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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: Is it variable?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: In our project, we found that roughly 70% of the young people we were dealing with had gone on to full-time employment. Their family history would not have been great as regards employment, so that was a positive outcome. Regarding this research, should additional funding be provided to enable detailed research to be carried out?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: Could there be more co-operation with our third level institutions as regards assisting in that research?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr Gloster.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: For clarification, is this fund related to where there is a car accident and the car owner or driver is not insured or is that a different fund?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: The Oireachtas Committee on Health is also dealing with this matter. I do not think that committee has seen the correspondence we received so I think it should be made available to it. Should both committees be dealing with this? Should a decision be taken about which committee should focus on it rather than two committees dealing with it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I am also a member of that committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: There is a proposal that there would be a visit to the centre, and that proposal will come up in a meeting next Tuesday. It would be helpful if the correspondence we received was made available to the Committee on Health.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: A delegation from the Oireachtas Committee on Health will visit the centre. I came across a very similar situation in another part of the country. There were 27 residents in that facility. Nine people died during a two-week period because of Covid and because there were six people per room. I am not talking about the Owenacurra centre in Midleton. It was a geriatric psychiatric facility....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Applications (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date on the processing of visas, including family reunification applications, for Afghan nationals arising from the fall of the democratically elected Government in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51544/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Applications (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: What progress has been made on the processing of visa applications, including family reunification applications, for Afghan nationals, arising from the fall of the democratically elected Government in Afghanistan? Will the Minister outline the progress that has been made to date?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Applications (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: Can the Minister of State outline how long it is taking to process applications from the time they come into the Department? In addition, I have written to the Minister about people who are part of the judicial process in Afghanistan and who are very vulnerable because of certain decisions they made when the democratically elected Government was in place. Can priority be given to that group...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Applications (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: Finally, is the Minister of State satisfied that, once the applications are processed, we have adequate support measures in place for the people coming here? He might not be able to give me an answer here and now, but I would like to get details of the process and the level of supports in place.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for her presentation today and for dealing with and highlighting this issue by having this debate during breast cancer awareness month. The BreastCheck screening programme plays an important part in improving outcomes for breast cancer under the national cancer control programme. It is important that we acknowledge the dedication, commitment and hard work of...

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister and all the Deputies for their contributions to this debate. It is important to discuss the various challenges that exist. While 92.4% of people over 18 years of age have been fully vaccinated, unfortunately, in this case vaccination does not give immunity. Earlier, my colleague outlined how one can be fully vaccinated but still be a carrier of and contract Covid-19....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: BreastCheck and National Cancer Control Programme: HSE
BreastCheck Screening Programme and Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank all our witnesses for their work in dealing with this issue during a difficult time. Returning to the issue of access to services during the pandemic and referrals from GPs, there was a difficulty with access to all medical services over the past 20 months and that included access to GPs and laboratories. If a GP were to refer someone for an assessment now, what would be the time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: BreastCheck and National Cancer Control Programme: HSE
BreastCheck Screening Programme and Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I am sorry to interrupt, but regarding people referred to the service by GPs, is there evidence that cancer is being detected at a more advanced stage because of the various delays? I refer to people who may have been delayed in getting to their GP or who may have had difficulty in getting access. Is there evidence now to show that we are coming across more cases at a more advanced stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: BreastCheck and National Cancer Control Programme: HSE
BreastCheck Screening Programme and Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: Professor Ó Laoide said that one third of the cases coming through the system are being identified through BreastCheck. That means that two thirds are technically people who were referred in by GPs. Do we now need to initiate a programme to highlight this issue? I refer to people who may have concerns but who keep delaying going to see their GPs. Do we need to instigate an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: BreastCheck and National Cancer Control Programme: HSE
BreastCheck Screening Programme and Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: Moving on to the issue of the change in demographics that will occur in the years to come, that shift will result in us having more people over the age of 50, just as we will also have more people over the age of 65. Therefore, we must start planning now for that increase in those age demographics and the resulting effects. What level of planning is now being undertaken by the existing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: BreastCheck and National Cancer Control Programme: HSE
BreastCheck Screening Programme and Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: Professor Ó Laoide spoke about increasing staffing. It is great to increase staff, but those staff must have pro rata access to facilities and equipment. Is such staff access to equipment and facilities being delivered at this stage?