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Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: That is pretty much the figure I got after a lot of digging. Sometimes it takes time to get these answers. The Minister said that the overall staffing in Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's had increased by 22%. Again, does this 22% consist of whole-time equivalents or new people? If the Minister does not have the figure, I appreciate that but if I could get it by the end of the week, it would...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: The Minister will verify that figure. I appreciate that. Would it be possible to get a breakdown per hospital? Obviously, we have Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's hospitals, so it would be good to know whether there is a balance across the three or whether one hospital is getting the lion's share of those additional staff.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: That would be useful to have. I thank the Minister for the approach. I brought forward a motion with my colleagues in the Independent Group. The motion did not call for the emergency department to be reopened immediately, given the constraints identified by the Minister. Many accept that an emergency department can only be safely opened in a model 3 hospital where there is an intensive...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: If Dr. Henry could be brief, I would appreciate it.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: At this time of the year in particular, people come in with sports injuries that occur. Training is typically in the evening. It is a shame that people with sports injuries have to present at UHL. Stitching or a precautionary X-ray is often what is required, rather than something that requires treatment in an emergency department in a model 3 hospital.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: That is the point I am making. People who would otherwise present at a local injuries unit with an injury from sport practice, etc., have to go to UHL. When I asked the chief clinical officer of UHL whether there was a case to be made, not perhaps for 24-hour care but for extending it to 10 p.m. rather than 8 p.m., he accepted that there was a case. I urge the HSE to move in that...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: Will it be in place nationwide?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: When is that likely to be delivered?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: I would like to move on because there is no definitive answer as to when it will be delivered. Going back to the politics of the situation, people might be cynical that the HIQA review was called for in the run into elections and maybe the general election will come and go before the review is delivered and actioned, if it is ever actioned. There have been a lot of reviews in the Department...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: They are not finalised yet?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: Was that not due on 20 May?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: The date I was given was 20 May. Has it been extended again?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: Falling off the trolleys as the numbers were falling?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: There was one brief question I had-----

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: 146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legal basis for the expenditure of Exchequer funds on the provision of international protection applicants who were not successful in gaining leave to remain or status and persons in respect of whom a Deportation Order has been signed, respectively, by IPAS. [23213/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: 147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the sum expended on the provision of international protection applicants who were not successful in gaining leave to remain or status and persons in respect of whom a Deportation Order has been signed, respectively, by IPAS in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. [23214/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (21 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person will be facilitated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22491/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: At the start of April, the Minister for Health announced the new nursing unit built in Nenagh to replace St. Conlon's would be instead used for step-down beds. Families were expecting to go in there from across north Tipperary and east Clare. At the same time, the Minister announced Cahercalla nursing home would take 20 step-down beds. When Cahercalla's representatives were asked about...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (14 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it has been determined whether the OPW or Clare County Council had responsibility for conservation works in Moynoe Graveyard, Scariff, County Clare; if he is aware how long scaffolding has been in place; when it will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21882/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (14 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: 434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review into the lapses regarding the Sex Offenders Register, identified in the High Court judgment (details supplied) delivered on 22 March 2024, was commenced; who was appointed to carry out the review; when that person or persons were appointed and if she will publish the findings of the said review. [21291/24]