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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (24 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: 514. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent positions allocated to Clonmel CDNT; the number of the positions that are vacant; the number of children attached to the team as of 31 December 2022. [2825/23]

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this Bill. The general scheme was discussed in some detail at the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. As such, the needs of the various organisations have been expressed and discussed. For too long, our farmers have had to navigate a market in which they have been expected to accept the prices they receive and the conditions to which...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: I welcome everyone to our public meeting. I have received no apologies from anybody. All those present in the committee room are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. The first item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes of our private and public meetings on 7 and 8 December 2022, respectively. They have...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank Ms Mullins and Mr. Torpey. Before I let others in, I thank Councillor David Dunne for submitting the petition on behalf of the people of Tipperary, Kilkenny and Waterford. I am from the constituency and I am aware of the concerns that have been raised about the hospital's future not long before it was changed from a step-down facility to a Covid facility. I am also aware of the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: The Senator should be kind now-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: I agree that we need to bring them in and see the reports on which the HSE has made a decision. The committee and the community itself have long tried to get a reason why the hospital was closed and have failed to get it. The Senator asked about fundraising. I know from being in the constituency, and Deputy Cahill would agree with me, the amount of fundraising that has taken place down...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: During a meeting on the St. Brigid’s facility at the Hotel Minella, we were told another 350 community beds are to be lost. In recent weeks, we have seen services backed up in acute hospitals. If we remove another 350 community beds, what will we finish up with?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: Deputies O'Donoghue and Devlin are next. I will make my apologies as I must speak in the Dáil in a few minutes' time. Deputy Devlin will take the Chair while I am there.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: I will make apologies because I have to go to the Chamber to speak. I will be back soon. Deputy Devlin will take over. I assure Deputy Donoghue that none of us believes that he ever had a brain-freeze.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: I apologise for stepping away and I thank Deputy Devlin for stepping in. I will not ask questions because most of them have probably been answered at this stage. I will give a quick brief of what has happened. In the HIQA report into St. Brigid's, did it give any recommendation to close St. Brigid's? No. We wish to let the public know before we finish this session. On what advice was...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: It is not an official report, is it?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: The HSE had thought about alternatives for St. Brigid's such as a diabetes clinic and all that. Has that been provided for Carrick-on-Suir and St. Brigid's?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: St. Brigid's and Carrick-on-Suir have lost out there as well. Are the families who would have used the services provided at St. Brigid's any longer able to care for their sick mother, father, brother or sister? Do they have to travel 40 km to Clogheen? I am from the constituency. I know how far away is Clogheen. I know there is no bus service or public transport. It must be absolutely...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: We will ask the witnesses for a closing statement, but before we finish, will they give the public a brief or maybe even a personal view of their experience of St. Brigid's? We have had other people before the committee with regard to thatched cottages, Owenacurra and other matters. Witnesses' personal experience of these services have really struck a chord with the public. I ask the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: Thank you.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: During this meeting and beforehand, we have heard about transferring care into the community. At the same time, we are seeing decisions such as the decision to close St. Brigid's. As I said, at the meeting at the Hotel Minella we heard about the closure of another 350 beds. It seems crazy and it is baffling at the same time. I do not believe Senator Craughwell, Deputy Buckley or any of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: When this committee was being set up and we were drawing up its terms of reference we asked all the party members to leave their political jerseys outside the door. That has been one of the big advantages of this committee. All parties and Independents have come together to help in cases such as St. Brigid's and the Owenacurra centre, as well as others who have come before us. I thank...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: Everyone who has spoken wants that answer, as does the group. We will seek that definition. I thank the witnesses again. It has been very beneficial for the committee. I assure the witnesses that we will have the HSE and HIQA before the committee and see where we go from there. We will suspend for five minutes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: We have three petitions for consideration today. Petition No. 21 of 2021 is entitled Taking in Charge from Mr. Terence Coskeran. This petition relates to the request the local authority taking in charge a residential development of five houses at Rocksprings, Kilross in Tipperary. This petition has been before the Committee on Public Petitions a few times. The petitioner presented to us...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Jan 2023)

Martin Browne: Petition No. 29 of 2022 is entitled Research on Topical Steroid Withdrawal, submitted by Ms Neave Tugwell. The petitioner seeks to raise awareness of the issue among medical professionals and believes this is a preventable condition. The secretariat corresponded with the head of the Oireachtas co-ordination unit at the Department of Health on 30 June 2022 regarding this petition and...