospital one night when someone was dying on a trolley. A man nearby was being transferred to a bed and there was much effing and blinding, so to speak, while this woman was dying with her family around her. There is a need...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: I think it goes across all Departments.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: We will write to the Ceann Comhairle, and I believe it needs to be raised at the Business Committee also. That concludes the consideration of the Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2020, Vote 38 - Department of Health. I again thank the Minister and his officials for attending the meeting this evening.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2020: Vote 38 - Department of Health.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: 480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the guidelines that Intreo offices have been issued in relation to the sanitisation of electronic signing equipment used by the public. [39884/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: 595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average time it takes for a naturalisation applicant’s passport to be returned after receipt by the INIS. [39883/20]

Mental Health Parity of Esteem Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: It says much and highlights the lack of regard, respect and priority that we display to those with mental health issues that we are forced to bring forward a Bill acknowledging that mental health issues should be held in parity with physical health. I welcome the Bill and thank my colleague, Deputy Ward, for introducing it and giving us the opportunity to begin this conversation on an...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: I am one of those unfortunates who likes a bargain. I listened to the speech of the Minister of State and I must write a note to myself not to shop in his store in future. I do not think there was anything he outlined to us that would change our minds on this. We are all starting from the position that we believe the sector is on its knees and this will introduce a new element that will...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: As other speakers have pointed out, this section is out of synch with the rest of the Bill. I read the explanatory memorandum to the Bill and it states that the threshold for third-country residents to qualify for the scheme is €175. That has not been updated. We need an explanation of where the Government is coming from with this provision. As colleagues have noted, the retail...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: 766. To ask the Minister for Health if the protocols for transferring patients from acute beds to nursing homes have been revised since March 2020; if all patients are Covid-19 tested before being transferred to a nursing home; the number of such tests that have been performed; and if single room accommodation is provided for all such patients for at least 14 days after transfer. [37766/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: Following our private meeting yesterday afternoon I asked the committee to confirm that the following are agreed: the minutes of the meeting of 11 November; the actions relating to the items of correspondence; the additions to the work programme; and the appointments of chairperson and membership of the new subcommittee on mental health. Is that agreed? Agreed. On behalf of the committee I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: Yes. We agreed that we would stay in touch with the individual who wrote to us as well. The clerk has been in touch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: They are still on the agenda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: What it means is we have the agenda filled up to December. After then we need to prioritise who we bring in. We are not ruling anyone out at this stage. We will be bringing the the IPU when we discuss supply and pricing of medicines.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: The clerk has already been in touch trying to get witnesses for that meeting. I imagine we all collectively agree that it has to be a priority. There are also the questions of uptake, prioritisation of medical assessment and plans for procurement and distribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: It should be. I am trying to be as relaxed as possible with the members but I am conscious of it. In future, I will try to be stricter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: I would like to welcome our witnesses from Children's Health Ireland and from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board. They will be presenting remotely to us this morning and will provide us with an update on the progress of the building of the new national children's hospital. I welcome from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, Mr. David Gunning, chief officer,...