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Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I want to raise an important issue-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: -----in relation to the cervical cancer issue. A statement was issued by the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists today which we should welcome. We need to deal with this in a very careful manner. We have to acknowledge Vicky Phelan and her family for bringing this to the fore and highlighting the difficulties she has gone through and what she has to face into in the future. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: In fairness, I want to make a point on this.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: In fairness, I think it is an important point to make, and that is about-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: A Leas-Chathaoirligh, I think it is important to emphasise-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: A Leas-Chathaoirligh, I am making a point-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I am making a point, and I think it is important-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I am making the point that a lot of good progress as been made on that issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: It is important that we now deal with the issues that have arisen, and deal with them in a very transparent and upfront manner. That is what our debate should be about.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I would like to make that point.

Seanad: Defence Forces: Statements (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will not take eight minutes because the Minister of State has set out very comprehensively the work the Defence Forces have done and that they need to carry out in the coming years. There is a challenge on investment. On the good side we have a flow into the economy, which means we can invest in this vital service. The Army, Naval Service...

Seanad: Defence Forces: Statements (1 May 2018)

Colm Burke: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres Provision (2 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minster of State to the House. A new primary care centre is being built on the grounds of the old orthopaedic hospital in Cork. I recently visited the site and construction is probably 98% complete. My understanding is that ten GPs practising in the area will move to the centre. I seek clarification on the timeline regarding the opening of the facility. When will it be up...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres Provision (2 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for State for his very detailed reply. I know it will take place on a phased basis but I wonder when the GP practices are expected to start functioning from there? When will they be able to move in? Is there a planned timescale for each section to do so? Will everything be in place by the end of the year? As the Minister of State outlined, it is a huge centre that...

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank Senators Warfield and Gavan for proposing and seconding this Bill and for taking the time and effort to draft this Bill. As someone who has brought in Private Members' Bills, I know that much time and effort goes into its drafting and ensuring that it is a Bill that can proceed through the House, and I thank them for their efforts in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive presentations this morning and for the work they have done in preparing them. My understanding is that the number of medical practitioners registered in Ireland is approximately 18,000, of whom approximately 39% are non-Irish graduates. Can the witnesses provide a more accurate figure? For those who have come to Ireland, perhaps even from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Colm Burke: The specific figure I am looking for is the number of those people who have completed the senior training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Colm Burke: Many of the 127 not on the specialist register are in the small hospitals such as Cavan, Letterkenny, Portlaoise and Tullamore. Would it be true to say that the risk will always be higher in a small hospital because in a big hospital a doctor might be on a one in six or seven rota, working every day, one night in seven and one weekend in seven, whereas in the small hospitals they are likely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Colm Burke: If one chooses to look back I have consistently raised this issue over the past four to five years. If one goes back 15 years ago, there was a different process for recruitment and there was forward planning and then that system was absorbed into the HSE. Now the whole system that existed seems to have disappeared. We are trying to recreate that system and I fully accept that movement is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I raised the issue of consultants in smaller hospitals. They are on a more demanding rota. Is that not taken into account as well?