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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Can I move on to another issue? It is the whole challenge we now have at primary care level as regards GPs. We have a large number of GPs over 60 years of age and as to forward planning, it is not just for next year but for the next five to ten years. As for the issue of keeping as many people as possible out of the hospital system, one of the big complaints from GPs is the lack of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: When will we see that change? Will it be in place by, say, March?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Throughout next year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I will move on to the challenges in our hospital system. Traditionally, when nurses graduate they want to go away for a year or two and get experience abroad. That did not happen over the past three or four years due to Covid-19 but a substantial number may leave over the next 12 months. What planning is being done to deal with this sudden change? Does the ratio of nurses to care...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I am aware of that. The challenge, however, is that we may not have the same number of nurses working in the system this time next year because travel is attractive to them. How will the role of care assistants be expanded and how will the ratio be changed? Is that being addressed? It has to be accepted there will be a challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: What about the development of the theatre assistant role, as is happening in the private sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: There is a challenge as regards operations because we cannot-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Okay.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations produced a report which suggests that in Denmark from the date that a drug is approved by the European Medicines Agency, it will be available to people in the country within 176 days. The average time for this to happen in Ireland is 541 days. Orphan drug approval in Denmark takes 249 days whereas in Ireland it takes 870...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: There is a huge delay in the availability of drugs.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the new powers that gardaí will have following the implementation of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill; the way the Bill will help An Garda Síochána engage with State agencies to ensure community safety in local communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60497/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the progress made with regard to the establishment of the Gambling Regulatory Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60498/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to allowing the €200 electricity credits to be used towards a person's gas bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60477/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that the Equal Status Acts 2000-2004 is being implemented in schools and other educational centres, particularly in relation to their admission policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60457/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions her Department has in place to educate students on safe internet use, particularly with regards to social media platforms and the prevalence of online bullying through these platforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60458/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a review of the present format for the Leaving Certificate course, whereby traditionally the Leaving Certificate has been applied through rote learning, taking into account that the 2020 Leaving Certificate was carried out on a predicted grades basis as a result of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those on illness benefit were not included in the recent cost of living payments; if consideration would be given to including them retrospectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60476/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of hotel rooms which are currently being used to accommodate refugees from Ukraine and other jurisdictions by county in tabular form; the cost which has been incurred over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprenticeships that have been approved for the year ending 31 December 2019, 31 December 2020, 31 December 2021 and to the 30 November 2022, if he is satisfied that sufficient opportunities are available for people to take up apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new action his Department taking to entice students to take up apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60679/22]