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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: When Dr. Henry says they are at recruitment stage, does he mean that the posts have already been advertised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is an implementation team in place for the five remaining teams in each CHO that is looking at what is required?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Two of those would need relatively less funding than the other three which are a whole new ball game.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Gloster mentioned Limerick. Where is the other team that is almost in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Does Mr. Gloster have the other three that will be more difficult and take longer on his piece of paper?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: A few of those are CHOs with large catchment areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Does that present a particular challenge in getting them over the line in 2024?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I understand. Some of the last three teams are in areas where we have the highest concentration of people, staff and specialists and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, those are the community teams. Are the inpatient neurorehabilitation services that are being developed through the managed clinical networks at the same level of development? Do they work in parallel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Let us take the beds in St. Camillus Community Hospital, which is being used in this manner by proxy. What would it mean for its use and services if these were to become full rehabilitation beds? Would they be hived off? That is unclear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To meet a particular standard. Okay. Mr. Gloster stated that we have 27 beds. How many are we short?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We are quite short in that regard. I will move on to the service plan. I will take a minute to talk about GP services. I have the information open in front of me and so much of the work that needs to be done links in with GP care. The HSE has identified GPs as key to providing diagnostic texts and early identification to take the pressure off emergency departments. There are a couple of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: What work are we doing in that regard? This matter has been raised to me by constituents who work in the field. Many medical professionals have to come here before they are assessed as to whether they pass the standards for language and meet all the requirements. Other countries sometimes allow those assessments to happen in the medical professionals' home countries to facilitate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That might be something to think about. The other point I want to make will return us to the discussion around those larger catchment CHOs, including CHO 8 and similar areas. We tend to think of the dearth of GPs in rural areas but for areas of deprivation, the lack of GPs is a massive issue. One model that has come across my desk is GP care for all, which is organised on a not-for-profit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Perhaps I could come back to Mr. Gloster in a private moment and make a pitch for such a model.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I promise Mr. McCallion that is definitely an issue in my area.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds microchipped and entered (details supplied) between 1 January 2022 and 30 April 2023, that were born in 2022. [25291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, by year of birth, of the 5,312 non-coursing greyhounds recorded as "exported" in 2022 on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system. [25292/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister. I am glad she brought up the principles of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 because I argue that the people we sent into our hospitals - I do not just mean nurses and doctors but healthcare assistants, cleaners, and housekeeping and catering staff - were not able to shelter in place. They were not able to stay at home and mind themselves like the rest of us....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Ireland has not always had the best history in dealing with post-viral illnesses, recognising them early and giving people supports. I welcome Deputy Colm Burke's comments. We have seen some countries in the EU recognise long Covid and provide social supports in respect of it. France, Italy, Denmark and Sweden have all accepted that Covid is not going away and, therefore, we will have...