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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Mulvany. I will now invite committee members and other Members of the Houses to discuss matters with the witnesses. We will begin with Senator Conway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: I will move on to Deputy Crowe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: I remind members to try to focus on the emergency departments as that is the focus of today's meeting. I understand that people may drift off to other issues but I ask them to focus on that. On the move made by the UHL management team, the committee wrote to management at the time and we got a response. Members of the UHL management team are not here today and cannot respond in regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: I ask the witnesses to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses do not have to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: Again, I inform members and those listening that we will be looking at the whole area of HSE digitalisation next week. It is on our agenda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: Senator Conway wishes to come in but I have a couple of comments before he does so. We started off on the right foot in terms of the apologies and thanking the staff, but also apologies to those who were on trolleys or chairs. The system is that a patient usually starts off on a chair, ends up on a trolley and then, if he or she is lucky, goes home or gets a bed within the system. We all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank the representatives of the HSE for their assistance to the committee on the current pressures in emergency departments in public hospitals which is justifiably of huge concern to citizens and communities. On behalf of the committee I again thank staff, not only those in emergency departments but all those in hospitals and other medical settings, for the additional effort they have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: I do not know if there is anyone on the Government benches who can answer this. It is with regard to the numerous promises to reduce the waiting lists for those seeking a driving test across the State. Tallaght remains highest on the list consistently with more than 10,000 people waiting on tests. The two centres nearby have the second and third highest numbers in the State. I raised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: Before turning to the main item on today's agenda, I note the minutes of the committee meetings of 22 and 23 November and 7 December 2022 have been circulated to the members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of today's meeting is for the joint committee to consider issues with regard to the recruitment, retention and manpower planning for general practitioners. To enable the committee to consider this matter, I am pleased to welcome Dr. John Farrell, chair; Mr. Fintan Foy, chief executive officer and Dr. Diarmuid Quinlan, medical director, Irish College of General Practitioners. All...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: We will now move on to Deputy Durkan. Is he on the campus in Leinster House?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: Dr. Farrell can take it that the committee will support that reasonable call for the establishment of the review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: While we have not had a formal meeting, it seems the consensus at today's meeting is that we will agree to that. We will move to Senator Hoey. Can she confirm that she is within the precincts of Leinster House?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: I think a number of Members concentrated on the fact that we have 2,807 GPs and we need 6,000 by 2028, in six years' time. From what we have heard this morning, unless a plan is put in place, we will hardly reach that and it is clear, even with the best will in the world, that it would be very difficult to reach that plan. There were a number of questions about the capacity of the current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: You are talking about 9% of those who go on to be GPs, so that is 350 you are saying that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: Will we reach the figure we are looking for if we have that maximum number? If there is a magic wand such that the Minister turns around tomorrow and asks for the colleges to be filled to capacity, can the ICGP do that? Does it have the personnel? Does it have the space to put those people if it had those interns who were available to go into-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: It is doable. Is that what you are saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: For the people going into medicine and the graduates, it is a long time to go through a course without an income. Is that an area we should be looking at in the context of supports? The cohort going into medicine in Ireland in the 21st century either has to have money or has to know someone who has money to get into medicine. Is that not the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: The question I am asking is what additional supports we need to give those graduates going through the system. We have had people talk about student nurses. Trying to get accommodation if going to college is a huge barrier to people. I am asking what happens if they do not have money. Dr. Farrell says they can borrow it. That is not always easy either. The cohort that can actually go...