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

Seán Crowe: I have a couple of questions. I want to focus on some of the groups we have had in recently. Before I get into that, I have a local issue. We all tend to go down this route. I refer to the importance of Sláintecare, new pathways to care and so on. Two of the witnesses focused on waiting lists. I was told that the waiting lists for audiologist services in Tallaght last year was...

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

Seán Crowe: The chair of the Dental Council said it basically does not have teeth. It cannot follow through in relation to it. This is coming from it. It seemed to be a cry for help to our committee. The witnesses can come back on this. I said we would raise some of the issues.

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: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: That is the worry they have. They are worried that this bureaucracy is going to be duplicated.

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

Seán Crowe: I just wished to signal that it seems to be a concern of the organisation. I am sure it is replicated with others. I am conscious of time but the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association was in with the committee again. I am conscious that there is a new contract for the supply of oxygen. The organisation was saying it had met with the project manager as part of the process and that people were...

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

Seán Crowe: I thank the witnesses for the note we got but it did not really go into the supply issue.

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

Seán Crowe: I need to end this part of the meeting. I thank the representatives of the Department of Health and the HSE for continuing to engage with the committee. We look forward to working with them further on these important matters. The meeting is suspended and will resume shortly at 12 noon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: The committee will commence its consideration of the draft World Health Organization, WHO, treaty to strengthen pandemic preparedness. I am pleased to welcome from the Department of Health Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General, Mr. Joe Hanly, principal officer, and Dr. Colette Bonner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: There is still time for us to put in suggestions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: On the agreement itself, the document states the Department is attending talks between 29 April and 10 May. Do amendments come up at that meeting within those talks? How does the Irish side feed into that? This is the first time, politically, that the health committee has engaged with this. What engagement has the Department had, aside from those who are attending? I am talking about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: For the benefit of those who are listening in at home, there is nothing secretive about these negotiations. I presume journalists are allowed in. If people want to access documents about what the sides are saying, is that all available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: Lastly, when do the witnesses expect this to come before the Irish Parliament? Is it in two years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: I will finish. The meeting has come to an end because we have no more time. The committee is now adjourned until our next meeting in private session on Tuesday, 14 May at 4 p.m.

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: I covered all the main issues in my opening remarks. I thank the Deputies. Deputy Boyd Barrett's remarks are probably outside the scope of the report in terms of the enterprise opportunities. MARA has been established for offshore planning and has responsibilities there. To Deputy Stanton's point on skills, that is something we are focused on. Working with the Minister, Deputy...

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 5.36 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 8 Bealtaine 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 5.36 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 8 May 2023.

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise that I was not able to listen to much of the earlier discussion. I was busy with something else in this place. This is a very important issue. It is of particular interest in my area because there are plans for a very significant offshore renewable energy development off the east coast. As anybody who is concerned about the climate crisis we are facing knows, the starting...

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his remarks. There is an offshore wind conference in Dublin today and I attended it for quite a while. I am buzzing after being there for most of the day. The interest in the room was amazing. The people there are hugely impressive in their expertise and enthusiasm to drive onward. The potential for Ireland from offshore renewable energy is virtually...

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank our Chairperson, Deputy Quinlivan, and the secretariat staff of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment for all of their work on this report. In a time of climate change and energy insecurity, there is an opportunity for industry and coastal communities, working together, to develop a new industrial sector supporting regional development, creating thousands of...

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: Before he goes, I thank, the chair of the joint committee, Deputy Quinlivan, the clerk, the secretariat and all the members for this comprehensive and forward-thinking report. The report set out recommendations on diverse, but connected, topics. For instance, it recommends: planning and consideration of sites for offshore renewable energy, a more integrated approach to delivering it and...