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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Chair. I welcome the witnesses here this morning. I acknowledge their continued advocacy in this important area. Ms Rogers mentioned that only two of the nine teams are open running nationwide. What areas are they working in? What is the make-up of 13 teams?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: On neurological services in Mayo, or the unfortunate lack thereof, is there outreach from UHG to Mayo at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: What do patients in Mayo who need neurology services in Mayo have to do to see a neurologist?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Neurology services in Mayo are effectively non-existent. Would it be a case that marginal cases, who maybe in a hospital with a full service would be referred and seen, are now just being left without even a referral because there is deemed to be no point because of the waiting lists elsewhere? I am talking in particular about the elderly who have neurological conditions. I assume that for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: This is probably also a question for specialists. What is the nature of the illnesses and conditions presented for referral? If a patient has head trauma, unexplained seizures, severe headaches or other neurological symptoms, would they be referred as a matter of urgency? I am trying to find out if people of a certain age, for example, are being left unattended?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements to mark Europe Day 2024, to be taken at 12.15 p.m. with time allocated to the opening remarks of the Minister not to exceed ten minutes, that of all Senators not to exceed ten minutes and the Minister to be given no less than ten minutes to reply to the debate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank all Senators for their contributions here today. Senator O’Loughlin spoke on a number of issues including the Alzheimer Society of Ireland having a worthy fundraising event today at the coffee dock. I encourage people to go down to that. It is important to support the worthy cause of dementia support. She spoke about the importance of young people being aware of the issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Watt and the team from the Department and Mr. McCallion and the team from the HSE and thank them for their comprehensive updates, which have many positives, as well as many challenges. On a general health issue, given the weather that we are having and the particularly cold start to the year, has an increase in respiratory issues been evident across the health system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank Dr. Ní Bhriain. Yesterday there were 56 people on trolleys in University Hospital Galway and 107 people on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick, with UHL having the worst trolley numbers and UHG having the second worst. All the figures and statistics are very positive but it does not make any difference to those people who are on trolleys. In the medium and short term,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I will not say I am none the wiser because that all sounds great, but, as I said yesterday, 56 people are still on trolleys and the district hospital in Clifden has been closed since February because of staffing issues. We cannot recruit. That is a shame. It is not good enough considering the distances from Clifden to Galway city and further to Merlin Park in bad traffic. We have loved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Is that from the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: The Minister of State visited last year and indicated to us that there would be no embargo on recruitment. Now Mr. Canavan says that the sanction for those posts was only received in recent weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: It is remote but it is a wonderful part of the world. It is not Outer Mongolia. We hope the witnesses have better success because it is hugely important for the locality. It is constantly being raised by people who unfortunately need the services for themselves and their loved ones. I ask Mr. Canavan to keep the pressure on to ensure that district hospital is open in the coming weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Following on from the Chair's comments regarding the dental issues, while I unfortunately missed last week's meeting, I understand the Dental Council of Ireland was also before the committee last year and I have also raised this matter with the Minister. I refer to the possibility of employing retired dentists to enhance school screening and to ensure that the school screening policy is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Mr. Canavan mentioned the transition areas within UHG as part of the process flows. Was he talking about the temporary emergency department or the old emergency department building? Planning permission to demolish that has been granted. Is that old emergency department likely to still be available to provide additional bed capacity for the coming winter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Both Mr. Watt and Mr. McCallion mentioned the public-only consultant contracts. It is positive that 51% has been reached. Is it fair to say that those consultants who are closest to retirement may be less likely to move to a new contract? Has the low-hanging fruit been reached? Will the next 10% or 20% be more difficult to achieve? Mr. McCallion also mentioned weekend work and putting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank Mr. Canavan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Are the figures in Galway replicated across all hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Have all hospitals now taken up additional weekend and out of the normal-----