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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: It would be helpful on the approach being taken by the HSE because we have not received any information on it as public representatives. It would be helpful from our point of view if we got the programmes the HSE has. The final issue relates to eye care in the Cork region. A brand new building has been built in Ballincollig. I understand it needs additional staff and to be equipped. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: One problem is that if a GP refers someone, there is no immediate triaging to see whether people need surgery or eye care. They are just put on the list. Can we look at that issue so that people do not feel they have to travel 300 miles or 400 miles to get treatment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: The staff in all the facilities in Cork are working extremely hard, but if there is no equipment for a new facility, then we will make no progress. If the funding was set aside, we could have this up and running by the end of the year. I would like to get clarification on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: I have asked questions about this. The last reply I got was on 27 April, from the HSE in the south-southwest hospital group. It stated it is waiting for funding. When one gets the funding, one still has to order the equipment. Due to various shortages of equipment, there is a waiting time for it. We need forward planning. Can we set a timeline so that this will be up and running by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Can we not set clear targets? We have significant pressures in Cork on Cork University Hospital, CUH, Mercy University Hospital and the South Infirmary. Every one of them is under severe pressure. We have had a substantial increase in population over the past 25 to 30 years and especially over the past ten years. We need that extra space.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that is being taken to co-ordinate work permit applications with visa applications in order to reduce down the time delay that is currently occurring in processing these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28924/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 925. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration will be given to increasing the salary of specialist practitioners in military medicine to match that with medical practitioners working in the Prison Service who have equivalent training, considering the existing discrepancy is impeding the Defence Forces in attracting doctors into the Medical Corps; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a detailed update on roll-out of the hepatitis C testing and treatment programme in Cork prison; the reason that progress has not been made on the pilot programme which was announced and introduced in Cork prison in July; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29695/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to rolling out hepatitis C testing and treatment in prisons nationwide considering a significant number of those in prison have hepatitis C and the availability of a treatment programme in each prison would assist a large number of persons to have full recovery from the disease; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1798. To ask the Minister for Health the health measures that will be put in place to assist those with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1799. To ask the Minister for Health if long-Covid clinics will be available for patients in each of the HSE regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1484. To ask the Minister for Health if an insulin pump upgrade will be available for a child patient (details supplied) who has type 1 diabetes when the warranty in their current insulin pump expires in October 2022. [29402/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail his Department’s plans to tackle inequality in access to testing and treatment of hepatitis C outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the plans his Department has to accelerate hepatitis C elimination considering Ireland is 21 years behind schedule in its target to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29699/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1550. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the creation of a public information campaign to reach persons who are unaware that they are infected with hepatitis C and to help destigmatise the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29700/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1551. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to implementing the recommendations of a report published by an organisation (details supplied) in order to eliminate the hepatitis C virus as a public health threat by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29701/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1569. To ask the Minister for Health if insulin pump upgrades will be available to children (details supplied) that have type one diabetes given that the warranty in their current insulin pumps has expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29756/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new patients with severe asthma that the HSE expects to treat with anti-IL-5 therapies for 2022; if there is a limit in place on the number of eligible patients accessing same for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30337/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1782. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of patients accessing anti-IL-5 therapies for severe asthma via the HSE’s high-tech hub is subject to a capped budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30338/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1786. To ask the Minister for Health if there has ever been a pilot screening programme for cardiovascular or structural heart disease in Ireland; if so, if he will provide details of that pilot; if not, if will he consider introducing one given that cardiovascular disease is one of the biggest causes of deaths in Ireland every year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30343/22]