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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank Senator Conway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: I cannot allow Deputy Kenny any more time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: The last group that was in here talked about drug task forces and the importance of decision-makers being around the table. This is an old chestnut. It goes back years. We are talking about the pillars of drug rehabilitation. Those that need to be there are education, health, justice, social protection, child and family, and probably others. At some stage, however, a decision was made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: As regards the other areas, you speak about "a dynamic situation to which policy must adapt in a flexible manner". Respectfully, that does not happen. You mentioned the funding that came for the likes of the cocaine project in Tallaght, which was welcome. They are waiting now. They do not know whether there will be funding for next year; no one has told them. I mentioned the ten...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: We talked earlier about the challenges that exist. People are saying they have never seen things as bad in communities. We need an injection of hope and reality. The idea we will have another report will probably garner a collective groan from many of us, but that is part of what needs to be done in this regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: Yes. There is a huge amount of work there, and we send our commendations to all those task forces that are operating, under difficult circumstances in a lot of cases. If I had the time, we would go into a lot more. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for meeting this morning with the committee on the issue of the local drug and alcohol task forces. This is probably the last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: Thank you. I hope we will all be back here safe and well in a couple of weeks' time, but if not, thank you again for everything. The meeting is now adjourned until Tuesday-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: Thank you. The meeting is now adjourned until, possibly, 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 12 November, when the committee will meet in private session.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: This is questions for the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: 948. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals whose Tusla files were lost, either wholly or partially, in the HSE cyberattack of May 2021; and the specific cause of the data loss. [44768/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: 949. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals whose Tusla files are unaccounted for by the agency. [44769/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: 998. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 11 June 2024, if the HSE pricing and reimbursement application process with regard to the drugs payment scheme has been completed; if melatonin will now be covered under the scheme and the justification if not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43931/24]

Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses are all very welcome. I have dealt with many of them over the years in the context of some of the work they are doing. They led off this morning by speaking about the scale of the challenge we face. I think it was Mr. Collins who said that he has not seen the situation on the ground as bad as it is now. I think that is a common view. The witnesses sit on drugs task forces....

Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: We were talking about the whole area of youth through the justice system and the lens of it. Again, it seems to be that if you are seen as a potential problem, the supports, the funding or group is there in relation to it, as Mr. Perth mentioned in his opening statement. We seem to pigeonhole young people who are a potential problem. All of a sudden, there is funding there in the justice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: Thank you, Professor McKeown. On behalf of the committee, I congratulate Professor McAdam on his elevation to uachtarán. I also welcome Dr. Yvonne Smyth, who is online. We will go through Professor McKeown and he will farm the questions out to whoever he thinks is best placed to answer them. We normally do this in ten-minute slots, that is, questions and answers within ten minutes....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: Looking around when we were discussing publication of the Nolan report, I saw that people were nodding their heads. The committee will ask the clerk to write to the Minister about publishing that report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senators Kyne and Conway. Before we get to the main item on today's agenda, the minutes of the committee meetings of 8, 9, 10 and 15 October have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed. Today the joint committee will first meet the Irish Cardiac Society to discuss issues and challenges relating to cardiology. Later we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: We do not really have the time to go into it but maybe the witnesses could provide the committee with a note on the difficulties related to the injectables, using the older drugs and the process that is there. It might be something we could follow up on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the witnesses. I will move to Deputy Hourigan next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: Senator John Cummins is not a member of the committee but he has kindly stepped in for Senator Seán Kyne.