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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 1121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of road licences his Department must issue to the private sector each week from 1 March 2022 to 31 December 2022 in order to achieve his targets as set out in the recent licensing plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13962/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 1119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private felling licences in the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13960/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 1120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the weekly licences issued for the month of February 2022 was in decline on a week by week basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13961/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for their presentations. It is important to thank all those working in mental health services. It is a challenging job and the vast majority of the staff work extremely hard and are dedicated to their job. I saw that when I visited the facility at Sarsfield Court on Monday. The commitment of the staff is superb. It is important to acknowledge that. I wish to return...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I know what Mr. Reid is saying but what I am saying to him is that here was a situation involving a junior doctor over a period not of 12 months but of more than four years. I am asking whether it is possible there could be a very well qualified medical consultant in a particular area in a situation where there are no checks and balances. I am not convinced those checks and balances are in...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: Nor am I. All I am saying is that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: Does that not show the point I am making?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: It shows the point I am making that checks and balances were not in place.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I want to go back to the issue of the whistleblower, which was raised by some of my colleagues. Is it correct that the whistleblower has applied for further employment in the HSE and had not been shortlisted for interview?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: If what I am saying is correct, is there not a danger now for everybody who identifies a particular problem that they will be pushed to the side and told they are no longer wanted around? That seems to be the message coming back on this.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: However, this particular person is no longer in employment with the HSE.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: He is not receiving any support from the HSE in any way whatsoever.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I know all of that. The concern I have is that this was all the more reason to have checks and balances in place. However, there were no checks and balances for four years.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: We have gone over all of that. I am saying I am not satisfied in the sense that there were no checks and balances, particularly given that there was a junior doctor doing the work that should normally be done by a consultant. That was all the more reason that there should have been additional checks put in place.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I will move on to two other issues I want to cover.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I have a question on capital expenditure. When I was in St. Stephen's Hospital in Sarsfield Court on Monday, it was outlined to me that there is now only one mental healthcare facility that is really up in standard in the Cork region, which is the one attached to Cork University Hospital, CUH. If we take Portlaoise hospital, for example, when Covid broke out, there were 26 patients in a...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: In Portlaoise, there were not even changing facilities for staff when they came on duty in the morning. That is how far behind the facility was.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: What are the priorities in regard to the Cork region?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: When is it planned to do the work on the St. Michael's unit in Mercy University Hospital?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: Are we talking about 12 months, 18 months or two years?