Results 3,161-3,180 of 11,255 for speaker:Colm Burke
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Colm Burke: Are the witnesses satisfied that there are adequate facilities to isolate a case if one is identified in healthcare facilities, either mental health or disability services facilities?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Colm Burke: Is a system in place to check whether fundamental changes made in the running of facilities are being implemented in full? Are these residential facilities visited regularly to make sure that all the changes that were made are being followed through?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Colm Burke: I thank the Chairman.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)
Colm Burke: Yes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)
Colm Burke: Just five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)
Colm Burke: I am taking my five minutes. I thank the witnesses for the work that they are doing. It is a challenging time for everyone, no matter what type of employment one is in. Much work has been done behind the scenes over the past few weeks in preparing for this. My main question is to Mr. Parlon and it relates to the set-up in the construction industry. As I understand it, there is quite...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)
Colm Burke: I have one more question for all of the witnesses. House renovation involves very confined spaces. I am not sure what action can be taken there. With fewer people there, can there be sufficient health and safety measures to protect the workers while complying with regulations concerning Covid-19? House and building renovation is where the real risks are. What are the witnesses' views on that?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: On a different issue, at the meeting last week reference was made to one third of all healthcare workers having tested positive. That statement was subsequently reported on by an RTÉ news programme. If one extrapolates from that reference, approximately 45,000 healthcare workers would have tested positive, which is incorrect. What ought to have been stated is that one third of those...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: My thanks to Mr. Taylor and Mr. Daly for coming to the committee this morning and for their contributions. I want to go back to the issue of the roll-out of swabs being taken by staff. Is it not now a priority that every nursing home would have a person assigned to be able to do that on an ongoing basis? Is there now a discussion with the HSE for that to be put in place and for it to be...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: Does Mr. Daly expect a time period for that to be put in place?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: Could we actually have every nursing home being able to take the swabs? Can we have that structure in place within 14 days?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: Would Nursing Homes Ireland look for that kind of period?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: Many people have raised the issue about staff pay in nursing homes. Approximately €1 billion per annum is being assigned for the fair deal scheme. What proportion of that goes to the private nursing home sector?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: In other words, per patient there is less coming to the private sector. Is that correct?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: Does that mean a 62% additional cost in the public sector per patient?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: In real terms - in money terms - what is 62%? Is it €200, €300 or €400 per week?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: There will be an additional cost because of personal protective equipment and all of the other costs associated with Covid-19. What additional cost does Mr. Daly believe will now be incurred per patient?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: In any event, there will now be an additional cost.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: I want to go back on the issue of deaths in nursing homes. Life expectancy in this country has increased by seven years since 2000. In other words, people are living seven years longer now compared with the year 2000. Nursing homes have made a contribution to that increase in life expectancy. On average, how many deaths are there in all the nursing homes across the country per month? Have...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Colm Burke: Has there been at any stage, outside of Covid, a sudden increase in deaths in the nursing home sector?