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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: "Yes" is the answer. I also believe it is important for the likes of Ennis and Clare to develop, not as an adjunct sprawl out from Limerick but to see strong towns in Clare and a strong city in Limerick developing. That is why I believe the northern distributor road is not the right way to go. Public transport in Limerick is the way to go.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy raises a serious issue. The Government this week brought the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 to the Oireachtas environment committee on Committee Stage. That provides a lot of the answers and reassurances to the company. In the development of the likes of the deposit refund scheme, where plastic and PET bottles are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I will follow up in my own Department and look for the correspondence from the Port of Cork. We do not want goods shipped from Cork to Dublin. I will follow up and reply directly to the Deputy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am looking forward to going to Kerry in June. I will look forward to calling to Kilgarvan or any place in the county.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We might go out-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I accept what the Deputy said. What he described is intolerable and the details provided in response to the question from Deputy Cullinane raise serious concerns. I cannot let this pass without noting that if overcrowding is the real issue, then I can think of one hospital that is affected more than any other, and that is Holles Street hospital. It is the most overcrowded hospital and that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The parties to that correspondence are probably following our debate here. It is up to them to decide whether they make public what is private correspondence. We must be careful regarding basic fundamental rights. There are rules around freedom of information and provisions governing which information by statute can be directed to be made publicly available. Private correspondence,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the point the Deputy is making. Our maternity system is not sufficiently midwife-led. I think it should be. That is why I want to bring back to this debate something I raised earlier concerning how we implement the national midwifery strategy. It points in the direction not of a consultant-led, active management type of system, but, as the Deputy said, to a much more...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: This is a real issue. I am told there has been a significant increase in demand for HRT products, which has outstripped supply, as the Deputy said. A successful awareness campaign has seen demand for some products increase 4.5 to 7.5 times compared to 2019 levels. Suppliers have confirmed they have increased the planned supply of HRT patches to Ireland this year, while continuing to work...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Regarding the specific issues, I do not have details about the specific hospital, but I will pass this information to the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. I will also pass on Deputy Tóibín’s request for reassurance regarding Navan hospital. To make a general point, though, for all the failings of our system, recent analysis - and I do not have the exact...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I do not agree with the Deputy that the shortage of zoned land is the cornerstone of the housing problem. I also do not agree with him about cutting the likes of tax, VAT and so on. That would just go to the developers rather than the householders. The Housing for All strategy the Government is delivering is the right approach to tackling this. Central to it has to be the national...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That is not against Dublin but Dublin is under such pressure at the moment because so much of the development is happening on the east coast. We need better-balanced regional development. That will not happen in Cork, Limerick, Galway or Waterford just by zoning ever-outwards which has been the characteristic of development. It will happen by the measures the Minister, Deputy O'Brien,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Housing for All strategy is the right approach and it is starting to deliver results. In the first quarter of this year, my understanding is that some 6,000 houses were completed, built and delivered. In the year to February of the previous year, there were 35,000 commencements. It is not enough and we need to get better-balanced regional development to get more housing in other parts...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: If the Deputy is saying that the institution is deeply worried about the loss of its independence or that St. Vincent's will be taking it over, I do not hear that from the clinicians in Holles Street.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I will get back to the key point I want to make. It is not just the conditions. Under the national maternity strategy, it is the national director of acute hospital services who will have ultimate accountability and that is important to remember.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It is the State-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: -----and State policy that will decide how this is run.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: In the context of the report on the front page of The Irish Timestoday, the Cabinet decided on Tuesday to: open up all the documentation; make sure it was fully transparent; allow the Oireachtas committee to examine, question and investigate; and for the Minister for Health to come back to the Cabinet with observations from that process. That is what was decided at Cabinet. We will have to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: In the constitutional arrangement, the framework and all the legal analysis and documentation. I refer back to another article in The Irish Timestoday which states that various independent legal experts were asked if they think there is still a concern in that regard. From what I read, the vast majority of those which expertise in the area of medical legal matters stated that should no...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am just asking the question because it would involve is a debate on a wider matter. Catherine Day carried out her analysis and compiled a report on how we might manage that. I am of the view that it can be managed and that we can retain a voluntary health system that will be a public health system that will Sláintecare-based and that puts communities first. It should not all be led...