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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: Reference was made to the staffing and skills mix. Is there a focus on workforce planning in the Bill? It is a stretch but a major infection vector that was identified was the deployment of agency staff across multiple venues during the pandemic, which meant Covid-19 spread through nursing homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: The other issue that came up during the debate, which may be impacted by the legislation, is the transfer of elderly patients without proper testing. This was another serious problem. In some cases, they were taken out of nursing home or, vice versa, they were transferred from hospital back to nursing home without proper testing. Many of them were infected. Is that covered under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: Another area that, again, came up when we talked about weakness was the new integrated community support teams. The importance is that there would be someone available in nursing homes in each area. Is that a key element of the support around this Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: I appreciate that our witnesses came in this morning. It was very helpful and there was good debate. As a committee, we will have to decide how we will progress the Bill. We are still waiting on different sectors. HIQA is outstanding and we will probably have representatives in for a meeting on this. I thank Ms Casey and her colleagues from the Department for assisting the committee in...

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: We all have a vision of the Dublin we would like to see. It needs to be a safe place. I have never been frightened to go into any area of the city, but I know other people who have been frightened to do so. I know people who are terrified in their own homes every night of the week. It also needs to be a place in which ordinary people can afford to live. I do not think any other speakers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: The minutes of the three meetings held on 8 and 9 November 2022 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. Before we begin, I would like to send the solidarity and sympathies of this committee to the family and friends of Vicky Phelan. Ms Phelan was a powerful advocate for women put in the most awful position and will be sorely missed. Her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of this meeting is to consider the HSE's winter plan for 2022-2023. To enable the committee to consider this matter further, I am pleased to welcome from the Health Service Executive Mr. Stephen Mulvany, chief executive officer; Mr. Damien McCallion, chief operations officer; Dr. Mike O'Connor, national clinical adviser, acute operations; Ms Mary Day, national director, acute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: Before I open up to questions, it would be remiss of me not to wish committee member, Deputy Lahart, well and a speedy recovery from his recent health challenge. I will move straight into questions and invite Deputy Burke to begin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: Senator Conway, let Mr. Mulvany answer the question, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: I have a few questions. I will focus on the National Ambulance Service initiatives, including deployment of rapid handover teams. Will the HSE expand on what is involved in that? My concern arises from the fact that, at one stage two weeks ago, there were 11 ambulances outside Tallaght hospital. Ten were Dublin Fire Brigade ambulances. I know this because a number of constituents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: The response from the hospital at the time was that it was down to a lack of beds. It has a plan for a 72-bed unit which is currently going through the system and will help resolve the situation. Can I focus again on the headline of unscheduled care activity and the figures in relation to 75-year-olds and older? There is an increase of 14.1% on the same period in 2019. Emergency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: The big concern is that we are not into the proper flu season yet but with the challenges emergency departments are going through at the moment, it looks like it will be a very difficult winter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: The debate has gone outside discussing the winter plan. Deputy Shortall is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: A number of issues were raised during our discussion. The witnesses have said they will come back to us in regard to workforce planning, overall waiting lists and several other matters. This has been a useful meeting. We wish the HSE well with its winter plan. A number of members questioned the credibility of the plan and asked whether additional beds, staff and so on that have been...

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: It is a daily occurrence where fire service vehicles are unavailable for deployment due to insufficient firefighters to crew them. Staff constantly battle exhaustion because of repeated requests to work overtime and cover staff shortages. That is what I am told by the firefighters. Simply put, we are putting our firefighters and the public in danger. We are gambling with people’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: 495. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be taken on Tallaght University Hospital's submission for a new 72-inpatient bed block. [56117/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: Before we go to the main item on today's agenda, the minutes of the committee meetings of 25 and 26 October 2022 have been circulated to members. Are they agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of the meeting today is for the joint committee to discuss the general scheme of the health (termination of pregnancy services (safe access zones)) Bill, which has been referred to us for pre-legislative scrutiny. The committee has already met officials from the Department of Health in relation to the Bill and we received a number of submissions from key stakeholders. To enable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms McMahon. I will open up the discussion. The delegates know the format; it involves questions and answers. Each member is given roughly ten minutes in which to engage with the delegates. I will start off with Senator Conway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is contrary to what we were told at the committee.