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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated value of cigarettes and tobacco products seized by Revenue Commissioners’ officials at Irish ports and airports to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48207/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coast Guard Service (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason contracts which were furnished over two years ago by the solicitors acting for Coillte to the State Solicitors Office that are acting for the Office of Public Works were not executed which relate to the transfer of lands which are urgently required for the erection of facilities for use by the Irish Coast Guard at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 673. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a comprehensive fracture liaison service to provide high quality, evidence based care to those who suffer a fragility fracture with a focus on achieving the best outcomes for recovery, rehabilitation and secondary prevention of further fracture as is recommended in the Trauma Systems for Ireland 2018 report; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2022 (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 674. To ask the Minister for Health if the required allocation will be prioritised in the upcoming health budget to facilitate the establishment of a fracture liaison service as per the recommendation set out in the Trauma Systems for Ireland report 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to implement the recommendations set out in the Trauma Systems for Ireland report 2018 to develop trauma centres and units in hospitals nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Office of Clinical Audit has developed a TARN dataset to collect functional and quality of life outcome data for all components of the major trauma care pathway as recommended in the Trauma Systems for Ireland 2018 report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 677. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE National Office for Trauma Services has established a formal trauma training committee and an appointed HSE lead for trauma education as is recommended in the Trauma Systems for Ireland 2018 report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 687. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department has been engaging at a European level and with the European Director General for Health on the need for a common position ahead of the next session of the conference of the parties to the WHO FCTC and of the meeting of parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 688. To ask the Minister for Health the priorities for the upcoming session of the conference of the parties to the WHO FCTC and of the meeting of parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products as a signatory to the protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48206/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: In the area of social protection, the programme for Government commits to recognising the importance of ancillary benefits and eligibility criteria to vulnerable groups, while noting that we all have a stake in a strong social protection system. It also commits to improving and changing disability services through better implementation and collaboration. However, we currently have an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the pricing and reimbursement negotiations for the gene therapy drug zolgensma (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will review the decision not to allow for reimbursement of cannabidiol, epidiolex in view of the fact that there has been clear evidence to show that this drug is extremely effective in the management of care for patients with dravet syndrome and lennox-gastaut syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48542/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for dealing with the queries raised thus far. Mr. Breen said there are some 12,000 active claims. Of that number, how many does he expect will result in compensation being paid? What is the timeframe from when the NTMA first receives notice from a solicitor to getting a case off the table? How long is that taking? The other figure I am...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: Can Mr. Breen give me the figure for five years ago? I want to find out the scale of the sudden increase that has occurred.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: What is Mr. Breen's estimate of the percentage of the 12,000 cases pending on which there will be payouts? I know he cannot give me exact figures but I would like a broad idea percentage-wise.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: My question is about the 12,000 pending cases. Of that number, on what percentage does Mr. Breen believe there will be payouts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I did some research before this meeting and have some corresponding figures for other jurisdictions. Between 2016 and 2020 in Canada, for example, there was a total of 3,806 resolved legal cases. Of that number, 44% were judgments in favour of the plaintiff, 5.9% were in favour of the physician, 1,384 cases, or 36.4%, were settled with the plaintiff, and 2,156, or 55.6%, were dismissed. In...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: On the point about reaching agreement on claim amounts, actuaries are brought in to see what is required in a particular case to support the plaintiff. There is a calculation of life expectancy and how much he or she will require per year. Does Mr. Breen agree we are facing a problem now in regard to compensation because any legal practice that has more than €1 million in its current...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: The problem with the Office of Wards of Court, in my experience, is that less money is being paid out than was paid in because of the restrictions it now faces. Is this new challenge being looked at in terms of how it can be managed into the future? Everyone wants to make sure that people who have suffered catastrophic injuries are adequately compensated and have sufficient revenue...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: What is the take-up of the periodic payment at the moment and what is the NTMA's view in regard to this issue?