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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: My understanding is that the UK Government has now set aside €100 million as an investment to deal with long Covid for young people. From Dr. Glynn's information, has there been any indication of the number of young people who have been adversely affected and who are still having to deal with long Covid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I will move on to two other issues. One is hospitals coming back to providing services. I recently spoke to someone who is working in a hospital operating theatre. In the past two weeks they had a full complement of theatre staff and they had to do a particular operation because it was urgent, but they were not able to do their elective list which they normally did on a particular day in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Where there is capacity in a hospital to do elective surgery, and there are empty beds, are we then not making the waiting lists longer in hospitals? This is occurring in hospitals right around the country. What can be done to use beds that are empty and theatre space that is available to make sure we deal with people who require urgent care? Surely we can put in place enough mechanisms to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: When will we see the change in this approach? The approach that seems to be very much entrenched at this stage is that elective surgery cannot be done and people cannot be brought in unless it is urgent. This is what is being applied in many HSE hospitals throughout the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Surely the Department of Health must have an influence on this. People are contacting us because they have been on a waiting list for elective surgery for six, 12 or 18 months and nothing is happening. Consultants and nurses as well as administrative staff are being contacted on a constant basis and being asked where people are on the list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Can the committee be advised of when progress will be made in this area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I want to raise a point on GP practices and the role the entire team in GP practices played during the pandemic. The Irish College of General Practitioners came before the committee recently. One of the issues it raised was that it had concerns about the level of support for GP practices and funding for support staff in practices. It also raised the issue of the number of GPs who will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: This is about long-term planning. We are dealing with health and it is a relevant question to the Chief Medical Officer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Dr. Holohan would accept that the role of GPs during the pandemic made a huge contribution to helping to deal with it at an early stage, including through keeping people out of the hospital system. We should respond accordingly in support of GPs.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the current level of the student contribution charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6312/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of support provided to further and higher education institutions to invest in capital equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6313/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a first-time passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5924/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 729. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to updating HSE guidelines, advising general practitioners and other medical practitioners that any programme based on fixed incremental increases in physical activity or exercise will not be recommended to those suffering from long Covid, taking into account their symptoms, organ damage, abilities and risk factors, in view of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (8 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 739. To ask the Minister for Health the progress his Department has made to date in responding to the issues raised in the Wasted Lives report published by the Ombudsman in May 2021, regarding the recommendation to move hundreds of younger persons living in inappropriate nursing home settings into a rehabilitation pathway towards independent living; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (8 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 740. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his Department and the HSE will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to address the issues and concerns raised in the Wasted Lives report published by Ombudsman in May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6519/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 728. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to updating HSE guidelines advising general practitioners and other medical practitioners that any programme based on fixed incremental increases in physical activity or exercise, for example, graded exercise therapy, will no longer be recommended to ME/CFS sufferers to reflect current research and recently updated...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that his Department was unable to issue the minimum 20 afforestation licences each week or since dashboards began; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that ecological input is being managed by his Department in view of the number of ecology staff increasing to 27 in 2021 while during the same period his Department only achieved 55% of its target for private licences with ecological input; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5901/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences issued to Coillte and the number of licences issued to private farm owners by county in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and in January 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5902/22]