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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: With some of the providers, particular in the private sector, there was more of a reliance on the likes of technology to keep in touch with those people, particularly in isolated areas and so on. That has been the pattern in other jurisdictions as well. I looked at one provider that was talking about using a smart television, phone or whatever to keep in touch with the individual who is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: Again, I am not talking about having to check the smart TV, but as that technology develops, would the expertise be available within HIQA? If that is the way we are going to develop as a society, something like that would be needed. We mentioned the fact that where someone is going into a person's home, there has to be a level of trust and so on. On the standards of care and the survey on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: As elected representatives, it is common for us to hear stories of someone coming in and it is not the same care assistant every day. It is practically someone new every week. That may be a result of a strain on the service, but it is a big challenge. An individual may not have someone who can communicate with them, and it may be someone with a list of things regarding going for a walk or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: No, but I am just saying that is how ridiculous the situation is at the moment. Anyone from a criminal background can come in and you are letting this person into your home and allowing them access to a lot of things. There is a clear need for regulation in this regard. Is there Garda vetting for many of these providers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: We would hear of nursing homes and sharp practice. There is an entertainment allowance that is charged and there are products that are used, for example, soap and toilet roll. These are the things that go on in nursing homes. If the bed used is a particular type of bed, that is part of the charge. These are some of the sharp practices and they surprise a lot of people. The response often...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: The most important thing is that if we do set up the regulation, HIQA is in the position to follow through. I presume that will mean additional resources. Is there anything else?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: Do the witnesses wish to add anything else? No. I thank the Department of Health and the Institute of Public Health for assisting the committee in its pre-legislative scrutiny of the health (amendment) (licensing of professional home support providers) Bill 2024. The committee will be giving further consideration to this matter and will conclude its work on it as soon as possible. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: I will give an example. There is one product that does an assessment of a person and determines if they need an incontinence pad. The current regulations, as far as I am aware, are that a person must be checked on every couple of hours. This technology can pick up the scent or whatever else, so there would not be the necessity, for instance, to wake someone up in the middle of the night to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (12 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: 118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options available to the family of a person (details supplied) who requires urgent access to a dietician when there is currently none in post for the CHO7 area. [25650/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (12 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: 134. To ask the Minister for Health if they are aware of the lack of dietitians in the CHO7 area; if they will make allowances under the ongoing recruitment embargo to fill specialist posts such as this, particularly where there are no posts filled; the alternatives available to individuals who require diagnosis and treatment by a dietitian in the CHO7 area; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: 712.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children accessing speech and language therapy in community healthcare organisation, CHO 7; the number of children awaiting assessment for therapy; the number of children who have been assessed and await therapy; and the average waiting time for both assessment and post-assessment access. [24806/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: 713.To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults accessing speech and language therapy in community healthcare organisation, CHO 7; the number of adults awaiting assessment for therapy; the number of adults who have been assessed and await therapy; and the average waiting time for both assessment and post-assessment access. [24807/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate (29 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Deputy Cathal Crowe. First, before we get to the main item on today's agenda, are the minutes of the committee meeting of 22 May 2024, which have been circulated to members for consideration, agreed? Agreed. Today, the joint committee will first meet with the chair designate of the Health Service Executive, Mr. Ciarán Devane, in relation to his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate (29 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: The questions will concentrate on the strategic objectives, but Mr. Devane referenced the board being made up of five sub-committees. Will he outline what areas they cover?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate (29 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: We are moving away from the strategic priorities of the chair designate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate (29 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank Senator Conway. I call Deputy Shortall.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate (29 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Hourigan is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate (29 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Mr. Devane mentioned the whole area of capital projects and the priorities of his board. We have had discussion with various groups. People have appeared before the committee with regard to certain projects that were resolved around maybe the lack of beds in a particular area or whatever. One would imagine that there would be common agreement across the system. Whatever way we have our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate (29 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Shortall wants to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate (29 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: I wish him and his board well in their posts and also into the future. I again thank him for coming in. The meeting now stands suspended. We will resume very shortly with the next group.