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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: I welcome this opportunity to discuss this important document, Towards an Anti-Poverty Strategy for Clare, and its findings and recommendations. Clare PPN is a network of 331 community and voluntary groups in County Clare. The Minister of State will be familiar with their work through their sister organisation, Meath PPN, in his constituency. The Irish Human Rights and Equality...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date on Objective 11 of Housing for All, namely the commitment to provide planning guidance for the development of Section 28 Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable and Compact Settlement Guidance, including guidance on housing typologies to facilitate innovative approaches to medium and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to open a public consultation on Objective 11 of Housing for All, namely the commitment to provide planning guidance for the development of Section 28 Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable and Compact Settlement Guidance, including guidance on housing typologies to facilitate innovative approaches...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: I thank the witnesses for coming and for their presentations and opening statements. I acknowledge the work of Professor Cowan and her management team in UHL. It is challenging. I also recognise the work of Ms Bridgeman and her team on the community side of things. There have been many advancements, even if we look at community healthcare. I refer to investments in all our community...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: There is a proposal of which Professor Cowan will be aware regarding a bed bureau for the UL Hospitals Group. It has come from clinicians within that hospital. It would help, on the bare face of it, because we could deal with non-urgent care in a more efficient way. It would improve patient flow and it would get more out of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's in a collaborative way, using GPs....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: It has been put to me older persons are referred by their GPs through the bed bureau, and are brought to UHL. There, they will end up on trolleys. They will eventually get beds. They will then be discharged to go to Ennis. This process is instead of going to directly to Ennis, having been referred by their GPs through the bed bureau. Instead of putting that older person through all that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: When do the witnesses intend to start that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: Is that happening at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: Does Professor Lenehan have information on the number of patients who have been referred using that system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: Are the numbers large?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: That works well. We can see from figures that have been shared that attendances at the minor injuries unit in Ennis are up by 26% this year. They are up for 40% in Nenagh. Can the Professor see a greater role for those smaller hospitals for Ennis and for Nenagh? Can they maybe extend the medical assessment unit's opening hours for minor injuries. There was a major investment in Ennis for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: When does Dr. O'Connor envisage that will happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: In terms of an elective-only hospital for the mid-west region, I am big supporter of the idea. Some 17% of the patients within the UL Hospitals Group are there for elective procedures. All of that space could be freed up, and the hospital could deal with emergency care. Is UHL in a position to finalise what proposal it is going to support? Our guests have spoken about 150 units at St....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: I have a question to Professor Cowan. Where are talks between the HSE and the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly? I understand he has met with Professor Cowan on a number of occasions to discuss this issue. I sought answers through parliamentary questions and I have met with the Minister personally as part of a group of Government Deputies and representatives within the region....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: My final question is on the winter plan that is being formulated. When will the HSE be in a position to publish that? The HSE needs to speak to public representatives in the region and to present that plan to us. We will support it 100% in trying to get the resources. It has been a whole year of a winter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: I say this because we have had those figures all year round. It is the worst ever. It is a frightening prospect, as we head into the winter, that those figures will actually get worse. We all need to work together to get behind that plan.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: I raise the Croí Conaithe housing scheme that was set up to tackle the blight of vacant and derelict homes. It was launched in July and was very welcome but its criteria are very restrictive. Properties must be in areas with a population of 400 people. I ask that the criteria be re-examined and that rural areas outside towns and villages be included in the scheme.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Authorisation to instruct Legal Representatives: Motion (15 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 4(2)(f)(iv) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003-2021, hereby authorises the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to defend Workplace Relations Commission proceedings against a member of Dáil Éireann entitled: Complaint ref: 00049205, and which proceedings arise solely out of the performance by the member...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: I agree with Deputy Ó Cuív on trying to collate the actual cost throughout the State. I also have to acknowledge the contribution of the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, of €2.64 million over the past two years to County Clare. She actually doubled the funding this year, which is greatly welcomed. I also believe that the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, in the Department of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (15 Sep 2022)

Joe Carey: The Government decision over a decade ago to establish the Shannon Group led to a transformational change in the Shannon Free Zone itself. I look forward to the official opening of MeiraGTx tomorrow by the Taoiseach. It is a progressive company. It is a real example of what has been done in Shannon over the past decade. Many of those firms have been in touch with me in relation to the...