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- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Okay. How was it decided who was happy to meet with him?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: So it was not-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Okay, so there was no formal invitation to families.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Did Mr. Gloster visit St. Stephen's Hospital while he was in the area?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I have a couple more questions, if that is all right with the Cathaoirleach. I have submitted some parliamentary questions on the new proposals for the ten-bed service in Midleton. I have been told repeatedly that building is expected to commence in quarter 1 of 2024 and that the construction will be completed in quarter 1 of 2025. There is no capital funding assigned to those projects....
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: There is a design team appointed. Is there a site?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: There is no funding though.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Can we get a timeline on when that update can be expected? How long does it take for that kind of capital funding process?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: What is the timeline on them?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Does it take four months or maybe six months to decide the priorities for the next year?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Okay, so by Christmas it might be decided that Owenacurra is the one to move forward with. Then, is the design team appointed and the tender process begun?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Okay, so then the tender process begins.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: By my calculations, the target of 2024 for tender and planning is ambitious. It will be mid-2025 to get all that out of the way followed by the commencement works. Are we looking at 2027 as a very ambitious date for a new facility?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: We would love to see that. Finally, I want to go back to St. Stephen's Hospital. I visited the hospital which was interesting because it really is a campus. It takes a while to get to. I am not used to the wilds of Cork. Will the witnesses expand on the proposed 50-bed continuing care rehabilitation facility? It will be bungalow-style residences. Having been there, it seems a very...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Ms O'Donovan. I would appreciate a tabulated response on that because, with the best will in the world, we can have all these policies but when money comes into play matters are prioritised. If a 50-bed unit is prioritised over a decongregated setting of maybe four or five people, which we all know is a costly model, then we would be doing people a disservice. I thank the...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I met the residents of the Owenacurra centre. A number of them told me they do not want to lose their home. They have lived there for seven, eight, ten and 15 years, in some cases. I do not think it is a secret that people did not want to leave. I am not using the word "coercion" but I am simply saying that this suggestion that people did not mind leaving their home is false. They knew...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I am. I am contributing from my office. I have a sick child on a couch, unfortunately. I thank the witnesses for their time today. I have several questions, some of which are quite short. We were expecting a workforce planning document from the Department this month. Unfortunately that seems to have been delayed. In response to parliamentary questions the Minister had indicated that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Does HIQA not set the national standards for safer better healthcare?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: So HIQA has no role in the workforce planning document they are creating for the next ten years.