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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: I call Senator Black. When she is finished, we will take a comfort break for five minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: Yes, thanks very much. I suggest that we take a short break.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: I invite Senator Conway to make his contribution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: Does Ms Cotter wish to speak further?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: I am conscious Deputy Conway-Walsh wants to come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Cotter very much. I will speak now but I appreciate that there are other members also wishing to come back in. On Ms Cotter's own alliance, its members have mentioned that there are 30 not-for-profit organisations. I believe it is even more than that. These are all household names such as Acquired Brian Injury Ireland, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, Chronic Pain Ireland,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: Am I correct in saying that if one is on a waiting list, nine times out of ten one's complications will get worse?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: Before I return to the members, I remind the committee that it is being asked to enable the funds that have already been committed to specialist neurology nurses in community neurorehabilitation services to be actively translated into actual services on the ground; to request the HSE to deliver an immediate action plan to tackle the shortage of inpatient rehabilitation beds; and to begin to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: Do the witnesses want to respond?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Rogers very much. We all know as politicians that we tend to meet more of those people for whom the services are delivering but in our ordinary life we tend to hear more from people where the services do not exist or are not being delivered for them. The point was made about the huge cohort of people who have a neurological condition. In another couple of years, we will be...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)
Colm Burke: I fully understand where the Deputy is coming from in relation to any person having difficulty accessing dental care. It is clearly set out in the statement, "The HSE is required to support the provision of emergency care to adult medical card holders who have difficulty accessing a local dentist." Access to dental care, including for adult medical card holders, is a top priority for the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 10.25 p.m. go dtí 9.10 a.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 1 Bealtaine 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 10.25 p.m. until 9.10 a.m. on Wednesday, 15 May 2024.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)
Dental Services
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)
Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, for being here tonight. I am raising the long waiting list for dentures, specifically for people over 70. I want to go back to a newspaper article in January 2009, which appeared under the subheading: "Dentures will be rationed for medical card holders as part of a wave of Health Service Executive ... cutbacks, dentists representatives...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)
Colm Burke: I thank Deputy Buckley for raising this matter. I am dealing with this reply on behalf of the Minister. Dentures and denture repairs for medical card holders are provided by contractors through the dental treatment services scheme, DTSS, which provides dental care, free of charge, to medical card holders aged 16 and over. Denture-related items are available from both dentists who hold a...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)
Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State. I respect the response outlined. I am well aware that new dentures can be provided every five years, but that is if a patient can access a dentist. That is the issue here. Then there is the medical stuff that goes with it. Oral health is vital. The Minister of State's written statement reads, "The HSE is required to support the provision of emergency...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Events (14 May 2024)
Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, to which I am replying on behalf of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. It is important to note that the GAA, like all national governing bodies, NGBs, in sport, is an independent, autonomous body. The management of broadcasting and commercial rights is entirely a matter for the association. The GAA, like all NGBs,...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Events (14 May 2024)
Thomas Gould: I do not accept the Minister of State's assertion that there is no role for the Government in this matter. Hurling is not just another sport. It is our national game. It is part of our culture and tradition. It is what Irish people from the island of Ireland and all across the world associate with being Irish. To say the Government has no part to play in it, while other sports are on...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Events (14 May 2024)
Niall Collins: I referred to the independent analysis of the consultation that took place. This will inform which events will be brought to the EU for approval, as required. Already, all-Ireland football, hurling and camogie finals are designated for free-to-air coverage. The current review involves an examination of the possibility of designating a number of additional GAA events, such as the quarter-...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (14 May 2024)
Niall Collins: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Rabbitte, who thanks the Deputy for raising this matter. The Minister is fully committed to the continued development and enhancement of our children’s disability services through the CDNTs, as they seek to ensure equitable access to services for all children with complex needs. The...