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

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Watt and the team from the Department and Mr. McCallion and the team from the HSE and thank them for their comprehensive updates, which have many positives, as well as many challenges. On a general health issue, given the weather that we are having and the particularly cold start to the year, has an increase in respiratory issues been evident across the health system?

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

Seán Kyne: I thank Dr. Ní Bhriain. Yesterday there were 56 people on trolleys in University Hospital Galway and 107 people on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick, with UHL having the worst trolley numbers and UHG having the second worst. All the figures and statistics are very positive but it does not make any difference to those people who are on trolleys. In the medium and short term,...

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

Seán Kyne: I will not say I am none the wiser because that all sounds great, but, as I said yesterday, 56 people are still on trolleys and the district hospital in Clifden has been closed since February because of staffing issues. We cannot recruit. That is a shame. It is not good enough considering the distances from Clifden to Galway city and further to Merlin Park in bad traffic. We have loved...

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

Seán Kyne: Is that from the Department?

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

Seán Kyne: The Minister of State visited last year and indicated to us that there would be no embargo on recruitment. Now Mr. Canavan says that the sanction for those posts was only received in recent weeks.

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

Seán Kyne: Is that internationally?

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

Seán Kyne: It is remote but it is a wonderful part of the world. It is not Outer Mongolia. We hope the witnesses have better success because it is hugely important for the locality. It is constantly being raised by people who unfortunately need the services for themselves and their loved ones. I ask Mr. Canavan to keep the pressure on to ensure that district hospital is open in the coming weeks.

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

Seán Kyne: Following on from the Chair's comments regarding the dental issues, while I unfortunately missed last week's meeting, I understand the Dental Council of Ireland was also before the committee last year and I have also raised this matter with the Minister. I refer to the possibility of employing retired dentists to enhance school screening and to ensure that the school screening policy is...

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

Seán Kyne: Mr. Canavan mentioned the transition areas within UHG as part of the process flows. Was he talking about the temporary emergency department or the old emergency department building? Planning permission to demolish that has been granted. Is that old emergency department likely to still be available to provide additional bed capacity for the coming winter?

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

Seán Kyne: Both Mr. Watt and Mr. McCallion mentioned the public-only consultant contracts. It is positive that 51% has been reached. Is it fair to say that those consultants who are closest to retirement may be less likely to move to a new contract? Has the low-hanging fruit been reached? Will the next 10% or 20% be more difficult to achieve? Mr. McCallion also mentioned weekend work and putting...

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

Seán Kyne: I thank Mr. Canavan.

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

Seán Kyne: Are the figures in Galway replicated across all hospitals?

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

Seán Kyne: Have all hospitals now taken up additional weekend and out of the normal-----

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

Seán Kyne: How is it proposed that circumstances will be different from, say, the SARS virus in 2003 and the latest pandemic? Are there practical areas of change? Any pandemic brings about new understanding and learning. Internationally, in terns of co-operation or planning, what is the big picture on the lessons learned and how things are proposed to be different?

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

Seán Kyne: On capital buildings and design of wards and so on, single occupancy rooms are probably the way to go in infection control but Covid heightened that reality and necessity. Is that part of the Department's planning? Is it part of the WHO recommendations internationally?

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...