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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: I do not know if many people will welcome the closure of the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: I know that. I am just scoring points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: I have a couple of questions. First of all, I welcome the plan. It is a huge amount of money. For the plan to work, there are a lot of moving parts. Clearly, the beds issue is one that has to be addressed. I welcome the HSE statement this morning about moving ahead with the 1,500 suggestion. For example, and I accept these are always local issues, etc., I was looking back in relation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Looking at the challenges that we faced last year as part of the plan, are there proposals in relation to what we could do differently? I am thinking in terms of supports for those young mothers who were in that situation out of hours, such as the ability to telephone someone to ask if something is normal, not normal or whatever. Maybe there is something that could be done in that regard. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: We now have to bring the meeting to an end. The witnesses might revert to us with any views they may have regarding those challenges regarding the eye and ear hospital. I am not being critical of the system, but it clearly needs tweaking. I thank the HSE for assisting the committee in its consideration of the HSE national service plan for 2023. The committee will continue its ongoing...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: The Oireachtas health committee has consistently heard from health service workers and their unions that staff are at constant risk of burnout. Recruitment and retention remain at crisis levels as young graduates seek better pay and working conditions elsewhere, despite their express wish to remain in Ireland. This makes it impossible to legislate for mandatory staffing levels in hospitals...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (16 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of blind and vision-impaired students who have received assistive technology from her Department in the past five years, broken down by year and by primary or second level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22706/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (16 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills who is responsible for the training and the provision of technical support on assistive technology when it is awarded to blind or vision-impaired students by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22707/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Deputy Gino Kenny. Before we get to the main item on today's agenda, minutes of the committee meetings of 25 April 2023 and 26 April 2023 have been circulated to members for their consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed. The committee report on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the health (termination of pregnancy services (safe access zones)) Bill was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of today's meeting is for the joint committee to meet with the Department of Health to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the health information Bill 2023. I am pleased to welcome from the Department of Health Mr. Muiris O'Connor, assistant secretary, Mr. Peter Lennon, assistant principal, Dr. Sarah Gibney, principal officer, and Mr. Niall Sinnott,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: I invite members to discuss the matter with witnesses. I will start with Deputy Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: The name on my list is Deputy Burke but Deputy Durkan can go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: I call Deputy Shortall.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: We move on to Deputy Hourigan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: I apologise if the witnesses have already dealt with some of my questions, but I am finding some of the information difficult to pick up. I get that the current system is not acceptable. The idea of moving from paper to digital and access for researchers to files and so on makes sense. Some of that is going on at present, but not to the extent to which it should be. Highlighting gaps in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Is Mr. Lennon saying that everyone has one at present, but it is not necessarily in the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: Has a hospital number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: The problem with the PPSN is that one cannot use it legally. Is that part of the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: It is called an individual health indicator number, but the individual cannot get access to it.