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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: They are choosing to work in other countries because they get paid better when they leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: Let me jump to another question because my opinion is fairly set on this topic. Can the Minister give an update on the backlogs in the screening services, particularly for BreastCheck and CervicalCheck? I realise this has not been flagged. Does the Minister have an update on how the backlog will be dealt with? People have been in touch with me to say they are very worried about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: That is absolutely fine. I would appreciate a note on it.

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: On International Women's Day, there tends to be much reflection on the women who have gone before and the firsts. I am grateful to those women who have laid the path for many of us but I find myself thinking of the women who are yet to come and not just those who have been. I ask myself who is not in this room. There are not nearly enough women, even though this is the most women that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the HSE representatives for everything they have said. I have three questions. GPs to whom I have spoken in the past week have been a bit frustrated with some poor communications. When they called the dedicated call centre, they were speaking to people who did not have the information they needed to hand. This included information such as whether their order had been received or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank Mr. Reid. I have two quick questions arising from a GP with whom I spoke. The GP in question expressed worries about the pace of the roll-out. I understand that issues completely outside of our guests' control mean that the vaccination programme is going at a slower place than we hoped. The GP is worried that the virus will mutate to a point where the vulnerable people who have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: Does Mr. Reid have no concerns that the pace of the vaccine roll-out will have a knock-on impact, as the GP told me? I am not a specialist in this area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: Do I have time for one quick question about the numbers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I want to follow up on the issue of the intern programmes being cut by 350 places. Dr. Henry said that a number of additional posts and fellowships have been created. What is the difference in those numbers? While 350 posts have been cut, what is the increase in other posts? In order to figure out the difference, we can subtract that number from 350 so we know how many intern places have,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I second Senator Bacik's amendment to introduce the reproductive health leave Bill to the Order Paper. In early 2020, under the previous Government, Dr. Conor O'Mahony was asked to undertake a review of LGBTQ parental rights. This review of legal rights after surrogacy and other methods of assisted human reproduction by the special rapporteur for child protection, Dr. Conor O'Mahony, was...

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: First Stage (22 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I second the proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I have one quick question. I know the witnesses have been bombarded with many questions. It is about the idea of a citizens' assembly. That is a model which was used and worked quite well here for what were considered contentious items. Will the witnesses elaborate on how they believe this could work in this instance? Would it have to happen in both areas, including Northern Ireland? Do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses for being with us this morning. Can any of them offer some insight on the following issue? Some weeks ago, there was a radio interview about the uptake of the vaccine among staff working in nursing homes. There was discussion around offering prizes and so on to tempt people into taking up the offer. Has there been any improvement or are there still people resisting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: That is very positive. I recalled hearing that piece which was worrying but it is good to hear there is a high uptake. Following an earlier question around care of the older person, the new model and needs for older people and support in the community, what would be the ideal timeline for that happening? We keep hearing about reports and so on but how long is reasonable for this sort of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I am a big fan of blue sky questions and broad thinking. What is the reality of this shift? There will be a cost to it and the reconfiguration of community supports and structures as well as costs to individuals and homes. There is also something of a culture shift. Ms O'Neill mentioned choice. It is obviously not simply a choice between the individual and the nursing home, hopefully...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Hospitality Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I want to ask if any of the witnesses would like to comment on the stay and spend credit scheme. I know there has been a discussion on this issue. Many of those in the tourism sector previously predicted problems with the scheme and, as we have seen, some of them have become a reality. It was budgeted to cost the Exchequer €27 million. My colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, submitted a...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Hospitality Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: To be fair, it was somewhat a leading question. Mr. McGowan's response is the answer that we would expect, namely, that the scheme is not doing what it needs to do. I want to move to another issue. I know that the Minister has appointed a task force to come up with a comprehensive plan for recovery. However, some of those I have spoken to in the industry are very worried that these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Working Group on Unification Referendums: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank all the witnesses for their presentations. I have only one point to ask a question on so I will probably not take up the ten minutes. It is along the lines of what a previous witness, Colum Eastwood, said and relates to the suitability of the mechanisms we currently have to hand to call a referendum. The executive summary states: "The form of consent in the South is not specified,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Working Group on Unification Referendums: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank Dr. Kenny. That was the only burning question on that.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank everyone for their presentations and I hope that all can hear me. I have three themed areas and I will run through them; our guests can come back to me with questions or answers on any of them. Proposals have been made over the years on having a night mayor for Dublin. Said quickly this sounds like nightmare as in dreams, but I am talking of a night mayor. Do our guests believe...