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Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: No.

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: In my opinion, leaving a child diagnosed with scoliosis to languish without the medical and surgical intervention they require borders on the cruel. We know that early intervention and treatment for children with scoliosis is paramount for preventing severe complications. If left untreated, scoliosis can lead to debilitating spinal deformities, respiratory issues and chronic pain. Allowing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senator Frances Black. Before we go to the main item on today's agenda, the minutes of the committee meeting of 7 February 2024 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed. The purpose of the meeting is for the joint committee to consider public health and commercial determinants of health. This meeting will be divided...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Well done and I think we all agree with that. There is support and help available for people who are trying to give up smoking and I urge them to engage with local services. Deputy Shortall is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. Professor Alexander Miras is the academic we met in Ulster University. He indicated they are looking to identify a hormone that affects appetite suppression, which he said is psychological. He mentioned the fact there was co-operation, North and South, and the challenge we are facing from obesity as a society on this island. I call Deputy Kenny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. I need to move on. I call Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: The more the Deputy looks at the clock, the more time will fly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: This is a large area. We have probably only touched on a small part of it. We could discuss the food people get in hospital after having serious operations. Even if they were healthy, they would not be able to eat some of the food offered in a number of our public hospitals. I am glad that some members touched on the question of poverty. The mortality rate of someone who is poor is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I again thank the Minister of State for her engagement with the committee on public health and the commercial determinants of health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I am pleased to welcome from the Health Promotion Alliance Ireland, Ms Janis Morrissey, chair, Dr. Sheila Gilheany, member, and CEO of Alcohol Action Ireland, and Dr. Liz O'Sullivan, member, and programme chair of the BSc in public health nutrition at TU Dublin; and Dr. Norah Campbell. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I invite Dr. Norah Campbell to make her opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: On the issue of subsidies, one of the current challenges is that, according to a farmer spokesperson I heard recently speaking on the price of vegetables, the multiples are undercutting the cost for a farmer to actually grow those vegetables. That has to be put into the equation. To get back to a point I made earlier to the Minister of State, some people have no experience of eating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that no one should be going hungry but those who are living in a hotel room with their family and have access only to a kettle are reliant on processed food, takeaway food and so on. I am conscious of the proportion of Irish people who are stuck in that situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I would like to think we have started a conversation. I know members would like to come in again, and I would also like to ask more questions. It is something we can maybe return to in the future, but this has been a useful engagement. I thank the representatives of the Health Promotion Alliance Ireland and Dr. Norah Campbell for their engagement with the committee.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: No one would argue that the current situation and the institutional culture in RTÉ are healthy, acceptable or sustainable. The deficit in TV licence revenue last year indicates that some 120,000 people have chosen not to renew their licence. I cannot blame them. Financial scandals at RTÉ rocked people's trust and confidence in the national broadcaster and the television licence...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants on a waiting list for a driving test by test centre, in tabular form. [6189/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student requiring hearing aids would have to wait three months for software to be purchased for use with a system (details supplied); his views on whether a process taking three months in an academic year presents an unacceptable barrier to education for students with hearing difficulties; the changes she plans to make to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Deputies Cullinane and Shortall. Before we get to the main item on today's agenda, are the minutes of the committee meetings on 17 and 23 January 2024, which have been circulated to members for consideration, agreed? Agreed.