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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Again, it seems like something that could be resolved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses have made the point there have been deficits in funding over decades and we are playing catch-up with regard to the challenges in our system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Other groups have come before the committee. They have told us, for example with regard to cancer services, that we have radiology machines but we do not have radiologists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: We may go ahead and build the infrastructure but we do not have the doctors. It is about all of these things working together. With regard to the negotiations, and I know I am labouring on this, the witnesses said the IMO had the negotiations and the next day the freeze was announced. Is it the belief of the IMO that the people it was negotiating with realised this announcement was coming?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: They were also in the dark.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: It was not bad faith on the part of the negotiators with the IMO in this regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: The briefing note we received from the Department speaks about flexible working patterns and arrangements. It states consultants on the public contract have a range of flexible working options available. It also states that POCC provides for more flexibility for consultants who want to work share, do less than whole time, work compressed hours or opt for different work patterns. Is this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: There are certain areas where there has been a larger take-up. One of the positives is the higher uptake with regard to anaesthetists and diagnostics. There are positives coming out of some of the changes. The IMO has spoken about the non-take-up of the contract and that the UHL group has the lowest level. This can be explained by all of the challenges they face there. The group with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: That is not the impression we get from it. Points have been made about beds and key staff with regard to the predictions for population levels in 2030, and we are at that stage now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: You are grand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank Deputy Harkin. I call Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Fortunately, we have come to an end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the witnesses for coming in. They have given us a lot of issues to pursue. Before we finish, on behalf of the committee I again express appreciation to the witnesses for all the work the IMO's members give in their various roles in hospitals and the wider health service. I genuinely mean that. The view is shared right across the political spectrum. In spite of all the challenges...

Housing Situation: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: There was talk of a slowdown in rent rises after the latest Daft report, but new rents in south Dublin still rose by 4.2%. Unfortunately, wages did not go up, which is the big crisis facing many families. An average three-bedroom rented house in Tallaght now goes for over €2,200 per month, which is €27,000 per year. What family or individual can afford this on top of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (21 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: 423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of peace commissioners registered on the most recent roll maintained by her Department. [22457/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: It is not going away.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Over the past two years, the waiting list for children's audiology services in CHO 7 at the Russell Centre in Tallaght has been allowed to double. There are now 5,800 children on the waiting list. The response I received from the HSE specifically states that staff vacancies left unfilled due to the HSE recruitment freeze have led to these high numbers. Does the Tánaiste agree that the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Some children have been waiting for two years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Where are the affordable houses?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting on a first outpatient appointment in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; the average waiting time for a first outpatient appointment; and the number waiting more than two years for a first appointment. [21937/24]