Results 101-120 of 310 for at speaker:Annie Hoey

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times and Hospital Admissions: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister for attending. I sit on the Joint Committee on Health whose members are contacted daily, via the committee and by personal email, about issues that have all contributed to the latest hospital overcrowding and the crisis in workforce planning. I have seen vacancies at consultant level, eye-watering waiting lists and so forth. My colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, our party...

Seanad: Protection of Private Residences (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Jan 2023)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister of State. I thank the Fianna Fáil grouping for introducing this Bill. I echo the comments made about the fact that we need this legislation in the first place. I have a sense of unease regarding the times we are in. We will all have seen the footage of really stark scenes of protests in Ballymun and Finglas, which are in my area, Dublin North West. Some of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Annie Hoey: Over the last few weeks there have been a lot of disturbances on our streets around who should be here and who should not be here. There is very disturbing news coming from the Department that we may not have anywhere to house asylum seekers. People are coming here for protection and they have been advised not to travel to Ireland because we do not have the room for them. There was an...

Seanad: Wind Energy: Statements (25 Jan 2023)

Annie Hoey: Forgive me; I have to dash out as soon as I wrap up this contribution. We have a strong polluting element in Ireland. We have a duty to change our ways and mitigate the disastrous and existential effects of the climate emergency. We are here to focus on wind energy, as the Minister outlined, and there are three ways we can do this: committing to the "polluter pays" principle; co-opting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses for coming in and for their presentations today. Hospital overcrowding and hospital problems are among the most prominent issues in my political awareness. When I was a teenager in the early 2000s, it was floating around, with Brendan Gleeson on "The Late Late Show" talking about hospitals and all these other things. The representatives outlined very clearly in their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Annie Hoey: May I ask a follow-up question about the beds? Mr. Mulvany says there are not beds just floating around. A couple of years ago people were talking about empty wards and so on. Mr. Mulvany says beds have to be built in the various places they need to be built. That will not happen in the next 12 months, if I understand how long it takes to build these things. Are we therefore looking at...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: I express my personal support for the Bill and that of the Labour Party. It is very timely and welcome legislation. We have had quite a number of animal welfare discussions in the Seanad over the years and I am sure it will come as no surprise to anyone to hear where I fall on this Bill. I commend Senator Boylan on all her work, not only on this Bill but on animal welfare generally and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: I sure can. The Chair can tell by my flags that I am in my office in Leinster House. I hope I can be heard okay. I will hold the microphone close to me. I thank the witnesses for all of that. Two things jumped out at me. There was reference to suitable premises. There have been conversations in the Joint Committee on Health with regard to having expanded clinical teams, which I believe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: We are caught between the chicken and the egg. The medical students I know who either went straight in at undergraduate level or through graduate entry medicine have left because of the pressure on the system. I have a number of friends in their late 20s and early 30s who have done this. This is in general and not just on the GP system. We are caught in a never-ending loop of pressure on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: I will talk briefly about two different things. I am not aware if Members saw in the news that a Dublin play therapy programme will be extended in the Ballymun area. This is to help children to deal with the impacts of homelessness. It is very important that this is happening and that it is for children who are struggling at school due to their situation. I will give some context here as...

Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House, and I welcome the people in the Gallery. Some are party colleagues, but many of them work in the sector as activists or childcare providers. A number are parents. There is no question about the work the Government is doing to try to deal with the childcare crisis and the issue of childcare costs. My Labour Party colleague, Senator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: I tuned in to the meeting from my office. I will go over a couple of issues. I did a cursory search through the most recent news reports on ambulances, various delays and so on. At Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, we had 11 ambulances parked outside the emergency department with people waiting for five hours to be admitted. We have variations of that elsewhere. I pulled up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: I was scrolling through the remnants of Twitter earlier on my way here and I noted how many parents were talking about their concern about strep A and many different matters. People were talking about being in accident and emergency departments for ten hours and the algorithm promptly brought up underneath it, a message from the Chief Medical Officer, CMO, telling parents that if they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: One of my favourite topics is student nurses. I am sure the witnesses have seen the figures published recently about the number of student nurses who are planning to emigrate. I have asked this before in this forum. There are plans in Sláintecare for numbers of nurses to be brought in and how many are needed to increase capacity in the system in various different areas. Are there any...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: When I saw the number of 63,000, I thought it was 3,000 beds left. I just wanted to clarify that for myself to make sure I was on that. There are really high figures here such as 92% for Dublin occupancy - and I would argue that this is a great figure, especially when we think of ten years ago which were different times - but my sense from what Mr. Kelly is saying is that the sector fears...

Joint Committee On Health: People Detained in Secure Forensic Mental Health Facilities: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: Apologies as I am Zooming in from the office between multiple places. I thank our witnesses for their presentation. It has been interesting and has uncovered many things that I would not have known about, even though being on this committee I am very interested in the topic of mental health. I wish to circle back. I am in interested in what was mentioned in the opening statement and the...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: My views on animal welfare are no secret in this House. I have expressed them here and I have a long history on this matter. I abhor animal cruelty. I neither have faith in nor do I believe that this fund is necessary or the best use of moneys at this time. I have never voted in favour of this fund, and I will not vote in favour of it now. I will deal with the consequences of that in my...

Seanad: Public Order and Safe Streets: Statements (23 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I strongly welcome the fact we are taking the time to discuss the needs of safety on our streets. I will focus a bit on our capital city, if people will indulge me on that. I am one of the many people who has chosen to make Dublin my home and put down roots in my local community in Dublin 11. My partner, my family and I know what it is like to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: I also want to be associated with the comments made by Senator Buttimer on what is happening. People knew that this was going to happen as the World Cup taking place in Qatar, even though there have been human rights abuse in that place, has been spoken about for a long time. Unfortunately, we are not surprised by the situation there. It is a great shame that the captains of the soccer...