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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: Locums are in place temporarily. They will move on to another job once it becomes available. It is hit and miss. There is no guarantee of how long they will stay and then we are trying to get a replacement. It is consuming considerable time of administrative staff as well. Is sufficient forward planning being done? I fully accept that there has been a significant number of staff...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: That is out of 2,500 consultants.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: It is still a very high number of locums in real terms. If long-term planning is done, this issue can be dealt with. I will move on to the issue of planning for the winter months and the demand for beds. We have already heard from the private hospitals about engagement being too late. They are now talking about a three-year plan. What is the status of that and the issue with nursing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: On the step-down facility with the nursing homes, for instance, last year we found that some of the nursing homes had contracted beds and in the first two weeks of January, those contracted beds were empty. I refer to the co-ordination about getting people out. People could not get into hospital because there were not beds available. It is about getting people out. Is a better plan in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: The problem we now have is that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: Can I just outline the problem? We have lost 1,200 beds. According to the CSO figures yesterday, more than 800,000 people are over 66 which means we will have a growing demand for either home care or nursing home care.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: I am only saying we are not planning for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: On the issue of the elective hospitals and where we are with them, I know that it is with the design team. We are under pressure in relation to services in Cork. Where are we with the elective hospital issue in Cork? We have identified a site and a design team was appointed. Where are we with it now? The second issue I want to touch on is that of HSE staff with long Covid. I know that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: Is the Department looking for an extension?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: Can Mr. Watt come back to us on whether or not the Department has looked for an extension?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: Is there a timescale for when the design will be finished? Is it going to finished be by the end of October?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: It is a priority because we are running out of accommodation in Cork and we are under a lot of pressure. I am wondering what kind of timescale we are talking about before we go to planning.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: There is a lot of uncertainty in the media coverage in respect of the consultants who are available in the hospital to perform these operations when one consultant is no longer available and a file has gone to the Medical Council. What consultants and teams are now in place to continue the work that is required? What effort is going to be made to recruit additional people with the relevant...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: First of all, like my colleagues, my thoughts are with the parents of any child who has to undergo surgery. I know that planning and getting a child ready for surgery is a huge challenge in itself for every parent. It is really difficult for any family when children have to go through a multiplicity of operations and surgery. They all need our full support. The major problem we now have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application for emergency works (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be made in this case, in view of the fact that these facilities are urgently required as the leaks are deteriorating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40986/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action her Department is taking to ensure that all pupils who require school transport at both primary and post-primary level are facilitated in view that school transport is an essential service for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41486/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41487/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in tabular form the number of pupils in Cork who applied for school transport under the primary school transport scheme for 2023/2024, who are regarded as concessionary and who have been refused school transport for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41488/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in tabular form the number of pupils in Cork who applied for school transport under the post-primary school transport scheme for 2023/2024, who are regarded as concessionary and who have been refused school transport for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41489/23]