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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if population screening for haemochromatosis will be implemented in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34111/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Chronic Disease Management Programme (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if haemochromatosis will be added to the list of chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34112/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 149. To ask the Minister for Health when work on the establishment of the national medicines agency is due to commence as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34113/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the design of the national medicines agency as committed to in the programme for Government; the person or body that will be tasked with establishing and running it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34114/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the remit and function of the national medicines agency as committed to in the programme for Government; the way in which this will be distinct from existing agencies such as the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and the medicines management programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34115/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the national medicines agency, as committed to in the programme for Government, will engage with key stakeholders such as patient groups and the pharmaceutical industry to improve access to medicines for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34116/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review (details supplied) into the medicines access programme as outlined in the Sláintecare Action Plan; when it will be published; the actions that will arise from its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34117/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I seek clarification on a point. If a contract is entered into by a Department, there is the issue of procurement. Are we now saying we cannot look at that process until such time as the accounts for the end of the year are produced?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I just want clarification to get my own-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Is it not the argument that if I have entered into a contract, there is now a legally binding agreement there? If I have an issue about how the process was dealt with, is that not what the Committee of Public Accounts is about? Is it not about ensuring that proper procedures and proper mechanisms were used in arriving at a decision on awarding a contract? Is the Chair now telling me I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Taking the example of the children's hospital and money spent in 2018 and 2019, in what way is the Committee of Public Accounts limited in examining that area because the money has been already expended?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: There is a difference between bringing in the children's hospital and departmental officials and bringing in the Department of Education on the issue of calculated grades. The difficulty in regard to the calculated grades is that there are court proceedings in train but I am not aware of any difficulty in regard to the children's hospital, unless there is an aspect of it that cannot be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: An endorsement stays on a person's licence for a number of years. If someone does not surrender his or her licence and goes to renew it, the endorsement then begins from the issue of that new licence. There is a great disadvantage to not handing in one's licence. Unless people can renew their licences in some other way, when they go for renewal the endorsement period will begin with the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I am open to correction on what I have said.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: High-dependency is the big argument. The HSE is aware of the high-dependency rate in the public nursing homes. The issue with private nursing homes is that the HSE tends to not want to know because the private nursing homes want remuneration under the fair deal scheme to increase where a patient is deemed to be high-dependency. That issue has not been resolved and has been going on for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I apologise that I was not able to get into the meeting yesterday due to a computer problem. There were two or three items of correspondence. Perhaps I will get back to the clerk to the committee and raise them with him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: There were three items which should be looked at and I wanted to raise that. I apologise again about that. I also wish to convey apologies from Senator Conway. I think the roads were bad this morning and he was not able to get up on time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister, the officials in the Department and the HSE staff for the work that has been done over the past eight or nine months to deal with a serious issue and challenge for everyone. I will touch on a few issues. I know that the Minister may not have all the answers to the questions I ask but he might provide some written replies. I had a call this morning from someone whose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: We have previously heard about issues with the elective hospitals and timelines were outlined. Is the Minister satisfied that something will happen and that decisions will be taken? We have yet to identify sites and then we will have to go through a planning process. It will be three years down the road before even a sod is turned on any of these hospitals. That is why the issue is now a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: My final question relates to the NTPF. A simple example concerns cataract operations. The main problem at the moment is people trying to get appointments even to be assessed before they get on the list. If they get on the list, they can avail of the NTPF, but the problem is getting on the list. Can we do anything to expedite the issue in order that people will be assessed on the list for...