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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Expansion: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: I apologise for coming and going in order to attend a Commencement debate and the Order of Business in the Seanad. I welcome all the witnesses. Considering all the negatives and pressures on the sector, let me say that, as a GP, I believe that general practice works, and that is solely down to the professionalism of doctors. It is important to acknowledge that. We still have access within...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: Fianna Fáil supports the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill. These types of Bills, which amend health legislation, are somewhat akin to the Finance Bill or the Social Welfare Bill in that they seem to arrive at this time every year. The measures set out in the Bill before us are designed to support risk equalisation and sustain community rating in our health insurance market so that...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: Fianna Fáil will be supporting this Bill which makes minor technical amendments to the relevant Act and will facilitate the implementation of the decision to protect the title of physical therapist. These decisions were taken following a consultation process and were welcomed by the professional bodies involved. The Bill originally introduced in the Dáil proposed to protect both...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: I would like to follow on from the comments made by Senator Colm Burke in regard to the important issue of minimum unit pricing of alcohol. Many Senators very eloquently on this topic last week. I welcome the court ruling in the United Kingdom with regard to minimum unit pricing of alcohol. Essentially, it paves the way for the implementation of legislation passed in the Scottish...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: Once again we are facing into a winter where the only things accident and emergency doctors have are flu jabs and prayers to help them with the inevitable onslaught. We have fewer hospital beds now than we had in 1980 and nearly 200 beds are out of action. These are statements we have all heard before and we can say them until we are blue in the face. An article some weeks back entitled,...

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, to the House. There are so many issues in respect of our health service at the moment that it is very hard to know where to start. However, I will start on a positive note and mention that yesterday was World Diabetes Day. I thought of Senator Butler and how he successfully managed to take his health care into his own hands in order to...

Seanad: Housing and Rental Market: Statements (14 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: The House will now have statements on the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government entitled, The Impact of Short-term lettings on Ireland's Housing and Rental Market. I call the Minister.

Seanad: Housing and Rental Market: Statements (14 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: The growth of short-term lettings such as Airbnb across the globe has presented a set of serious challenges for regulators who are catching up. The State has an important role to play in ensuring proper planning is fully adhered to and the housing market protected. Fianna Fáil is in favour of the 90 night limit put forward by the report. This will not discourage homesharing but will...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: The Cathaoirleach will know that the investment of public moneys in the tobacco industry is a great disappointment to me. In July this year my colleague, Deputy Sean Fleming, and I wrote to Mr. Justice Peter Kelly about the investments made by the Courts Service in tobacco companies. Mr. Justice Kelly is chairman of the investment committee of the Courts Service, but in his response he...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: Yes.

Seanad: Health and Safety (Carbon Monoxide) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to require all landlords, including publicly funded organisations and other commercial organisations to ensure an annual service and maintenance is carried out on all heat producing carbon monoxide emitting appliances in each tenanted property; and require records to be kept to verify that work was carried out by an authorised...

Seanad: Health and Safety (Carbon Monoxide) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: Ar son mo phairtí agus ar mo shon féin, ba mhaith liom cúpla focal a rá faoin iar-Sheanadóir Gordon Wilson agus faoin ionsaí a tharlaigh in Enniskillen 30 bliain ó shin. Today is the 30th anniversary of that ghastly attack in Enniskillen by the Provisional IRA. The killing and injuring of so many civilians was a turning point in the Troubles and it did...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: This is my first opportunity to speak on the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. My party welcomes the provisions of the Bill. No one could deny that there is an issue with harmful drinking in Ireland, with 88 deaths every month directly attributable to alcohol. A 2011 HSE study estimated that alcohol-related costs, including those relating to emergency, GP and psychiatric care, amounted to...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: I would like to speak to amendments Nos. 15 to 21, inclusive. I commend Senators Nash and Black on tabling these amendments. The link between alcohol and cancer is undeniable. Those who seek to question it are arguing against science and fact. End of story. It appals me to hear and see lobbyists from the alcohol industry claim that there is no such link. Those who repeat these claims...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: With regard to amendment No. 23, we believe a visitor centre for the purpose of tourism should be exempt from the advertising restrictions referred to only in this section. This would exempt locations such as the Guinness visitor centre from the advertising restrictions. I accept the Minister's bona fides on this.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: I had not intended to speak on this section. With regard to the restriction on advertising during a sports event, I need clarification about section 14(1) that reads: "a person shall not advertise, or cause to be advertised, an alcohol product in or on a sports area." In terms of horse racing, there are advertisements within the circumference of a racetrack. Is the campus of the racecourse...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: Literally the track.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: Does that mean advertisements could be placed on the side of stands?

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: Is that allowed even though children would be present?

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