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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive presentations. Gynaecological services in Cork were touched on. Is there any update on that waiting list, as 40% of all the people waiting for those services are on the Cork waiting list. Is there any update on the current status of the waiting times for those services in Cork and the numbers on the waiting list? The witnesses might provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Do we have an idea of the number of consultants who will be retiring over the next five years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: We want to create a number of new places in addition to replacing the people who are retiring. Will we have a sufficient number of people to meet the target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Has the waiting list decreased?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Would it be possible for Mr. McGrane to come back to me with those figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: I want to ask Mr. McGrane about the provision of support for staff where there is an adverse event. I outlined an incident where staff were required to attend an inquest without support of any description prior to doing so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: On open disclosure, where it is decided to have an external review, can the open disclosure occur before the external review is carried out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: However, occasionally there may be a situation where they do not have all the answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: On the issues of external reviews and fast tracking, I have come across cases where there has been quite a delay in carrying out the external reviews. Has any process been put in place to try to have those done in a timely manner?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Senator Paul Gavan spoke against tax cuts, but one of the problems in the recruitment of junior doctors to the health service is that they pay tax at the higher rate on earnings above €34,550. Everyone wants more doctors and nurses, but more and more are leaving the country because, under the tax regime, they pay tax at the higher rate on too low a salary. It is time people made up...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: I wish to raise an issue referred to in an article on the front page of today's edition of the Irish Examiner, which reported on the measles outbreak in Limerick. It identifies 18 out of the 20 people affected as having not been vaccinated. It highlights the importance of vaccination in that whole area. The uptake of measles vaccination over recent years has decreased. We need to reach a...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Very briefly, I join colleagues in wishing Senator Ó Clochartaigh well. I think everyone of us is here with the sole ambition to effect change to make people's lives better and deliver better services. Every time Senator Ó Clochartaigh spoke it was about trying to improve a situation and to effect that change. Some of us will leave this House without being able to have the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their contributions and for the work they are doing in this complex area. Deputy Kelleher has put many of the questions I wanted to ask, but I would like to address the issue of people travelling abroad. How many people travel abroad for IVF treatment, surrogacy and egg donation? Is there any way to establish the figures? One of the complaints that is made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Chairman, in respect of the numbers travelling abroad, do the witnesses have any idea of the number who travel abroad?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Could I just ask Dr. Wingfield, in relation to the legislation and the ongoing communication with the Department of Health, if there is a structure in place in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Has a recent request been sent in for a meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Has there been a recent request?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Was a recent request sent to the Department to meet on this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: It is important that we would encourage the Department of Health to engage with the witnesses because this is a complex area and they are the people who are working at the coalface who know the complications. To go back to my own profession, when we were dealing with the legislation to regulate solicitors the Law Society had ongoing communication with the Department of Justice and Equality...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: What is going to happen is that we will publish a Bill and there will be a whole lot of amendments and the process will go on for ages, whereas we could fast-track the process but proceeding as outlined.