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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: While we are waiting, the committee wrote seeking detail of the amount of money that is going to outsourced services and this whole area. I believe we are awaiting a reply on that. It has been discussed by the committee and particularly in private session. It is a concern of the committee overall.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: That is the last question.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Shortall has gone way over time. I have been very lenient. Other members wish to contribute.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Minister, I am conscious that some of the questions are very localised and you might have insufficient detail. I suggest that you come back with a note on some of the things and perhaps address the broader issues. It is very difficult for you and your staff if the issue is a very localised one.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I know, but some of the questions are very localised and I think even the backup staff that the Minister has here would not necessarily have that information to hand.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: This is again something we discussed in yesterday's private meeting. The Minister is coming in again to discuss the issue of acute beds. We have suggested that the matter of step-down beds form part of that discussion. We may be revisiting this again. I just wished to give the Minister some notice. I call Deputy Colm Ward, who is not a member of the committee but who is welcome.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I am sorry.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Before I bring in Deputy Cullinane, I will make a couple of points. The Minister spoke in his opening statement about addressing unacceptably long waiting lists. I could go through the different sectors but he is probably aware of them. I will highlight a couple of cases of unacceptably high waiting lists that have come across my desk. These are not cases that involve my constituents. I...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: It is not even that. That waiting time is just to get an appointment to see someone. There may be other avenues down which he could go. I am giving an example. That man was told by his doctor that he could be waiting for between five and six years. There are treatments that jump out in respect of the waiting lists, including dental care and oral hygiene, particularly for children....

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: The scoliosis issue, for instance, is not a financial problem. The waiting lists are not due to a lack of finance.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: On that point, regarding the challenge for many people who are seriously ill, I will give the Minister an example. One person with long Covid-19 is on oxygen 24 hours a day. His medical card is running out. He has been asked to get bank statements and information in respect of his income. He needs to get a letter from his doctor and this means trying to visit his doctor. It is also...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: I apologise to the Minister and his officials because I know we are drifting off the Estimates.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the following Further Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2023: Vote 38 - Health.

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, and his officials for attending our meeting this morning. It was very useful. I apologise if we drifted off the main issues but I believe the issues were relevant to the Estimate.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: Do we have a rough overall figure at this stage? Are we talking about thousands or tens of thousands of people?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Crowe: It is on money spent. When Mr. Gloster and Mr. Watt were before the committee the general consensus was that additional beds are needed. The political will is there, including on the part of the Minister, to try to speed up this process. We all expressed a general frustration with the slow pace of the process. The Minister mentioned planning and so on but we all know of projects where...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has an indicative date for the implementation of section 6 of the of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, specifically the recording of a father’s name on a birth certificate. [15689/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: The minutes of the committee meetings on 21 and 22 March 2023 have been circulated for members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of today's meeting is a discussion with representatives of the Department of Health and the HSE on the implementation of Sláintecare reforms. To commence the committee's consideration of the matter, I am pleased to welcome Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General; Mr. Derek Tierney, assistant secretary; Ms Rachel Kenna, chief nursing officer; and Ms Sarah Treleaven, principal...