Results 741-760 of 1,174,195 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:John Dolan OR speaker:Denis Naughten OR speaker:Barry Cowen OR speaker:Malcolm Noonan OR speaker:Paul McAuliffe OR speaker:Richard Bruton OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Martin Browne OR speaker:Jennifer Whitmore OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Duncan Smith OR speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire OR speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan OR speaker:Matt Carthy OR speaker:Marian Harkin OR speaker:Holly Cairns OR speaker:Catherine Martin OR speaker:Pippa Hackett OR speaker:Colm Burke OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Alan Kelly OR speaker:Denise Mitchell OR speaker:Norma Foley OR speaker:Frank Feighan OR speaker:Niamh Smyth OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh OR speaker:Kieran O'Donnell OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Roderic O'Gorman OR speaker:David Stanton OR speaker:Paschal Donohoe OR speaker:Heather Humphreys OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton OR speaker:Pa Daly OR speaker:Seán Haughey OR speaker:Simon Harris OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh27 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh16 OR speaker:Brendan Griffin OR speaker:Mattie McGrath OR speaker:Michael McGrath OR speaker:Thomas Gould OR speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan OR speaker:Noel Grealish OR speaker:Bernard Durkan OR speaker:Marc MacSharry OR speaker:Brendan Smith OR speaker:Willie O'Dea) in 'Committee meetings'

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024 (23 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Breathnach and the Cathaoirleach.

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

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for giving of their time so readily. How do we compare with the rest of Europe in terms of ability to detect, diagnose and treat? That is my first question. Who is the best in Europe? Who is the worst?

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

Bernard Durkan: For instance, whose services should we try to match in order to improve our standards? Who is the best out there, even with the limited information we have available? Who-----

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

Bernard Durkan: How are patients identified? For example, can a patient living in Donegal, Kerry or the midlands rest assured that he or she will be detected on time and with sufficient scope for treatment and recovery?

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

Bernard Durkan: What is the best way to set about providing the data that would be helpful in dealing with this situation?

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

Bernard Durkan: Is that being set up at present? Can it be set up at present? Is it being encouraged? Is the ICS encouraging it or can it do so through the hospital system, GPs and so on?

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

Bernard Durkan: Is there a deficit in that area that is identifiable now, and within what timespan is it possible to address the issue?

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

Bernard Durkan: We need a strategy somewhat like the national cancer strategy of some years ago.

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

Bernard Durkan: As regards women's health, Professor McKeown mentioned that this apparently applies throughout Europe as well in terms of danger of heart attacks, cardiovascular failure, etc. What is being done in Europe now to address that issue, and what is being done here?

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

Bernard Durkan: Professor McKeown mentioned a treatment that is restricted at the moment. Why is it restricted? What is it?

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

Bernard Durkan: Could we have a comparison done between the older drug and its effectiveness and the new drug, and could we avail of that for the committee, Chairman? I think it would be useful, and it could be used further. Is that possible?

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

Bernard Durkan: I have a very short time left. Obviously a strategy is required. Within that strategy certain items, such as the availability of particular drugs that are effective, need to identified. The thing that comes to mind also is there are a number of people who are in danger of heart failure but do not know it for some unknown reason, so the degree to which the services are available for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I will ask a few questions about the embargo on recruitment and the impact it has had. It is denied that there was an embargo. What is the number of vacancies that were available when the embargo was not in operation? How many deserving posts were being and were filled at that time? What is the total number of people recruited into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: There has been difficulty in areas such as speech and language therapy going back years. Is it getting worse or is it being improved in any fashion at all? For example, there was no maternity leave for speech and language providers. Is maternity leave now provided for, with a person available to drop in to cover for the leave period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: On the €79,493,000 spent on private consultancy firms for strategic planning and business improvement which, if not spent there, would fund 1,865 therapy posts, 2,354 medical secretary posts or 1,334 psychology posts, how is that measured? Was the consultancy work required, would it have had to be provided in-house, or was it subcontracted out to people with expertise in that area,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Do such attendees at the briefing sessions contribute to the sessions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I refer again to the ageing population, which comes up all the time. I do not think that the number of old people is increasing. I think the number of younger people is increasing at a far more rapid rate. If one looks at the people congregating in supermarkets, stores and shops, with employment in the economy, there are huge numbers of young people coming into the country. We are also...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (23 Oct 2024)

Colm Burke: More than 2,000 people participated in overdose awareness and naloxone administration training in 2023. The work is ongoing in relation to having more people trained in its administration. Regarding availability, more than 6,000 units were given out last year, with 4,000 units distributed by July of this year. It is available where we believe there is a need for it. The international...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (23 Oct 2024)

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (23 Oct 2024)

Alan Kelly: There was a recent meeting of councillors from the Nenagh municipal district with the new Garda superintendent. The cross-party group of councillors came out of the meeting pretty shocked because he more or less admitted that he did not have the resources in the Tipperary-Clare division to meet the requirements of the area. He was pretty matter-of-fact about it. He has to be admired for...