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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: It is not an issue that we are going to forget.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: This is the last meeting before the end of session. I thank the representatives of the Irish Heart Foundation and Croí for their engagement with the committee, which we will continue to monitor and follow up on. I thank all the staff for their support, help and commitment during the year, and the same for members. I wish everyone a happy Christmas and happy new year. I look forward...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (12 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the 15% pay gap between Tús and community employment supervisors; the efforts being made to close this gap; the timescale they envision this process will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55140/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: 160. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of dentists enrolled with the dental treatment service scheme, by county, in tabular form. [53932/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently on the waiting list for the Centre for Obesity Management; and the average waiting time to access services once a referral has been made. [53933/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senator Black. Before we get to the main item on our agenda, the minutes of the meeting of 29 November 2023 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? They are. I thank members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of this meeting is for the committee to receive an update from representatives of the Department of Health and the HSE on the implementation of Sláintecare reforms. There will be a particular focus on elective hospitals, individual health identifiers and matters relating to the recruitment of consultants. I am pleased to welcome, from the Department of Health, Mr. Muiris...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Woods.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: I will move on to Deputy Cullinane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: I hope to let members in later on. We will have a comfort break for ten minutes around 11 a.m. Before we move on to the next questioner, there was a hesitancy in the answers given in respect of the sites. The witnesses have said the decision on sites is a matter for the Government at the end of the day. Is the hesitancy for commercial reasons? Am I picking that up wrong? There seemed to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: Does Mr. O'Connor hope it will be sooner rather than later?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: I call Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses may respond now if they wish or they may provide a written note.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: It is good to hear about some of the positive things that are happening. We tend to focus much of the time on the negatives. Reference was made to the number of consultants who have signed up to the new contract. What is the main pushback in terms of consultants not signing up to the contract? Is there any sense at this stage of what their main concerns are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: Are the former contracts open-ended or do they run out at any particular time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: There are some concerns around the surgical hubs idea. I am aware of the reuse model in Tallaght. One of the reasons it is successful relates to an issue we touched on previously. Normally, when there is a challenge with emergency department beds, the first beds to get it, so to speak, are the day care beds. Part of the success story of the Tallaght model was where it remained open in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: There is also the fact it is an innovative approach that has come from within the system, similar to Pathfinder, which also has being rolled out, and the very positive elements in that regard are quite obvious. We were speaking earlier about the tendering process and the Minister was talking about it being a major obstacle to delivering capital projects. He said we need these in a timely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: Will any new cost-effective control processes be introduced or have they come on stream, having learned from previous processes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: For people listening in, but for people also within the political system, we want a system where we are learning from past mistakes and improving all of the time. We would like to think we will be doing things better and with a different approach to all of the big projects. On the cyber resilience, the question that jumps out, so to speak, is whether there are still machines connected to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Crowe: At the time, radiotherapy and the machines there were one area in particular. Has that issue been resolved regarding the equipment that was being used there?