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Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the need to discuss naming the new national children's hospital in honour of Dr. Kathleen Lynn TD; (2) Deputy Claire Kerrane - the need to discuss the need for additional resources for rural towns...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I next move to the Government slot and call Deputy Devlin.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: The 25% reduction in childcare fees has been very much welcomed by parents. However, the increase in demand for childcare in my constituency of Dublin Mid-West has not been met by a corresponding increase in available childcare places. In fact, an early childhood care and education service in Lucan is currently facing an accommodation crisis in September. If it has to reduce its service,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I apologise for interrupting. I wanted to make sure the message that my hand has been up since the presentations was passed on.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I am sure the committee members usually go before substitutes and visitors. I know that did not happen today.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: Was there a miscommunication because I am online rather than in the committee room?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I had my hand up since before the presentation finished. Having heard from so many members of the local community at this committee previously, it is fair to say that the care that was given in St. Brigid's Hospital sounds like it was second to none. The building is the issue. Ms Killeen White outlined exactly what the issues with the building are. I will outline to her what I have...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: Ms Killeen White is an expert in this field. In her opinion, could safe care have been delivered to older people in St. Brigid's Hospital at the point at which it closed?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: That was when it was a HSE Covid-19 centre. Infection prevention control measures meant it was unsafe to operate in that situation during Covid. Is that correct?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: The Chair made a suggestion earlier about whether we could still have it operating under the guidelines relating to the distance between beds. If we were to do that, it might result in there being four people per ward. Ms Killeen White would know the numbers better than I would. How many people would that accommodate upstairs and downstairs? Would that make it a feasible operation to run?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I ask Ms Killeen White to elaborate on that and on why that is not viable. Is it not viable from an expenditure perspective, a care perspective or a combination of everything?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I refer to the hospital being repurposed. It has been stated that there are no patients. Ms Killeen White told us that 24 full-time equivalents would be on site. What services are being provided and what is happening in that building on a day-to-day basis?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: That is more than 200 years ago, so maybe we will get the record of the Dáil corrected in that regard as well.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: Does Ms Killeen White have anything to add in respect of the flood plain issue?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I attending a meeting of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters this morning that was focused on what Ms Killeen White described, including privacy, the elements of congregated settings and why we need to move to decongregation. Much of what Ms Killeen White said rings true for those of us who are on that committee as well.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: As am I, and I had my hand up for an hour and a half.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: We have heard from emotional families of people who were residents and who have worked there, and it is understandable that they are emotional. We have also heard from people who have felt the loss of this facility to their community, and it is regrettable that any service is ever lost from any community. I thank the witnesses for coming in to put forward the case for what the rationale...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I apologise for being late, but I was at the housing committee next door. There is a great deal of synergy between it and this discussion. I thank the witnesses for attending. It is people's lived experience and the experience of organisations working on the ground that inform this committee. I wish to put on the record my thanks for, and recognition of, the work of Peamount Healthcare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank our speakers and our witnesses for being here with us today, sharing their expertise and inputting that level of expertise into the Bill. We want this Bill to be very well-rounded. It needs to make sure that, if we are implementing statutory timelines, the resources are in place to equip these decisions to be made within those timelines. For me, it boils down to trust in the...