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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: In case there is any doubt, I acknowledge from personal experience the hugely important role of home helps and HCSAs. Ms Ní Sheaghdha said that, in effect, we have seen an increase of 500 in WTEs. To what period does she refer in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: Ms Ní Sheaghdha acknowledges in her statement that there has been an increase in the number of nurses and midwives. She explains that the number got back to 39,000 in mid-2019. According to the HSE, the increase is plus 9,300 to 47,584.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: Ms Ní Sheaghdha-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: The OECD talks about Ireland having the second highest number of nurses among EU countries. I know the INMO disputes that. Was it based on the same analysis Ms Ní Sheaghdha just highlighted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: Ms Ní Sheaghdha stated that we need a fund-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: Could Ms Kelleher state whether there has been an increase in the number of radiation therapist places in recent years? Have new college places come on stream?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: So there are 30 places in Trinity and 12 in UCC. Are the 30 filled in Trinity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: But the 12 in UCC are not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: How many were filled?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: What would it take to increase from eight to 12? What is needed? What is the solution?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: How many additional places could Trinity provide?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: With the six additional practice tutors.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: Ms Ní Sheaghdha talked about the need for a multi-annual workforce plan and for growing the nursing and midwifery workforce by a minimum of 2,000 whole-time equivalents annually for the next three years. Is that realistic, given the existing capacity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: Sorry to interrupt. Is there a copy of that report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)
Seán Kyne: Will Ms Kelleher send it on? Thanks.
- Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)
Eamon Ryan: 10 o’clock I thank the Deputies for their contributions. We share a common interest in changing the market here and this is why we are raising the stamp duty. There were already significant reductions in the instances of bulk buying of apartments on the market and this will further reduce that. Any ones that are going are probably an example of legacy developments. This...
- Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)
Question put: "That Financial Resolution No. 4 be agreed to". The Dáil divided: Tá, 87; Níl, 52; Staon, 0. Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Denise Mitchell.
- Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)
Tá Cathal Berry, Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Dara Calleary, Seán Canney, Ciarán Cannon, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Michael Collins, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Simon Coveney, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Stephen Donnelly, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan,...
- Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)
Question declared carried.