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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: The purpose of today's meeting is for the committee to meet the Minister for Health to consider and discuss the ongoing acute challenge facing public hospitals, in particular pressure on emergency departments, shortage of bed capacity and the consequent overcrowding. To commence the meeting's consideration of this matter, I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: I let Deputy Cullinane go on. A number of members are absent today so there is some leeway. It is okay to bring in the officials? I think it is important that we get as much information as possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: I apologise to Deputy Shortall for the delay, but I think that was useful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: I have to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: To intervene, this matter has been raised a number of times. We received a reply from management at the hospital. It exited the hospital to allow it to be used for other facilities. Management has also denied the allegation that it is never there. It is on record as saying that is not true and that they are present at various times during the day. Therefore, it has been raised and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: The committee has written to the company in relation to the pandemic stuff if the Minister wants to wait for that reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: I have a couple of comments myself. At the start of the meeting we heard that there were 592 people on trolley beds yesterday with an average of 560 a day. There are huge challenges there. It was asked why people turn up at emergency departments. The reason people turn up is that they are not well and are looking for medical assistance. In a lot of cases the first port of call is the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: What about national rehabilitation beds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: That issue was addressed earlier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: Senator Conway is moving away from the subject we are discussing this morning. As he knows, we have written to the Minister for an update on the issue to which he referred. The Minister may reply if he wishes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: The next speaker is Deputy Gould. We are running out of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: Committee Stage of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: The Minister has a permanent seat there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)
Seán Crowe: Again, I thank the Minister for assisting the committee in its consideration of the challenges in hospitals, including emergency departments, bed shortages and overcrowding. It is a matter, no doubt, that will continue to be monitored and considered by the committee. I believe the Minister is back again with the Select Committee on Health next week.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) Seán Crowe: The purpose of today's meeting is to consider Further Revised Estimate for Vote 38 - Health. I welcome the Minister of Health and officials from the Department of Health to today's meeting. I also thank the Minister for the provision of a briefing note on the Revised Estimate. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not criticise...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, for his opening statement. Before I open up the debate to members, I would like to say that we have had a number of witnesses at different meetings over the last couple of months, coming in and expressing frustration regarding the goodwill pandemic payment. We got a note from the Minister back in March regarding those who had been paid, but there is a...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) Seán Crowe: One of the difficulties with giving us a list was that the situation is ongoing. The letter we got back in March outlined that a significant number of people had been paid but we do not know who has not been paid. That is the big problem. Just this week, I heard that those who were giving people vaccines in Citywest have still not been paid. We had firefighters in and they were...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) Seán Crowe: Does the Minister have a rough idea of how many people are still outstanding?