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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: I think we have come to an end. We really appreciate the witnesses coming in. It has been very helpful. Is there any particular ask that the witnesses want of the committee? You have collectively raised a lot of issues and the clerk and myself are going to sit down to see where we go from here. There is the possibility of the Minister coming before us at some stage, but we also have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: If there is legislation that requires pre-legislative scrutiny, the committee will prioritise that legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: There will not be any blockage at this committee in the context of moving the legislation forward. We can ask the Minister about the legislation. I thank the representatives of the Irish Dental Association and the Dental Council for their engagement on this important matter. The committee will consider further how to follow up on the issues we have been discussing.

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: I do not think anyone can legitimately stand up and say that the climate crisis is not one of the greatest threats we face but we cannot wrap up measures like this as some sort of action against climate change. It is just another tax hike on commuters and their families. The public transport network has been expanded but it is still a long way from where it should be. The rail network is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are plans for an ASD unit to be put in place at a school (details supplied) given its size and the present demand for such services. [18983/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to increase the number of special school places for children who NEPS assessments specifically recommend for such a place, given the insufficient capacity at present; the number of places to be brought on stream in the next two years; and the location of these places. [18984/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a child (details supplied) who has been recommended for a special school place by a NEPS assessment but has been unable to secure a place in the Dublin area. [18985/24]

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: Like everyone else, I have met families and individuals and seen the impact gambling has had on their lives. I have seen families destroyed by it, marriages destroyed, job prospects destroyed and housing applications rejected. People who are applying to borrow money are not able to get a loan because lenders check to see whether a person gambles regularly. I accept there are problems. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: Good morning everyone. Apologies have been received from Deputy Shortall and Senators Hoey and Black and for this first session. The minutes of the committee meetings of 16 and 17 April have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed. Today, the joint committee will first meet with Vision Ireland to discuss the health services and supports for persons who are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank both Mr. White and Mr. Mullaniff for their opening contributions. I call Senator Martin Conway. We will try five minutes each for everyone and perhaps have a second round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: The current system does not make sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: Is it the case that a person who is poor is more likely to have bad eyesight than a person who is wealthy? We see that with other conditions and other diseases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: The worrying thing about the long waiting lists, particularly in the case of something urgent, is we know that the longer one leaves the condition, the more likely that it cannot be reversed. Mr. Mullaniff spoke about macular degeneration and how if a person gets the injections, it stops there. It does not go back and that is the big worry. As a committee we accept the idea that a strategy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that I am hogging the meeting but I have one last question that we did not touch on and that is emergency situations. I will give an example with a kango hammer. A bit of metal into went into my eye and I nearly lost the eye. Straightaway, at that time, you would go to the accident and emergency department or the eye and ear hospital. You cannot do that now. You have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. The committee will definitely follow up on some of the issues they have raised, particularly around the strategy. As members have outlined, we will bring in representatives of the HSE as part of our discussions on Sláintecare. That will inform many of our members and I am sure questions will be asked about the issues raised here. I thank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: I welcome all our members and witnesses. The committee will commence its consideration of the health services necessary and available for persons with lung fibrosis. From the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association, I am pleased to welcome Ms Maureen O'Donnell, chief executive officer; Mr. Michael Darragh MacAuley, patron; Mr. Robert Hurley, patient advocate; and Ms Nicola Cassidy, board member....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank all the witnesses very much for coming in and telling their stories. I welcome Robert, Michael and Margaret, who is in the audience, and the other guests who are here today. I will throw it open now to members of the committee. Deputy Durkan is leading us off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: There might be.