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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to support and expand the scope of the social farming Ireland initiative, in view of its continued success and benefits to participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is engaging with key stakeholders regarding the social farming Ireland initiative to ensure continued success of the model and the potential for expansion in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50322/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to promote the social farming in Ireland initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 241. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form a detailed breakdown on how the allocated budget for new medicines was spent in the years 2021, 2022 and from 1 January 2023 to 31 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50400/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 242. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the direct savings arising from discounts, rebates or substitution of generic and biosimilar medicines in the years 2021, 2022 and from 1 January 2023 to 31 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50401/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 243. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether direct savings arising from discounts, rebates or substitution of generic and biosimilar medicines were routed back into the medicines budget to fund other treatments, or into general HSE funding, during each of the years 2021, 2022 and from 1 January 2023 to 31 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50402/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 244. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 796 of 14 February 2023, if he can confirm whether the HSE will fund the inclusion of chronic kidney disease in the chronic disease management programme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50403/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 245. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 794 of 14 February 2023, to provide a summary of the analysis of the opportunistic case finding assessment under the chronic disease management programme in 2022, the number of patients diagnosed with asthma, type 2 diabetes, COPD or cardiovascular disease as a result of this assessment, in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a review being undertaken by her Department in respect of a Stage 2B submission will be finalised and the school (details supplied) contacted about the outcome of this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50051/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I thank the witnesses for taking time out of their own schedules to be here with us here. I also thank them for the time they have given over recent years to dealing with this issue. Recently, I had to deal with a grandparent whose eight-year-old grandson died from sepsis. Unfortunately, he probably did not get to hospital on time. It was just one of those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: The evidence is that as a result of these protocols, there has been a substantial decrease in deaths as a result of sepsis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: This has been a reduction of 45% to 50%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: It is a substantial reduction anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Just on the time period, in the context of the case I had to deal with recently, there was a very short timeframe between the person becoming ill and being transferred to hospital. I presume the timeframe involved varies from case to case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: One of the problems, however, with parents, or with all of us, is that there is not a great deal of information available on the symptoms of sepsis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: The witnesses, therefore, are looking for a major campaign to highlight the things we need to watch out for in this context. Sepsis could start off with a very small cut, as I understand it, and then, as a result, an infection occurs and spreads very fast.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Absolutely. That is important. Even if we were to have the basic information disseminated, that would be a good thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: From the HSE's recent presentation, I note that information leaflets were distributed to all GPs. To put a question to all the family members here, do they think there is enough information available within the general practices, and even with hospital doctors, to allow for the identification of the symptoms to watch out for in dealing with sepsis?