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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]

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

Colm Burke: 1915. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s position on the European Health Data Space; the engagement that his Department has had with the European Commission regarding its proposal; the preparations underway to ensure that patients in Ireland can benefit from the EHDS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30833/22]

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

Colm Burke: 1916. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to ensure consultation and engagement with all stakeholders in the preparation of the national genetics and genomics strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30834/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: There is a report in the Irish Examiner this morning that the Glashaboy flood relief scheme may not proceed, that the current contractor is running into difficulties due to increased costs and that there is no provision under the contracts offered about price variation. What action will be taken to resolve this issue in order that we do not have to go through the entire tender process again...