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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: However, once there are claims, there is also a cost factor as well, which is what the Committee of Public Accounts is about. So, too, is how to prevent claims by making sure that we have adequate management in place. Are we now satisfied, in view of the increased demand - and in fairness there is only so much every staff member can do - that there is an adequate number of people in place...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Can we be given information on the likely number of claims as a result of that deficiency?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: I have raised the issue of Bantry and about the Mental Health Commission. I understand that we have had to reduce numbers in some other facilities, for instance, in Millfield House. We have moved people into Garnish House on Western Road. That is not the ideal setting. It is not a planned setting but it was put in place because we needed to reduce numbers in Millfield House. Where are we...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: We have now identified problems which also happened in public nursing homes. I think we put in more than €48 million into doing considerable work on public nursing homes. Do we now need to prioritise funding of the infrastructure of mental health services, especially in CHO 4, to make sure we have an adequate number of places and that they are up to the required standard that we...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: However, have we put a timeframe in place for upgrading facilities in each of the CHO areas and certain targets we wish to reach? If we do not have the facilities, we have difficulty in holding staff. We could have a repeat of what happened in CHO 4 with regard to not having staff and running into a considerable claims problem. Do we not need to prioritise capital expenditure in all of our...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons from Ukraine who have come to Ireland since the beginning of the Russian attack who have been provided with housing in private residential properties by the Government and an organisation (details supplied) since the beginning of the war; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who have agreed to provide residential accommodation to Ukrainian refugees through an organisation (details supplied) since the beginning of the war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47743/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he will put in place to ensure prescribed medication can be accessed by patients who would otherwise need to go into accident and emergency units after 10 p.m. in Cork due to the fact there are no longer late-night pharmacies open past 10 p.m.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47744/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 255. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase direct access to echocardiography for general practitioners through community-based ambulatory care hubs, given 80% of private hospitals provide GP direct access yet only 19% of public hospitals do the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47459/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for attending and for their presentations and the work they are doing in delivering health services. On the development of healthcare in the community, I want to give an example of where it is not working. I have a case of a 79-year-old who was in hospital with Covid for three months. He lives on his own and has impaired vision. Six weeks after coming out of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Would Mr. Reid not accept that six weeks after coming out of hospital there was no call, and this person is residing not that far from a HSE headquarters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Can we move on to backup support within GP practices? Has there been any discussion on that issue because, in fairness, GPs are at the coalface and are meeting people every day. Given the volume of work that they now have without any additional support, what engagement will there be with the IMO on that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Does that support include the employment of nursing staff?