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

Martin Conway: When the changes made in recent years came into effect, did GPs notice a significant increase in the traffic flow through their practices in the immediate aftermath?

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

Martin Conway: I have a question on doctors co-operating. There are some examples, particularly in rural Ireland, where doctors have come together to share back-office and secretarial support. There are still quite a few GPs who have not bought into this concept. Do the witnesses have figures on the numbers that are part of a shared back-office co-operative approach and those who are still sole traders...

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

Martin Conway: I understand that.

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

Martin Conway: There is and it works very well. I am from that area. There are still GP practices in the same area that have not signed up to it, bought into it or whatever phrase we want to use. There could be three practices in a ten-mile radius of each other that are co-operating but there could be another practice within the area that could easily be part of the loop but is not. I am trying to...

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

Martin Conway: I totally get that but why is it not attractive for them to do so? Is there anything that can be done that would make it more attractive?

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

Martin Conway: I am aware of an example where three GP practices have come together but within that community there is another practice that did not join. It does not make sense to me because there is safety in numbers from a range of perspectives. It seems to be a good model and I would like to see it implemented where possible. Dr. Quinlan pointed out there are areas of the country where it is not...

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

Martin Conway: Lisdoonvarna was mentioned earlier. Unfortunately, I was not present at the time. Lisdoonvarna is a unique example because the village and the immediate area are accommodating almost 1,000 Ukrainian refugees who are displaced. This creates a special case for an escalated resolution to the GP situation, which will become a problem in March. Has that been taken into consideration in the...

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

Martin Conway: Did they suggest significant changes in their recommendations?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2022)

Martin Conway: Like other Members, I pay tribute to the Cathaoirleach and his team for an outstanding event yesterday. It was certainly a dignified event that captured what is different and diverse about Seanad Éireann. Well done to everybody involved. I find myself speaking again today on Shannon Heritage. Last Friday, Clare County Council announced it was withdrawing from the process of acquiring...

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

Martin Conway: Yesterday, there was a briefing across the road from Leinster House with the education and training boards, ETBs, and it was attended by many colleagues. It was interesting to engage not just with Limerick and Clare ETB but other ETBs such as those in Galway and Cavan and to hear about the various challenges they face. Clearly, the cost of living is having an effect on their day-to-day...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Dec 2022)

Martin Conway: So it was Terry's fault.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Dec 2022)

Martin Conway: I welcome Terry’s family, his wife, Aileen, and his children to the Gallery. My first engagement and time meeting Terry was the day I was elected into Leinster House. We were given offices and I was very privileged that my office was across the corridor from Terry’s. It was next door to Pat O’Neill and Anna. It is where our Leas-Chathaoirleach’s office is now....

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

Martin Conway: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee. Mr. Watt will be glad to hear the Cabinet has approved the consultant contract, the progression of the two elective hospitals in Cork and Galway and the establishment of surgical hubs in Limerick and Waterford. My first question is how long will it take to open the surgical hub in Limerick?

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

Martin Conway: I did congratulate Mr. Watt. It is a great day to get all those projects approved by the Cabinet. Well done.

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

Martin Conway: I thank Mr. McCallion. Regarding the Covid bonus payment of €1,000 that the Government approved in early January, have all of the people entitled to that bonus payment received it? If not, when will they receive it?

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

Martin Conway: Why is it taking so long for the HSE to pay even its own workers the €1,000?

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

Martin Conway: That is welcome news. However, take, for example, St. Joseph's Hospital in Ennis, County Clare, which is a public facility. Staff there only received the €1,000 payment in late summer. Why would it have taken eight months to make a simple payment of €1,000 to people who are employed by the HSE?

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

Martin Conway: In general.

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

Martin Conway: I have a few questions for Dr. Henry. On Covid, we are seeing an increase in the number of positive cases. Does Dr. Henry have the most up-to-date figures for fatalities resulting from Covid? How recent are the figures? Have there been many fatalities as a result of Covid over the past few months? Regarding the vaccine programme and the latest booster, what is the percentage uptake among...

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

Martin Conway: On the flu vaccine and the low uptake among those under ten years of age in particular and in children in general, is that a source of concern? If it is, how does the HSE propose to address it? Is it possible to do so? I hope that it is. What are the HSE's plans to deal with it in the immediate term?