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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Seán Kyne: It goes back to the issue of evidence. Does Mr. Watt have a value on possible liabilities of the Department? I can see from the point of view of the State that those would be important issues. In his previous and present roles, does Mr. Watt have an estimate of liabilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Seán Kyne: From Mr. Watt's experience in his previous role, are there changes that he will propose are made in respect of these cases going into the future in terms of protecting the Exchequer, but also in his new role as Secretary General of the Department of Health? Are there changes that he will be envisioning?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan. I am delighted to see somebody from the west here as this topic relates to hospital services in the west, in particular the Galway region. The Minister of State will be aware that Galway University Hospitals comprises University Hospital Galway, UHG, and Merlin Park Hospital, which provide a range of emergency elective services for the people...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: That would be a first if we were kept informed as we are not being kept informed. In fact, the information that we got came through a colleague in Cork. There seems to be some surprise that I was given access to this information and that I am now raising these concerns, which I have raised locally as well. The Minister of State referred to a draft preliminary business case, site...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Cathaoirleach for introducing Senators Maria Byrne and Horkan, the new old Members, shall we say. I congratulate them on their election and I congratulate all those who participated in the recent Seanad by-elections. I will not try to tell the Senators anything about this place because they are more experienced than I and many other Members are. I wish them well in their terms....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I thank all Senators for their contributions. Senators O'Loughlin and Flynn raised issues with regard to maternity services. That is very important. It is a stressful time for expectant mothers, their partners and, indeed, their parents and anyone else who loves them and worries about them. It is not only a matter of the pregnancy. There are also scans. Expectant mothers may face a...

Seanad: Ninth Report of Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight: Motion (23 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I move: "That the report be adopted, laid before the House and printed."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the expert witnesses. My question is similar to Deputy Durkan's. I was contacted by a lady this morning who knows I am a member of this committee. She asked me to ask a question on behalf of her husband who is younger than 60 years and is part of the vulnerable cohort. He received the first dose of AstraZeneca and she made it quite clear that he will not take the second dose....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I thank Professor Butler. I will certainly pass on that message. My second question is for Dr. Henry or his team. Island residents received their first vaccination on the islands. The vaccine was delivered professionally. It was excellently co-ordinated by the Air Corps to drop vaccines to the offshore islands. People over 70 years and in some cases younger people, depending on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: The system of administering the vaccine or delivering it directly to the islands worked well and saved people who would not have transport having to come to the mainland. Perhaps Dr. Henry will revert to the committee's secretariat with information on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: My third question is on a matter that was touched on earlier. I have come across a 96-year-old lady who lives in sheltered housing in my constituency. There are ten others over 60 years old who are in similar accommodation. I have contacted the National Ambulance Service to try to get them vaccinated. Unfortunately, these people are falling through the cracks. They are at an age where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: Does Professor Butler think there will be a requirement for booster doses later in the year or early next year or is it too early to provide an answer in that regard in the absence of sufficient data?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: There is absolute confusion in Galway at the moment regarding healthcare plans by the Saolta University Health Care Group and the Department of Health. We know capital projects take some years to develop and bring to fruition, but for some years we have been led to believe that a full elective hospital and 200 badly needed inpatient beds are to be delivered in Merlin Park. Now we see that...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts: Motion (19 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I move: That Seanad Éireann, pursuant to section 4(2)(f)(v) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 to 2018, hereby authorises the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to conduct the defence of proceedings initiated in the Workplace Relations Commission against members of the Joint Committee on Health in the matter of Francis Kearney v Deputy Colm Burke and others(Ref:...

Seanad: Water Quality: Motion (19 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State. I live approximately 7 miles from Eyre Square. At 45 years of age, I can remember heading over to the neighbour's as a young lad to get buckets of water from the well and turn on pumps to pump water from the river. Fortunately, group water schemes were put in place throughout rural Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s. There was very much a hands-on approach by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Dr. Glynn and the team. Vaccine hesitancy could creep into the population, given the decision of the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, on the AstraZeneca vaccine. Is Dr. Glynn concerned about this and should we be seeking an increased supply of other vaccine brands to combat it? I note today's decision of the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, in the US to recommend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: The FDA has recommended a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to investigate reports of blood clots. I ask Dr. Glynn to comment on that and on the French Valneva vaccine. Some of the basic messaging on hand hygiene has been hugely important but I believe anecdotally and from reports around the country that the practice of hand sanitising has reduced, certainly in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I have a final question. With regard to monitoring businesses and shops and ensuring that they have, for example, a basic supply of hand sanitiser, whose role is it to ensure that a shop complies with what we have known for the past year to be very important and which is one of the core messages from NPHET and advocated by the Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Hourihan and the other witnesses from the Irish Dental Association. It is clear from the commentary that, as a State, we are being penny wise and pound foolish by not investing properly in the school screening service, which has knock-on effects, and by failing to agree a new deal. Mr. Hourihan stated that as there was no review in the intervening period, none of the items...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: Can the committee be given a comprehensive list of examples, if such exists? Those examples are very interesting. I presume the resourcing of the school screening service by the HSE is having a knock-on effect, with people presenting with issues that should have been picked up in the school setting and have not been. I have come across cases where people were not picked up as having an...