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Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Michael Collins: We do have a very serious health crisis. It is a poison chalice to take on any Ministry relating to health. No one could stand up on the other side of the House and say that things are going well, because they are not. It is a disaster in every aspect of healthcare. I call on the Minister of State to intervene in the case of some 13 service users in Carrigbeg, Bandon, County Cork,...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I too am happy to contribute to the debate. It was interesting listening to the former Taoiseach and former Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar. He provided some different insights. It is a very complex issue. I would not say for one moment that there are not good things happening in the HSE and in hospitals, as there are. I have been in St. Vincent's public hospital myself too many...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome this debate. I am thankful for being provided with some time to contribute to it, both as a Member of the House and a former Minister for Health and former Head of Government. When we talk about universal healthcare or universal health coverage, one of the most important questions we need to ask is how it is defined. It means very different things to different people. Perhaps...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: A considerable number of people have said it long before me that we have not seen the movement that we need in delivering Sláintecare and universal healthcare. There is no TD who has not dealt with absolute disaster scenarios regarding people who have just gone through cancer treatment who have suddenly had their medical card rescinded. Constituents go to their TD, the TD goes to the...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Braces on his feet?

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: While they wait, his teeth are at increased risk of long-term decay due to the brace. It is a particular issue that keeps happening and we really need to get on top of orthodontic services.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am sorry Deputy. I misheard and thought you said he had braces on his feet.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Ireland remains an anomaly in Europe in not providing universal healthcare. While there has been some progress in implementing the proposals set out in the Sláintecare report, much more is required to move towards universal healthcare in Ireland. We need to get to a point where we truly have healthcare delivered free at the point of delivery. Three principles should underpin all of...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: There seems to be consensus on the concept of universal care. This debate is on universal healthcare or Sláintecare, that is, a national health service. We all try to strive for that system. Such a system has been proven to have better outcomes for everybody. Whether people are on social welfare or are a millionaire, they should have access to universal healthcare. The outcomes are...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: Under this Government, healthcare has become pure hell for those working in the system and those depending on it. Practically every day in North Kildare, people arrive in my office or contact me on the phone in tears due to waiting lists or delays. Since the pain clinic in St. James's was limited so that the space could be used for accident and emergency services, people in agony have been...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Denise Mitchell: The Government has paid lip service to Sláintecare but is miles behind on its delivery. The issue of affordability and a two-tier approach to healthcare is still live. Medical card thresholds have not been reviewed in decades, leaving thousands squeezed by the cost-of-living crisis. We have all heard stories of elderly people who would rather stay at home than attend emergency...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If one lives in Mayo or many parts of the west, the struggle to access neurology services is monumental. The regional inequality and inequity are stark. This is the account from just one young woman who is trying to ease her suffering. She is a 40-year-old mother of three young children living in rural Mayo and suffering with debilitating nerve pain in her face, a condition called...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The time is up.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The previous Chair told us that because we were running behind schedule, there would be a little flexibility with the time.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I was not aware of that.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: There is a dire shortage of dentists and we were told the Minister's response was to put work out to the private sector. That is okay for a short-term stopgap measure. It does not work in the longer term. Will the Minister please try to concentrate on public employees in the public health service? In budget 2022, 21 neurological nursing posts were approved and 13 of those still have...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: There is an exemption. They are in disability services.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I have a response to a parliamentary question that tells me the recruitment embargo is preventing them being filled. I got it last week.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Let us talk offline.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, I will give the reply to the Minister. This is a no-brainer. There are 860,000 people with neurological conditions.