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- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)
Jennifer Whitmore: I wish to raise the issue of the EU migration pact. It is a highly controversial and complex issue. It took eight years for the EU to agree these proposals and yet only half a day has been set aside at the Joint Committee on Justice to hear them. If we compare that with the amount of time given to the controversy in RTÉ in two different committees, we can see the disparity. These...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: It is very fundamental reform of European migration law and practice. There are legally binding timeframes for making decisions on international protection applications and appeals and a greater focus on efficient returns for unsuccessful applicants and accelerated processing, including for those from safe countries, those with no documents or false documents and those who have crossed...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are way over time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----that in this Dáil, demonstrable and clear progress has been made on cardiac services and the cath lab, in addition to a wide range of other healthcare services and the broader economic developments in this area.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Matt Shanahan: I hope in the future, when the Tánaiste comes in and starts quoting statistics, that he will refer to money rather than percentages. I remind him that University Hospital Waterford, which has one of the largest patient catchments in the country, has the lowest funding and lowest numbers of staff and beds of all model 4 hospitals in the country. It is a case of taking a hospital that...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: The extra staff have been appointed to the cath lab-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Matt Shanahan: The seven-day service is not there.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----and the hours extended. I did not give percentages to the Deputy. Over the five years, €89 million in addition to the base figure has been allocated. I gave the figures in respect of the staff, not percentages, when I said-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Matt Shanahan: Staff numbers are still among the lowest in the country.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----that some 829 additional staff had been appointed-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Matt Shanahan: It is the lowest resourced model 4 hospital.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----including 46 more consultants, 97 more non-consultant hospital doctors and 348 more nurses. I gave actual figures on real people who have been recruited to work in University Hospital Waterford, and rightly so. It is a great hospital, one of the better performing hospitals in the country.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Mary Butler: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: We need to continue to resource the hospital and broaden services.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Matt Shanahan: Correct.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy knows that the elephant in the room, which he has not referenced, is clinical decision-making, national clinical standards and so on.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Matt Shanahan: Publish the national report on it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy knows the background of everything to do with the cath lab issue.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Matt Shanahan: The Tánaiste should publish the national report on it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: To be fair to the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, she has fought for this tenaciously. I have to give her credit. It resulted in a second cath lab being put in place, the extension of the hours and the additional staff to staff it. We will keep at it.