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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: To stay on that catchment area issue, while I am not looking for an exact number, in broad terms, what population are each of those teams servicing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 300,000 to 500,000 people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. The reason I asked is because I am aware that CHO 4, CHO 6 and CHO 7 are the next branch or rung. Given what we know about staffing and putting those teams in place more than a decade ago - at the last session we talked about how this is not about capital investment or accommodation necessarily, but rather hours and staffing - how long does Ms Rogers expect the kind of transition...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Will it take a quarter, or maybe two quarters, to do it? Will it take three months or six months? I am thinking in terms of the practicalities of letting the CHOs know that it is moving forward and the funding is in place, advertising and then people taking up those roles. Are we talking six months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Six to nine months, okay. If we are starting in late 2024, we are talking about mid-2025. While I do not like to be too parochial about these matters at committees, I will ask for a selfish reason about CHO 9, which is an area I represent. We are not even talking about CHO 9. When we talk about the catchment areas of these CHOs, we are often talking about populations between 300,000 to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes. We have a huge concentration of acute services and yet this area, which has a high population and a lot of clinical complexity and clinical needs, seems to be very much last on the list. It is the reason I am asking about timelines and how possible it is to staff. If all the funding was right and the wind was in our favour, would it be possible to have a provision for that in the next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I should mention that CHO 5 and CHO 8 are also on that last rung. Are the witnesses hearing from the acute hospitals and settings that having no services to refer out to is an exasperating issue for them, particularly in CHO 9 where there is a concentration of acute settings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Do we know how much funding it was requesting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I presume that an elongation of stay has an impact on the acute services being provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Even three days, when it ticks up, is a huge saving.

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...