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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Over the past two years, the waiting list for children's audiology services in CHO 7 at the Russell Centre in Tallaght has been allowed to double. There are now 5,800 children on the waiting list. The response I received from the HSE specifically states that staff vacancies left unfilled due to the HSE recruitment freeze have led to these high numbers. Does the Tánaiste agree that the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Some children have been waiting for two years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: I think the problem is outside the HSE structure. Again, the figures speak for themselves. Some 100,000 children did not receive access to dental care last year. It seems to be a whole area of health we have fallen down on and there clearly needs to be a different focus on it. Another group, Vision Ireland, was in. Again, it talked about a lack of strategy in this whole area. One of...

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

Seán Crowe: Again, we talked about the horrors but, particularly with regard to children, aside from adults, we have actually seen the horror caused by the neglect of oral health. The witnesses mentioned the fact there were 100,000 children last year. I do not understand why we have neglected this whole area of health, given the importance of oral health for the whole body, not just the mouth, and the...

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: School Transport (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a replacement school bus service for children attending a school (details supplied) was not put in place when the existing service was disrupted before Easter; if she is aware of complaints from parents about the service being subject to frequent disruption; and if she shares their concerns about the significant obstacle this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: 739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for audiology services from HSE community services in the Russell Centre, Tallaght; and the average waiting time for those services. [16572/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Crowe: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children assessed as needing placement in a special school, but not provided with a place in 2023. [12059/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Crowe: 1358. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children on a waiting list for their first appointment to CAMHS in the CHO6 area; and the number of those waiting more than six months. [12248/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Crowe: ...have been touched on this morning. I would like to look at some of these areas. I know I have raised the matter before and it is becoming repetitive but access to services has been mentioned. Children with special needs are awaiting assessment and services. We have touched on that. People are trying to get into the obesity clinic. Again, I have raised this before. The waiting list...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Mar 2024)

Seán Crowe: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children on a waiting list for their first appointment to CAMHS in the CHO7 area; and the number of those waiting more than six months. [11209/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Mar 2024)

Seán Crowe: 596. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied with the level of access to the early childhood care and education scheme based on geographical area; how often the Department refresh their list of providers; the measures being put in place to expand access to the scheme in areas experiencing rapid population growth; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: ...on dementia and the importance of hearing with regard to that today. The fact that the brain fills in spaces in silence - it is amazing what the brain can do in this regard. Where would testing of children's hearing normally be carried out? Would it have been in schools years ago? We know that testing for other issues is not happening any more because nurses and others are not going...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Seán Crowe: The Mental Health Commission's report into CAMHS highlighted several issues, including children lost to follow-up, lack of monitoring of psychiatric medicines, unacceptable waiting times for high-risk referrals and many more operational issues. When I chaired a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health in January, we heard that there were 4,400 children on the waiting list for their first...

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: ...there are many people out there who do not know how to cook. Twenty years ago, I visited a group of young mothers in Brookview in my constituency. They discussed basic issues like nursing their children, but also boiling eggs, how to cook and simple things like that. I was shocked by the number of people who did not know how to cook. For many families, this is intergenerational. People...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Seán Crowe: ...as we move forward. We have a huge challenge. It is not just an Irish problem. It is a western-world problem. The figures on obesity are going the wrong way. It affects people from when they are children. We hope to address some of the issues when the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, comes before us regarding the availability of processed foods, especially in disadvantaged...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Seán Crowe: ...to spare cash are being left behind, whether it is in the context of dental care, accessing a doctor or paying for the basic things that are necessary to protect their health and that of their children. The more we can do to eliminate that two-tier system we have, the better we will be. I am going to take a comfort break now. I am sure the Minister and his officials will be glad of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS (17 Jan 2024)

Seán Crowe: ...non-party support on this issue. Collectively, we all want to see this situation being resolved. The figures are stark and frightening: 81% of the members of Families for Reform of CAMHS who have children with an intellectual disability have no access to any mental service at all. That is scandalous and unacceptable. Collectively, in the Oireachtas as a body, both the Seanad and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS (17 Jan 2024)

Seán Crowe: ...can get private assessments. If they are poor, however, they cannot go down that route. Automatically, there is a situation whereby people are going down different routes for services for their children. We have not mentioned the courts. Members are conscious that many families end up going before the courts. This is another matter we need to talk about. We all accept that people do...