Results 4,681-4,700 of 11,632 for speaker:Colm Burke
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: We have been able to do it with the maternity services.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: Can we get more information out to people on that? The Department and the HSE have advised people to check but I am not sure whether the messages strong enough. It is difficult now when people arrive with the family and suddenly find that they are not complying with the regulations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: The letter we got from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, says this new functionality would go far beyond the app's original scope and would, prima facie, not be in accord with the European Data Protection Board guidelines in respect of tracking apps. That is what ICCL is saying to us. What is the officials' response to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: I am raising it because I do not want to have a situation where-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: -----something we are using will suddenly have to be stopped. I want to ensure we have clarification on that. The ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland are saying that it is not in accordance with the European Data Protection Board guidelines. They have set this out in writing and that is why I am raising this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: Chair, I do not accept that I am only entitled to four minutes. I have been here since the start so I am entitled to the same number of minutes as everyone else. I ask the Minister about the title currently held by St. Vincent’s University Hospital. Do we know what title it has? I sit on a hospital board and know it has a lease, which is granted under certain terms. Does it hold a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: We do not even know. In other words, it may be restricted on what it can grant, because of the title it already holds. Could that be the position?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: Surely, if the Department is dealing with negotiations and the issue of getting a lease, it should know what the prior title is? What title does it currently hold?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: Can that be clarified?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: The second issue is that 42 consultants wrote in. They were concerned about the debate that should occur on how this structure is set up. Has there been a direct meeting with the representatives of those consultants, so that their concerns can also be taken on board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: Has the Department contacted the consultants directly since they issued their statement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: With regard to the structure of the board, the board of the National Maternity Hospital is independent. When the hospital is established on the St. Vincent's site, will the board be under the jurisdiction of the St. Vincent's structure or will it be independent of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: Why can it not be set up so that it is independent of the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: I am asking a very clear question. Why can it not be independent of the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: It is a simple question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: The Minister could answer it here. Why can the board not be independent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: I am asking the Minister to deal with the question. Why can the board not be independent of the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: In fairness, it is a crucial question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: That is not the question I have asked. Concerns have been raised that the Department and the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group will have a say and will be able to overrule the people who are working on the front line. Can this issue be looked at so that the board that is set up to run the national maternity hospital cannot be overruled by the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Colm Burke: It will still be part of the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group however. Can we not draw a clear line, which can be done in company law, ensuring the board's independence and that it is not answerable to any body other than the HSE and the Department of Health? That is what I am suggesting. In other words, we now have a board that is answerable to the HSE-----