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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.

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 Deputy has been breaking the law for a long time, therefore. I thought she understood this law.

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: It was Deputy Durkan. He has been getting away with murder for years.

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: Senator Hoey will speak next. Deputy Bríd Smith can come back in at the end if she thinks of the question.

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 wish to refer to a couple of the points raised by members. The example of a polling station was used, although I accept it was not the ideal analogy. Normally, the action taken comes as a result of a complaint. We are all familiar with the legislation or, rather, we are not familiar with it but we have a sense of it. My understanding is that the distance set out is 100 m from the...

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: What about the curtilage or the boundary? Does the term "curtilage" need to be defined? Should we be using the word "boundary"?

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: It would not deal with the issue of a hospital's footprint either. No legislation is perfect. I imagine this issue will pose a difficulty. Similarly, the recording of individuals coming out of hospitals would be unacceptable in most people's view regardless of why the individuals were attending the hospitals. If recording is allowed to happen from outside the boundary, it will be...