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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (8 May 2024)

Seán Crowe: No apologies have been received. Deputy Bernard Durkan is at a select committee meeting and said he will be in and out of this meeting. Before we go to the main item on today's agenda, the minutes of committee meetings on 30 April and 1 May 2024 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed. The purpose of the committee meeting today is to receive an update...

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

Seán Crowe: I am pleased to welcome from the Department of Health Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General, Ms Louise McGirr, assistant secretary, Ms Siobhán McArdle, assistant secretary, and Ms Rachel Kenna, chief nursing officer; and from the HSE Mr. Damien McCallion, chief operations officer, Mr. Liam Woods, national director, organisational change unit, Ms Anne Marie Hoey, chief people officer, Dr....

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

Seán Crowe: That is right, yes.

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

Seán Crowe: We said we would focus on that, but not exclusively. We never have.

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

Seán Crowe: We would normally give an indication of the area of focus. My apologies. There seems to be some sort of cross-purpose.

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

Seán Crowe: We will deal with it in private session. If there are specific questions, the members can focus on those. I call Senator Kyne to lead us off.

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...