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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 2293. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been provided to nursing homes under the temporary assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37276/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 2448. To ask the Minister for Health if ten-pin bowling centres will be treated in the same manner as cinemas with regard to Covid-19 restrictions and permitted to reopen with social distancing guidelines put in place rather than applying the same restrictions which apply to pubs and restaurants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Can we get more information out to people on that? The Department and the HSE have advised people to check but I am not sure whether the messages strong enough. It is difficult now when people arrive with the family and suddenly find that they are not complying with the regulations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: The letter we got from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, says this new functionality would go far beyond the app's original scope and would, prima facie, not be in accord with the European Data Protection Board guidelines in respect of tracking apps. That is what ICCL is saying to us. What is the officials' response to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: I am raising it because I do not want to have a situation where-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: -----something we are using will suddenly have to be stopped. I want to ensure we have clarification on that. The ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland are saying that it is not in accordance with the European Data Protection Board guidelines. They have set this out in writing and that is why I am raising this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank all of our guests and I also thank all of the people involved in the Government Departments and in the HSE for the work that has been done in trying to meet the timelines involved. I am aware that there are many challenges, but there are also concerns among member of the general public. I will open up by commenting on the issue of the call helpline. It just does not appear to be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the help to buy scheme to first-time buyers who wish to buy second hand properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (15 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review will be carried out into the reason a company (details supplied) which provides repair and re-resurfacing of kitchens, bathrooms, PVC windows and doors is not able to tender for work on the e-tenders portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38821/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (14 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider proposals for the equal entitlement to mothers of children born through surrogacy to apply for maternity leave, maternity benefits and parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38217/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 400. To ask the Minister for Health when the gene therapy drug zolgensma will be approved for reimbursement by the HSE; if same will be made available at an early date to a person (details supplied) for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31388/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Chair, I do not accept that I am only entitled to four minutes. I have been here since the start so I am entitled to the same number of minutes as everyone else. I ask the Minister about the title currently held by St. Vincent’s University Hospital. Do we know what title it has? I sit on a hospital board and know it has a lease, which is granted under certain terms. Does it hold a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: We do not even know. In other words, it may be restricted on what it can grant, because of the title it already holds. Could that be the position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Surely, if the Department is dealing with negotiations and the issue of getting a lease, it should know what the prior title is? What title does it currently hold?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Can that be clarified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: The second issue is that 42 consultants wrote in. They were concerned about the debate that should occur on how this structure is set up. Has there been a direct meeting with the representatives of those consultants, so that their concerns can also be taken on board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Has the Department contacted the consultants directly since they issued their statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: With regard to the structure of the board, the board of the National Maternity Hospital is independent. When the hospital is established on the St. Vincent's site, will the board be under the jurisdiction of the St. Vincent's structure or will it be independent of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Why can it not be set up so that it is independent of the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group?