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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: National Maternity Services and Infrastructure: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

John Crown: I thank Dr. Fitzpatrick. That was a fantastic, passionate presentation. I have seldom been as impressed by or as proud of a professional colleague sitting in that chair as I am of him right now, calling it as it is. However, I am not overly confident that all the things he has said will actually percolate through to the decision-making process, such is my level of cynicism about that...

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

John Crown: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I give the Minister a great big welcome and thank him for coming to the House. I know this is an issue he has dealt with very constructively before. In introducing the Bill today we are not in any sense trying to undermine anything he might wish to do independently to implement it in spirit, if not in all of the specifics. We would hope that this Bill, if...

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

John Crown: I can go to the long version of my speech. I am reminded of a couple of outstanding anecdotal examples, one of which shall remain nameless, a very famous surgeon who worked in St. Vincent's Hospital, who one day was running an academic department, performing operations, coming in at night-time to do emergency surgery, teaching medical students, preparing international research presentations...

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

John Crown: I thank the Minister for his courtesy and constructiveness in dealing with the Bill. I am grateful that he and his officials have decided not to oppose it but to allow it proceed to the next Stage which we hope to do, relatively quickly, giving everyone the opportunity to table the substantial Committee Stage amendments which are required. In answer to a few specific points, such as the...

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

John Crown: Next Wednesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)

John Crown: A Chathaoirligh, a chairde, welcome back everyone. I wish to associate myself as well with the remarks regarding our colleague, Senator Jimmy Harte, who has become a very good colleague and good friend over the last several years. I wish him all the very best for a full recovery. A Chathaoirligh, I would like to ask leave of the Leader that No. 15 be taken before No. 1 on the Order of...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)

John Crown: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, namely, that No. 15 be taken before No. 1.

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: First Stage (23 Sep 2015)

John Crown: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to ensure that all those who are employees of the Department of Health, and all those who are employed by bodies directly funded by the Department of Health, may, if they wish, postpone their retirement where they would otherwise have been forced to retire at a particular age that is stipulated in their employment contract,...

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: First Stage (23 Sep 2015)

John Crown: In a break with tradition, next Wednesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

John Crown: I am in a slightly embarrassing position today, being an employee of St. Vincent's and one who famously does not enjoy particularly good relations with the board of management, so I have to be careful. I would also like to acknowledge that I would be perceived as working for a competitor of the Beacon Hospital, which is a very fine institution, and for that reason I am going to recuse myself...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

John Crown: I am not attacking her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

John Crown: I am sure she is a person of incredible rectitude, but if somebody is offered a contract for which one is qualified, he or she would normally take it. The question arises from our level of satisfaction with St. Vincent's effectively investigating itself. The questions that need to be asked are not only about the person who is in line management on procurement issues but about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

John Crown: Some of my researchers have asked me to be clear on the following. Mr. Menton is most accurately described as a retired partner in KPMG. I apologise for any ambiguity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

John Crown: I welcome the witnesses and acknowledge the important work done by the board. This is obviously a much more challenging time than in the days when six or seven Irish nursing schools provided all the graduates that were needed. Circumstances are now very different. Having had extensive representations made to me by individual nurses and their representatives at the time of the proposed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

John Crown: The witnesses have addressed most of my questions. My only remaining one is about public relations costs. What public relations contract does the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, have and how much does it pay for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

John Crown: I do want to go to the vote. Perhaps I missed the answer, but the specific question I had was about how much is spent on public relations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

John Crown: Can I ask a supplementary question on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

John Crown: I have to leave for the vote. I am not putting Dr. Pidgeon on the spot because she may not have all this information at her fingertips, but is it the same company? Web design and public relations are very different skillsets. Is the same company doing both for €300,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

John Crown: Dr. Pidgeon may not know this off the top of her head, but how much of that is for the web part and how much for public relations? I am very interested. It is not just the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, I ask everybody this. I have a bee in my bonnet about public bodies spending money on public relations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

John Crown: Approximately €220,000 is budgeted for public relations.