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Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Some clarity has been brought to the situation. Amendments Nos. 141 and 143 are related and are being discussed together. I think I have asked the Minister to move amendment No. 141 already.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: It was so good the first time.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I suggest we break at this point.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: It is a natural time to break. That completes the Select Committee on Health's consideration of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 for today. Further consideration will be required to complete it and the committee will schedule a meeting for this purpose as soon as possible. I thank the Minister for Health and his officials for attending.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: No.

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: In my opinion, leaving a child diagnosed with scoliosis to languish without the medical and surgical intervention they require borders on the cruel. We know that early intervention and treatment for children with scoliosis is paramount for preventing severe complications. If left untreated, scoliosis can lead to debilitating spinal deformities, respiratory issues and chronic pain. Allowing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senator Frances Black. Before we go to the main item on today's agenda, the minutes of the committee meeting of 7 February 2024 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed. The purpose of the meeting is for the joint committee to consider public health and commercial determinants of health. This meeting will be divided...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: Well done and I think we all agree with that. There is support and help available for people who are trying to give up smoking and I urge them to engage with local services. Deputy Shortall is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. Professor Alexander Miras is the academic we met in Ulster University. He indicated they are looking to identify a hormone that affects appetite suppression, which he said is psychological. He mentioned the fact there was co-operation, North and South, and the challenge we are facing from obesity as a society on this island. I call Deputy Kenny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. I need to move on. I call Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: The more the Deputy looks at the clock, the more time will fly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: This is a large area. We have probably only touched on a small part of it. We could discuss the food people get in hospital after having serious operations. Even if they were healthy, they would not be able to eat some of the food offered in a number of our public hospitals. I am glad that some members touched on the question of poverty. The mortality rate of someone who is poor is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I again thank the Minister of State for her engagement with the committee on public health and the commercial determinants of health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I am pleased to welcome from the Health Promotion Alliance Ireland, Ms Janis Morrissey, chair, Dr. Sheila Gilheany, member, and CEO of Alcohol Action Ireland, and Dr. Liz O'Sullivan, member, and programme chair of the BSc in public health nutrition at TU Dublin; and Dr. Norah Campbell. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I invite Dr. Norah Campbell to make her opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: On the issue of subsidies, one of the current challenges is that, according to a farmer spokesperson I heard recently speaking on the price of vegetables, the multiples are undercutting the cost for a farmer to actually grow those vegetables. That has to be put into the equation. To get back to a point I made earlier to the Minister of State, some people have no experience of eating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that no one should be going hungry but those who are living in a hotel room with their family and have access only to a kettle are reliant on processed food, takeaway food and so on. I am conscious of the proportion of Irish people who are stuck in that situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: I would like to think we have started a conversation. I know members would like to come in again, and I would also like to ask more questions. It is something we can maybe return to in the future, but this has been a useful engagement. I thank the representatives of the Health Promotion Alliance Ireland and Dr. Norah Campbell for their engagement with the committee.