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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the efficacy of the new cervical cancer test that detects HPV; the number of tests that have been HPV positive with no abnormal cell changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61699/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to greater flexibility of current public transport incentives such as taxsaver tickets given the greater flexibility of office-based work and the hybrid approach to working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62173/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if research is under way with regard to the potential impact on motor tax revenue an increased uptake of electric vehicles will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62172/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students at higher education institutions (details supplied), who make up approximately 12% of the higher education student population in Ireland, are to be excluded from the public health free rapid antigen tests initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62030/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that students studying on publicly funded Springboard programmes in private higher education institutions will be excluded from the free rapid antigen tests initiative while their fellow students on Springboard programmes in the public higher education institutions will be eligible to receive the tests; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to including students at higher education colleges that are members of an association (details supplied) in the public health free rapid antigen tests initiative in view of the contributions by the students to the Exchequer; if not, if separate funding will be made available to those students for this once off...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the inclusion of students at higher education institutions that are members of an association (details supplied) in the public health free rapid antigen tests initiative in view of these institutions releasing their students to ease the staffing crisis in public primary schools and in early years settings; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students at higher education institutions that are members of an association (details supplied) are to be excluded from the public health free rapid antigen tests given the Exchequer is providing free rapid antigen testing to international and European Union students studying in publicly funded higher education institutions who may...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed within the health service, by categories (details supplied), for the year ending 31 December, in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and at 30 October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62029/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date in respect of the introduction of half-price transport for young persons as set out in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of householders who made a local property tax return; the number of householders who accepted the initial Revenue Commissioners' determination; if a figure is available for projected revenue that will be raised by the tax in 2022; the way in which this compares with the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I send good wishes for Christmas and the new year to the Ceann Comhairle, all of the staff and everyone here. I raise a matter relating to non-EEA doctors who are working in Ireland. Under the current rules, a non-EEA doctor cannot get a stamp 4 residency permit unless he or she has been working here for more than five years. The Tánaiste talked earlier in the week about changing the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for the presentation. The value for money report was published last night at 9 o'clock. Why was it not made available to the committee before then? We are now at a disadvantage. That report has been with the Department for a considerable period and I raised a number of questions on it but it has only been published a few hours before we have our last meeting of the year.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I have taken a very quick look at the report. One set of figures relating to 2019 shows that the average cost per patient per week in a public nursing home was €1,616 while the cost in a private nursing home was €992 per week. That is a 62% difference. Someone referred to additional costs being imposed on patients in private nursing homes, but is this not a sizeable disparity...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: If families end up having to pay additional costs to private nursing homes because they are not getting the required State support under the fair deal scheme, that is discrimination.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: The costs are lower. This review was carried out in 2019 since when costs have increased substantially. The private nursing homes are not able to carry the costs and, therefore, are imposing them on the patients. There is a great deal of justified criticism to the effect that the homes are not entitled to do that. On the other hand, the Department has sat on this report for a long time....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: There has been no increase in the support levels for people in private nursing homes for the past number of years whereas the cost of providing that care has increased.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: No. I am saying private nursing homes are having difficulty meeting the cost of providing the level of care they are required to provide without imposing charges they are legally not entitled to apply. The report has now been published after all the work was done nearly two years ago. What action will the Department take to deal with this issue?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: But the argument is private nursing homes cannot afford to employ more nurses because of the level of support provided under the fair deal scheme. Could I move on to-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I do not accept that because-----