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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: That is something we might put to the representatives of the National Ambulance Service when they are before the committee later. My mother fell two weeks ago and broke her hip. The ambulance was there in 40 minutes. I am being told that is a good result, given the fact that people in a similar situation can be waiting up to two hours. The biggest problem is the reliance on overtime....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: I thank Mr. Ray. Our support and solidarity go with his colleagues who have suffered from Covid. Of the ambulance bases around the country, which would our guests consider the worst in that it is not properly resourced and has the most challenges? Is there a particular black spot in the country that our guests would like to use this meeting to highlight?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: I suspected that was going to be Mr. Kenny's answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: On that sombre note, I thank our guests for the work they do on our behalf.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: I thank our guests for their presentations and the work they do on our behalf. The reason we invited the ambulance services here is many of us have been receiving information from paramedics and ambulance workers throughout the country complaining about stress, fatigue, being worn out and constantly required to do overtime or essentially, pardon the pun, constantly firefighting. We get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: Is it Mr. Morton's view that because the system is so underfunded and under-resourced and the call out times then suffer, that people are losing their lives?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: Just before Mr. Morton does so, I have one final question for him. In a situation where a 999 call is received and one knows one cannot get an ambulance there for two hours, is a crisis management structure kicked in to try to assist the caller to get other assistance or help? What does one do if one knows an ambulance will not be there for two hours?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: Have lives been lost while that process is kicking in? Are there any examples of where, unfortunately, we have lost people, while that process is in operation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: Does Mr. Morton's colleague want to come in?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: On 30 November I stood in the House and called for all the resources of the State to be deployed to deliver the third vaccine dose, also known as the booster. I looked for pharmacies, especially those in rural areas, to be facilitated to open late, for the Defence Forces to be used where appropriate and for any possible resources needed in order to get booster jabs into people as quickly as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: Apart from being absent for a few minutes, I have listened to proceedings since they began. It started with my colleague, Deputy Stanton, when he said this has not been handled well to date. This meeting demonstrates how badly it has been handled and the serious questions that remain. Is Dr. O'Brien aware that the Mental Health Commission is strong on the issue of out-of-area supports?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: Can I seek clarification? That does not include a 24-hour residential unit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: That is not the case for everybody. Even if there are people who get timely interventions, sometimes 24-hour residential care is necessary. Would that be correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: With Owenacurra closing there is no 24-hour residential facility in east Cork. The people for whom the timely interventions Dr. O'Brien referred to do not work will have to be located over an hour from their home, which goes against the recommendations of the Mental Health Commission. Would that be correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: I am more concerned about the people that does not work for and who require 24-hour, seven-days-per-week supports. Dr. O'Brien is telling the committee that she is withdrawing that support from that community in east Cork. This will only get worse for the HSE. From what I have heard so far in this committee, this will snowball. I suggest the HSE changes its position on this rapidly. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: So there will be no respite facilities for people in east Cork. If they need respite, they will have to go at least an hour away from home. These people may just need respite to give their families a break or so their treatment can be reviewed. A multidisciplinary team, as Dr. O'Brien mentioned, may recommend that they need respite. If that happens, they are in a situation where the HSE...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: I am flabbergasted. I think colleagues on the committee are flabbergasted. There does not seem to have been any empathy shown in the decision to close the Owenacurra centre. I agree with colleagues who have spoken. This is not going away. I do not know how the committee will proceed but we may need to talk to the Mental Health Commission again. We need to do something. We cannot allow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: It would be appropriate to give the Minister five minutes to outline them and that it would not eat into Deputy Cullinane's time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: To be honest, it is bad practice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: I am glad the Minister acknowledges it. It is terrible.