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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank all of our guests and I also thank all of the people involved in the Government Departments and in the HSE for the work that has been done in trying to meet the timelines involved. I am aware that there are many challenges, but there are also concerns among member of the general public. I will open up by commenting on the issue of the call helpline. It just does not appear to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank all the guests here and all the health staff for their contribution and real commitment and dedication to their jobs over the past 12 months. They went way beyond the call of duty. I know this full well because members of my family were involved in the healthcare sector in a number of different areas. I will start by asking just three or four questions. The first is to Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: All right. I will leave it at that if I may get some answers to those questions.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1078. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that can be taken to accommodate the transfer of a fifth-year student (details supplied) to the leaving certificate applied programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41310/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Incidence (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1452. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to implement national hepatitis C treatment programmes into the Irish Prison Service as is set out in the HSE National Service Plan for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33396/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Incidence (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1453. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is still on target to reach the World Health Organisation goal of eliminating hepatitis C by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33397/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1514. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the use of rapid antigen testing as the primary protocol of testing for international travellers departing from or arriving into Irish airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1791. To ask the Minister for Health if in dealing with new legislation on surrogacy, it will contain a provision for the introduction of pre-authorised surrogacy agreements prior to conception to ensure that parental rights and responsibilities can be transferred at birth from the surrogate mother to the intended parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1840. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the recommendations of a person (details supplied) in the report A Review of Children’s Rights and Best Interests in the Context of Donor-Assisted Human Reproduction and Surrogacy in Irish Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35111/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1816. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures that will be put in place for persons who travel to Ireland and who have clear evidence that they have received a Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); and if there has been any communication with the European Medicines Agency regarding the approval of this vaccine. [35557/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1817. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to help tackle the extensive waiting lists for primary care psychological services and mental health services for children and adolescents in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1818. To ask the Minister for Health the reflective practices that are in place to deal with medicolegal events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35559/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1819. To ask the Minister for Health the way the health system plans to deal with the predicted higher hospital admissions from long-Covid-19 symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35560/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1945. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that have been allocated to help amend the extensive waiting time for children to receive special needs assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35584/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 2216. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide additional support to the nursing home sector to ensure that it is not disadvantaged by the increase in cost associated with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36975/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 2293. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been provided to nursing homes under the temporary assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37276/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 2448. To ask the Minister for Health if ten-pin bowling centres will be treated in the same manner as cinemas with regard to Covid-19 restrictions and permitted to reopen with social distancing guidelines put in place rather than applying the same restrictions which apply to pubs and restaurants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Professor Butler and Dr. Holohan and their committees for all of the work they have done over the past 18 months. It has been a difficult time for everyone. A letter was sent to the Minister on 25 August setting out the likelihood of the number of people contracting the virus over the next number of months. It set out peaks. I wonder about the increase in numbers. Over the past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: On the modelling, does Professor Nolan think the dates for the peak have changed? Does he think that the worst possible scenario is not likely to happen, given the information he outlined on the third level sector? On the number of people aged between 16 and 29 years who have received one vaccine, do we have any idea of the total number who have received both doses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I have a final question on nursing homes. There have been outbreaks in nursing homes. There is talk about doing further vaccination of residents in nursing homes. Can we include staff in nursing homes in that vaccination programme? There have been outbreaks which have had a detrimental effect.