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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: I need to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: Thank you. Does Mr. Watt want to expand on this structure of talking to the Minister?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: Thank you. I call Deputy Gino Kenny.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: Deputy Durkan is way over time. I will bring him in at the end if there is time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: I have a question before I bring members back in. On recruitment, one of the challenges relates to visas for people from abroad. Has that blockage in the system been sorted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: Does Ms Hoey have any idea how long it takes to get the visa for someone who is recruited? I assume it depends on what part of the world they are from.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: One of the issues that keeps coming up in the context of health is that of oral care. Again,.there are shortages and blockages within the system. Mr. Watt outlined the number of staff who have been recruited and so on. Is this one of the areas that is being prioritised? People are encountering difficulty getting an appointment with a dentist. There was reference earlier to the difficulty...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: Okay. At meetings like this, we do not get a sense of the answer to the big question everyone asks, which is whether the system can be fixed. Innovative measures are being taken. Last week, for example, we had people in from University Hospital Limerick, UHL, and they spoke on the big challenge being faced there, relating to senior citizens coming through the emergency department system....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: I have three people who wish to come back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: I need to move on Deputy Shortall.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: I apologise to Senator Maria Byrne as I do not think we will have time to get her in today. She is not a member of the committee but she did indicate she wanted to come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: That is hardly going to happen. I do not think that is going to happen. The Deputy has asked the question anyway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: Sadly, we have come to the end of the meeting. I thank the representatives from the Department of Health and the HSE for their continued engagement on this matter. I look forward to further regular engagement with the Department of Health and the HSE on this important matter. Separately, it is understood this will be the committee's last engagement with Mr. Paul Reid as CEO of the HSE....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: We wish Mr. Reid well for the future and may he enjoy that family time he was talking about.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: The inability of people to access a driving test in south Dublin is an issue I have been raising for years. At the moment, 10,000 people are on the waiting list for the testing centre in Tallaght. This is the longest waiting list in the State. It represents 12% of the State-wide waiting list. The centre in Deansgrange in Dún Laoghaire has the third longest waiting list. In June...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: 131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list all of the eligible categories of workers for the pandemic special recognition payment. [46225/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Sep 2022)
Seán Crowe: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that firefighters and paramedics with Dublin Fire Brigade have not received the pandemic special recognition payment despite providing front-line ambulance services during the crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46226/22]