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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)

Stephen Donnelly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Good afternoon to him and to committee members. I thank them all for the invitation to speak on the critical issues relating to the delivery of safe, timely and effective care for the people of the mid west. I would like to start today by stating clearly that additional capacity is needed in the mid-west to provide people with timely access to...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I might respond to the Deputy when he comes back, if that is of use.

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

Stephen Donnelly: Who is the chief executive of the hospital?

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

Stephen Donnelly: Ian Carter has taken up the role. His role is wider than just the chief executive of UHL-----

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

Stephen Donnelly: -----but who the Deputy and I would understand as the day-to-day new chief executive is Ian Carter.

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

Stephen Donnelly: He is not here.

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

Stephen Donnelly: He is not here because he has just landed on the ground in UHL and he is implementing a lot of the reforms we have just talked about.

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

Stephen Donnelly: She is not here. If the committee wants another meeting with the clinical director and the new chief executive-----

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

Stephen Donnelly: Can I respond quickly?

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

Stephen Donnelly: It is a fair challenge. If we want to do another session at an appropriate time, we can do that. I asked the regional executive officer to be here. The invitation was to me. Had the invitation come to the clinical director, of course we could have done that. It is a fair challenge. However, the invite was not just to discuss UHL; it was to discuss the region. The person best suited to...

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

Stephen Donnelly: There is clearly a case to be made for a second emergency department. It is why I have asked HIQA to conduct a review specifically looking at that question. The straight answer is that there is clearly an argument to be made. However, there is nuance to it which HIQA needs to look at. If we look at the amount of additional bed capacity we are adding that is already in and that is now in...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I do. If the Deputy gives me a moment I can pull it up for him but it sounds like he has it in front of him.

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

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. I appreciate he is being careful but we have to be very careful about what we say here. There is a significant disciplinary process under way that is a matter of public record, against the person the Deputy has discussed. These are highly legalistic processes, therefore we have to be very careful not to prejudice anything that would come out of that. It would not be...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I will just finish this sentence, if that is okay. The hospital group managers nationally and the CHO managers nationally are being redeployed to other roles.

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

Stephen Donnelly: I believe that a redeployment of the senior management within the move to the six regions is a reasonable thing to do. There was public competition, quite rightly, for the six regional executive officer, REO, posts. Regarding the mid-west, I want us to be really careful here. As of this moment, no findings have been made against anyone in UHL in regard to the tragic death of Aoife so I...

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)

Stephen Donnelly: Thanks very much. I presume the Deputy meant to say avoidable. He said unavoidable-----