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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I would like to ask about a couple of additional areas. There has been a big focus on CAMHS recently, and rightly so, but there are waiting lists for primary care psychology services that in some instances are longer than those for CAMHS. What is the plan to deal with this? Clearly it is an area that has not had a large amount of public attention but there is a serious and growing need....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I appreciate that, that is wonderful. I thank Mr. Gloster.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I welcome the witnesses. I want to clarify one issue with regard to Limerick. It was stated by some individuals that the most recent clinical advice regarding not reopening accident and emergency units in Ennis and Nenagh is outdated. What is the witnesses’ view? Is that correct? Should updated clinical advice be obtained?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: To be clear, the current medical advice has been updated. It is medical advice that Dr. Henry would stand over as the chief clinical officer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I thank Dr. Henry. I have a question for Mr. Gloster. With regard to the interventions he is discussing with the Minister and is hoping to get signed off in the coming days, he might elaborate on what some of those initiatives are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I would consider all of the measures mentioned by Mr. Gloster as significant. Are the other measures that he does not want to speak publicly about significant as well?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: Yet again, I raise the issue of UHL. Today, at least, elective surgery is resuming at the hospital having been suspended for two days due to pressure on the emergency department. A number of things have happened, one of the most important of them being the decision announced today by Mr. Bernard Gloster, CEO of the HSE, on "Morning Ireland" that the minor injuries unit at Ennis Hospital...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: Well said.

Seanad: European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I move: "That Seanad Éireann agrees to the first amendment made by the Dáil to Seanad amendment No. 13."

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister. The interventions from Senators Clonan and McGreehan were powerful and explained clearly that, as Senator McGreehan rightly said, we needed to create this safe space in order for people to breathe, clear their heads and come to terms with things. People go in and out of these facilities for many reasons – some of them joyous, some of them not so joyous, some...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I am speaking in the context of the amendment regarding protesting at Leinster House. I am drawing comparisons with the concerning developments in the United States. We saw what happened on 6 January 2020 and the challenges and concerns there. We have to be careful. I urge the Minister to reflect and take on board the concerns about the need to be able to protest in the vicinity of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: Yet again today I stand up to raise the issue of University Hospital Limerick, UHL. As people heard on the news, today is the third day that elective procedures have been cancelled in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary. It is completely unacceptable that we are still in this situation in March. I want a debate with the Minister for Health in the House specifically on UHL. People are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electoral Process (5 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State. Before I call Senator Cummins, I welcome to the Gallery Isobel Danaher from County Clare and her father, Dan. Isobel is an award-winning student journalist in post-primary school. She has interviewed me over the years and had several articles published in the regional press. I have no doubt this will be her first of many visits to Leinster House. I also...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State and Senator Higgins. I am sure I speak on behalf of everybody in asking her to pass on our very best wishes to President Higgins for a speedy recovery.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: Before I call on the Minister of State, I welcome Ned and Mary O'Hara. Ned is a former general secretary of the Irish Postmasters Union and did great work over the years. He is very welcome to Leinster House. I hope he and Mary enjoy their day. They are guests of Senator Carrigy.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for taking Commencement Matters this afternoon. We know he is busy and, as always, we appreciate his time. He is a frequent visitor to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. I know he is taking this Commencement matter on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. Clearly we would have preferred to have him here to deal with it but the Minister of State is an able replacement, to be fair. I raised this matter in February 2023. There are hundreds of people in County Clare, from Loop Head to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: The reply is positive but lacks one very important thing and that is timelines. What I need is dates.I am aware the role has been advertised externally and that there is interest in it. I am also aware there is a facility where the unit can be housed but we need dates. When can we expect this to happen? I am a little concerned the unit will support only 30 people. Many more than 30 in...