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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: Was HIQA not concerned that 66.7% is a really high figure and shows a total lack of governance? Is there not a huge risk to residents in that scenario?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: Some 40 allegations were received. I presume they were spread out over that entire period of time. Did that not raise alarm bells?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State very much for being available here this morning to deal with these issues. He will be aware that I outlined recently my own involvement in nursing homes going back to 2004. As a result of legal action, the Department of Health ended up having to pay out more than €450 million to 20,000 families. I am concerned that 40% of the funding currently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: There are other issues with regard to private nursing homes as well. For instance, all the private nursing homes are paying commercial rates to local authorities. The public nursing homes are not required to do that. Likewise, they are also paying insurance, which is an additional expense. Yet, there is a gap of €700 per bed per week between what a public nursing home is getting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 814. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for ophthalmology treatment for a long time will receive an appointment for surgery as it is urgently needed as per their medical documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32129/25]

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: I can go back to 21 years ago when my legal office and another legal office identified a major discrepancy where over 80% of people’s pensions were being deducted in public nursing homes. We identified that the health boards and the Department of Health did not have legislative powers to do that. As a result of that challenge, over in excess of €450 million had to be refunded...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made to date in respect of current accommodation projects being carried out by his Department to accommodate members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to set out the amount of funding allocated to Defence Forces infrastructure for the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to 31 May 2025, in tabular form; the number of projects completed, the number of projects under way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31221/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department is taking to increase the number of school bus drivers in view of ongoing recruitment challenges of bus drivers under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31252/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the number of additional special school places delivered for Cork for the 2025-26 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31234/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school’s (details supplied) application for improved toilet facilities under the emergency works scheme, as a formerly single-sex school that has transitioned to a co-educational environment, the current toilet provisions are inadequate and do not meet the needs of all students; whether serious consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the ACRES and ACRES-CP scheme who are awaiting payments for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when ACRES-CP payments will be issued to a farmer (details supplied) for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Inquiries (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Inquiries (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a pregnancy, miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31610/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reopen podiatry services in the Mayfield area in Cork in view of the fact it was temporarily closed and the patients transferred to Saint Mary’s Campus, Gurranabraher to which no additional staff have been assigned to cater for the increase in numbers that they now have to deal with; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 547. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the very welcome roll-out of free HRT, whether additional supports will be provided to the small cohort or perimenopausal and menopausal women, such as those with certain cancers and women with blood clotting disorders, who cannot take HRT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31569/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 558. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the special leave with pay scheme, and that some form of long term support will be put in place for these workers, particularly in view that approximately 166 employees of the HSE are affected by long-Covid since 2020 as a result of working on the front line during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 560. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a baby loss certificate for early pregnancy loss-miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 561. To ask the Minister for Health the current services provided by her Department to parents who have suffered pregnancy loss or miscarriage; the additional plans she intends to put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31608/25]