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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action his Department is taking to address the current shortage of qualified dental nurses in the dental workforce nationally; if consideration would be given to the allocation of additional training places for dental nurses to deal with this shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18366/23]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for his presentation. Regarding recruitment, in overall terms since December 2014 there are now 40,000 more people working in the HSE. That is a substantial increase and it is about delivering services now. I want to focus on capital expenditure. We are talking about current expenditure of €21.197 million and capital expenditure of €1.161 million. The...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Not in the Cork-Kerry region which is why I am saying that there is a need now to engage with the HSE locally to see if we can get more contracted beds. I accept that there are 60 extra beds built in Heather House which are being brought into use which are very much welcomed and the Minister was down there recently with me. There are also an extra 50 beds in the new facility in Blarney. I...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: These questions are about the spending of money for infrastructure.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I am simply asking whether the paediatric unit is in the budget or not for this year.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: There is planning in place for the new paediatric unit in Cork. Can funding be allocated for it and when can it be allocated?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I want to move on to the issue of the timeframe for the elective hospital. As I have raised with the Minister, Bons Secours is building a new hospital in Limerick which will take 23 months from start to finish. In fairness to both Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital, CUH, the staff are working under enormous pressure. There is also the issue of trying to get people out of...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I appreciate that because I know there is a lot of work involved in getting any project like this up and running. It is a very detailed project. I fully understand that. However, I will come back to the issue of step-down facilities. This really needs to be looked at. How can we get people out of hospital faster? How can we get the HSE to engage with the private nursing homes that have...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: It is Riverstick.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: The three cases I am aware of are genuine cases. I have been working with the families in all three instances.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: It was in fact this very issue that I wished to raise with the Minister. I refer to the computerisation. To give an example, I think four or five of the maternity units have become fully computerised but another 14 of those units have not. Can all this work in this area be fast-tracked now? The computerisation has worked in four or five of the units, so why can we not do it in all the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Okay. The Minister is talking about a plan to 2030. It is very spread out. The best example I can give about Cork is if people go into Cork University Hospital, CUH, they will get a paper file. If they were to end up in the Mercy hospital 12 months later, they will then get a paper file there. If they were to be in the South Infirmary two years later again, another paper file will be...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I believe the Minister accepts there is a huge saving if we have this in place. It is already working in the maternity service. Where it is place, there is a huge saving. It is extremely helpful for medical practitioners, for nurses and for administrators where the system is up and running in the four or five maternity hospitals.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Since October, 219 cases of invasive group A streptococcus have been reported. There was extensive coverage on RTÉ and in theIrish Examinerat the weekend of the sad death of Vivienne Murphy in 2019 and the lack of a proper paediatric unit in Cork University Hospital, CUH. There is a paediatric unit there and the staff are working extremely hard. There is planning permission for a new...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the number of applications in total that have been received for the local hackney pilot programme since the closing date of 28 February 2023; if applications received include applications for each of the 21 areas in the pilot scheme; if consideration will be given to extending the programme to other rural areas going...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 412. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to increase the small gift exemption for capital acquisition tax from €3,000 to €5,000; the potential cost of such a measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17930/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of management of a school (details supplied) will be entitled to rent additional space in order to accommodate the students in the school in a safe manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17756/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 842. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out in detail the funding granted to each voluntary housing organisation for the erection or acquisition of residential units for each of the past five years; the number of units erected or acquired, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 835. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to providing additional funding to the RTB in order to fund an active investigations unit, in order that the organisation may strengthen investigations into non-compliant landlords in the private market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 1159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify what percentage of all timber cut in Ireland is being exported for the production of biomass; if he will advise what countries it is exported to for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16492/23]