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Seanad: Private Nursing Home Sector: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: We need someone in Clare.

Seanad: Private Nursing Home Sector: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is good to see her. This can be an emotive topic but it is an important one. I fully agree with the sentiments of Senator Dooley in regard to his reappointment. I wish him well in that regard. Hopefully it will work out well. Of course, the ambition is always to care for loved ones at home. We should as a society be doing everything we...

Seanad: Vaping: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank the Senator and her assistant, Ms Rachel Kerley, for the work they have done in preparing this important motion. Any motion that deals with health is important. I know the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, is committed to creating a healthier Ireland. It does not happen overnight and sometimes requires steps to be taken. We can think back on the history of smoking in this...

Seanad: Vaping: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: An-mhaith.

Seanad: Vaping: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: That is a fair point.

Seanad: Vaping: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank the Acting Chairman. Well done.

Seanad: Vaping: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: It was game changing.

Seanad: Vaping: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: I think it came in on 1 March 2004.

Seanad: Vaping: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. It was well put together by the officials and he delivered it well. This legislation will be published in January hopefully and it will undoubtedly be passed swiftly in this House in any event. The Minister of State spoke about 2004. I remember when the Minister for Health at the time, the Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank the witnesses for attending. This morning at 8 a.m., and as we sit here discussing health matters, there were 87 people on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick according to the INMO trolley count. What does HSE say to those people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: Since Mr. Mulvany became interim CEO of the HSE, has he visited University Hospital Limerick?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: He has not been in University Hospital Limerick. When does he plan to go down there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: Would he consider, in his new role as CEO, a visit to the hospital with the consistently-highest trolley numbers as a top priority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: Would Mr. Mulvany not consider that the worst hospital in the country is where he should have been first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: Will Mr. Mulvany let us know when and what his feedback from the visit is? I am not being provocative; this is very serious. Some 87 people, many of them from my area and citizens of this country, are on trolleys. People on the ground are doing their best. The CEO is doing their best, but this is a HSE problem. It requires a full HSE response. I would like an update from the HSE on what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: We all welcome that, but it will be 2024 before those beds are in the system. How are the HSE negotiations with private operators in the mid-west progressing in the context of the winter plan? Have they concluded and has the HSE purchased bed space in private hospitals as part of the winter plan in addition to what is there already?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: Finally, because I am conscious of time, as the Chair and Deputy Cullinane mentioned, University Limerick Hospitals Group was before the committee and we had a positive engagement with its representatives a few weeks ago. They were clear that an elective hospital is needed in Limerick and yet the Department does not seem to prioritise it. What is the HSE's view on the need for an elective...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: With respect, I hear that answer regularly, but at the end of the day, the witnesses are the HSE. They inform the Department that informs the Minister. It is policy but the HSE has a view and I would like to hear it.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (15 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: Well said.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I know he is under pressure due to commitments in Dáil Éireann. It shows his commitment to try to come up with a solution to this issue which is a big issue in north Clare. Everyone in farming circles, certainly in County Clare, and in environmental circles understands the huge benefits that the Burren life programme has had in the...