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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 May 2024)
Mairead Farrell: The Minister was just talking about capacity issues. One of the big things in terms of capacity is to make sure we have the workforce that can build the different projects that we need, particularly when it comes to accommodation needs. That is why I would like the Minister to outline what progress is being made at the moment with regard to the current challenges in the apprenticeship...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: I thank the Cathaoirleach and his colleagues for allowing me to speak early. As a former management consultant, the Minister will be aware of the importance of statistics and, as a politician, the maxim "lies, damned lies and statistics". He told the Dáil that there were 2,000 new staff in UHL and prompted the then Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, to do so. I went off, asked lots of...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: Yes.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: The figure of 1,200. Is this 1,200 new posts or is it new staff? Some of those staff could be job-sharing or part time and so on. Is it 1,200 posts or 1,200 new staff, some of whom may be job-sharing?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: Could I get confirmation of that before I finish? Of the 1,200, the Minister listed the various NCHDs, consultants, nurses, midwives and other health and social care professionals. They come to 780 so that is less than two thirds of that figure. Would the Minister accept that of the 1,200, less than two thirds are what one might call healthcare professionals?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: And whether they are full-time posts or persons who are job sharing, etc.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: That is pretty much the figure I got after a lot of digging. Sometimes it takes time to get these answers. The Minister said that the overall staffing in Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's had increased by 22%. Again, does this 22% consist of whole-time equivalents or new people? If the Minister does not have the figure, I appreciate that but if I could get it by the end of the week, it would...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: The Minister will verify that figure. I appreciate that. Would it be possible to get a breakdown per hospital? Obviously, we have Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's hospitals, so it would be good to know whether there is a balance across the three or whether one hospital is getting the lion's share of those additional staff.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: That would be useful to have. I thank the Minister for the approach. I brought forward a motion with my colleagues in the Independent Group. The motion did not call for the emergency department to be reopened immediately, given the constraints identified by the Minister. Many accept that an emergency department can only be safely opened in a model 3 hospital where there is an intensive...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: If Dr. Henry could be brief, I would appreciate it.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: At this time of the year in particular, people come in with sports injuries that occur. Training is typically in the evening. It is a shame that people with sports injuries have to present at UHL. Stitching or a precautionary X-ray is often what is required, rather than something that requires treatment in an emergency department in a model 3 hospital.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: That is the point I am making. People who would otherwise present at a local injuries unit with an injury from sport practice, etc., have to go to UHL. When I asked the chief clinical officer of UHL whether there was a case to be made, not perhaps for 24-hour care but for extending it to 10 p.m. rather than 8 p.m., he accepted that there was a case. I urge the HSE to move in that...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: Will it be in place nationwide?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: When is that likely to be delivered?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: I would like to move on because there is no definitive answer as to when it will be delivered. Going back to the politics of the situation, people might be cynical that the HIQA review was called for in the run into elections and maybe the general election will come and go before the review is delivered and actioned, if it is ever actioned. There have been a lot of reviews in the Department...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: They are not finalised yet?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: Was that not due on 20 May?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: The date I was given was 20 May. Has it been extended again?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: Falling off the trolleys as the numbers were falling?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Michael McNamara: There was one brief question I had-----