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South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity. As previous speakers have said, it is not my area but the concerns belong to all of us. I have serious concerns that this is developer driven. I will come back to that in relation to Sceirde off the coast of Connemara. It has to be welcomed that we have a plan. However, that plan is being done in a vacuum where only 9% of our marine areas are protected. I...

South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: As many of my colleagues have said, we support DMAPs. A number of people have spoken to the fact that a period of time was lost in bringing them about. We know the potential in offshore wind. If we are serious about decarbonisation and renewables, we know, given our geography - I am also not from the south coast - and certain other advantages we have, the benefits that exist and what we...

South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister of State for attending. I am somebody who obviously has an interest in this area. I come from Waterford, which along with Wexford is one of the counties that will be most impacted by this proposed wind development. I say at the start that I sold renewable energy. I am a fan of wind. We need it, and we certainly need offshore wind development. I was in Germany two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senators Kyne and Black. This purpose of this meeting is for the joint committee to consider issues relating to University Hospital Limerick, UHL, in the context of the mid-west region with the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. This meeting takes place following the recent publication of a report relating to the hospital. To commence the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister and his colleagues and thank them for coming before the committee. The subject matter before us has gained a lot of attention, tragically in some cases, and I welcome the Minister's indications as to the developments that are taking place in the region. They are not before time but they are still welcome. The emphasis now has to be on making them happen and making...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: The Minister can respond. The committee specifically invited the Minister and it was up to him to invite whoever was going to accompany him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Cathal Crowe is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the Minister and his team. The Minister has long heard me say that the 2009 decision to close 24-hour accident and emergency care in Ennis, Nenagh and St.John's was absolutely woeful for the mid-west region in which I live, and for County Clare, which I represent. It was absolutely woeful and has led to really poor health outcomes for many people, including death for some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Her death was "almost certainly avoidable". My apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I might jump in there, if I may. The clock is against me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: I will allow some flexibility on time because this is an issue that we are all very interested in. Information is key in this matter so I will let the Minister continue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. It is no secret that an election is close. My worry is that when we get into that cycle and the formation of government that comes after it, the body politic will potentially get stretched out for four or five months, which would do no good to this process. I would love if the Minister and his officials could expedite the ask of the Johnston family to initiate a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: No. None of this is personal. This is about the functioning of the hospital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: That is a positive development. I will follow the lines of Deputy Cullinane's questioning, and I will be careful. He has asked most of the questions. While the Minister responded, I was struck by the fact that his counterpart, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and her Department also have people on administrative leave in An Garda Síochána, but they do not move sideways or get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I hear the Minister but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I fully hear the Minister, but there is no garda on administrative leave being promoted to the rank of chief superintendent, so the whole thing does not make sense. However, I hear the Minister. I know Ministers do not get involved in HR areas like this, but someone needs to advise on this and slow it all down. A process is under way and we must allow it space. We cannot prejudice the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: Let us not go down that road.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I will hopefully come back in later, but will ask the Minister a final question. I have long been speaking about Ennis General Hospital and elective surgeries being suspended there for ten weeks. Surgery took place on perhaps four days in ten weeks. The theatre nurses, who are highly skilled, were redeployed to other functions in general medical wards. This is not personal, but the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: They are not carrying bedpans or going to the general wards, but they are somewhere.