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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I want to go back to the previous point. The Minister may not have been aware of the frustration felt by Professor Keane and Ms Magahy but were officials in his Department aware of it? This situation did not happen overnight. It was obviously an ongoing issue and Professor Keane and Ms Magahy came to the conclusion there was no point in staying on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: The Minister has not clarified whether they raised their concerns with people in the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I want to move on to the issues relating to the proposals for the three elective hospitals in Cork, Galway and Dublin. It appears to me that what is proposed is very much watered down from the original. In the case of Cork, in particular, the existing hospital is an old building, originally built in 1751, with very little capacity to extend or renovate it. Now there is talk of its being a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: The proposal regarding elective hospitals has been watered down. Is that the right way to go when we have a huge increase in population in the Cork-Kerry region and there has been no increase in hospital beds in real terms? The talk now is only of a day care facility. How can that be justified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: Will the Minister bring the memorandum to Government this week, next week, next month or next year? We need clarification on the timeframe because a site has not even been identified for the hospital in Cork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: The Minister may not be aware of the situation with the current facilities in Cork. One of the hospitals has a 25-bed unit that is not suitable for modern medicine. Is the Minister saying this should continues for the next 20 years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I have a question regarding the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF. There is a major concern that patients are being referred out for assessment, after which they are referred for another period of time to another list. The proposal is that when people are referred under the NTPF, it should be not only for assessment but that whatever procedure is required should also be carried out....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: At the moment, however, it is a two-scale process that is not making any progress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: If officials in his Department were aware of the frustration of the two individuals in question, would they not have advised the Minister that their resignations were likely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: Does the Minister accept there is a shortage of beds in the Cork region? In fact, many patients are going to Dublin because there is not capacity in Cork to treat them and the current facilities cannot be further developed. When the next census results are available, they are likely to show a population increase for the Cork-Kerry region from 410,000 to 600,000, without there being any...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will be put in place following the closure of Cork Airport to encourage tourism to County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47849/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to increasing the funding under the 2021 sports capital and equipment programme in view of the large number of applications received by her Department; when the funding is likely to be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47850/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department and the Department of Health are engaging at a European level to ensure reform of tobacco taxes across the EU including lobbying for equal tax treatment for reduced risks products and traditional cigarettes in view of the expected publication of the updated Tobacco Directive by the European Commission in 2021; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated value of cigarettes and tobacco products seized by Revenue Commissioners’ officials at Irish ports and airports to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48207/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coast Guard Service (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason contracts which were furnished over two years ago by the solicitors acting for Coillte to the State Solicitors Office that are acting for the Office of Public Works were not executed which relate to the transfer of lands which are urgently required for the erection of facilities for use by the Irish Coast Guard at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 673. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a comprehensive fracture liaison service to provide high quality, evidence based care to those who suffer a fragility fracture with a focus on achieving the best outcomes for recovery, rehabilitation and secondary prevention of further fracture as is recommended in the Trauma Systems for Ireland 2018 report; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2022 (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 674. To ask the Minister for Health if the required allocation will be prioritised in the upcoming health budget to facilitate the establishment of a fracture liaison service as per the recommendation set out in the Trauma Systems for Ireland report 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to implement the recommendations set out in the Trauma Systems for Ireland report 2018 to develop trauma centres and units in hospitals nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Office of Clinical Audit has developed a TARN dataset to collect functional and quality of life outcome data for all components of the major trauma care pathway as recommended in the Trauma Systems for Ireland 2018 report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 677. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE National Office for Trauma Services has established a formal trauma training committee and an appointed HSE lead for trauma education as is recommended in the Trauma Systems for Ireland 2018 report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48053/21]