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- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022) Colm Burke: In what circumstances would they not require to be registered?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022) Colm Burke: Is Mr. Byrne saying we are down to 17 properties that are not registered and the rest of the 142 are registered?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022) Colm Burke: What is the timeframe for resolving the issue? It has been ongoing for some time. I understand there is a similar problem in Limerick. What action has been taken on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022) Colm Burke: I will touch on regulation in relation to the role of the RTB. Much good work is being done on registrations but another issue is arising with regard to student accommodation. I got an email from seven students, dated 16 February this year. They are all staying in one apartment or house. The landlord is looking for a €1,500 deposit to be paid by each student if they want the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022) Colm Burke: Is the fact that this has been set out to seven individuals not an indication that the landlord does not believe any action will be taken against him by the RTB? I am sure this is not the only case around. This is just a group that contacted me. I am concerned that in the forthcoming academic year, we could have this happen across the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022) Colm Burke: Okay. Can I just move on to another area-----
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Colm Burke: The explanatory memorandum, of which I have a copy, is extremely helpful.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Colm Burke: Let us say an issue arises in regard to whether or not funding should be going towards the disability services-----
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Colm Burke: -----how would a dispute be resolved in that scenario? I know there is a clear budget from each Department to the HSE in relation to services. Could there be a scenario where there is a disagreement regarding which should be providing funding for a specific area? If so, then how will that dispute be resolved?
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Colm Burke: The Minister of State must accept that there is a cross-over of services in certain and an issue could arise in regard to which budget it comes in under. Is there a process to resolve that issue?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for his presentation. He is very much focused on recruiting more staff. The figures I have show that in December 2014 there were 103,000 whole-time equivalent staff working in the HSE. In October 2021, this figure stood at 131,000. The biggest complaint I am hearing from consultants is that they cannot get access to theatre time. A number of consultants have told me...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Colm Burke: A clear example of that is the gynaecological services in Cork where there were 4,500 people on the waiting list. The consultants had a difficulty opening the operating theatre in the Cork University Hospital maternity unit and ended up renting space in the Mater Private Hospital. The consultants moved down to the Mater Private Hospital to deal with public patients, mainly for day...
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Colm Burke: On the issue of housing by local authorities, I find there is very little co-ordination. Say, for argument's sake, a housing authority is dealing with an estate of 80 houses, which was something I saw recently. I do not believe any house in that development was specifically set aside for people with disabilities. Could there be far more co-ordination in that area? Where a housing scheme...
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Colm Burke: That is absolutely right.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Colm Burke: I have a question on the role of HIQA. My understanding is that the Irish Examinerhas been told in the past three or four days that a statutory investigation conducted by HIQA does no carry any enforceable sanctions and therefore could not be guaranteed to achieve improvements in residential care. I am just wondering about the transfer and we are talking about HIQA but where is an...
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Colm Burke: It said in a response to the Irish Examinerthat it does not the power of enforceable sanctions and therefore could not be guaranteed to achieve improvements in residential care. That is what it said. I am not criticising people or anything else, but I am just saying it feels its powers are limited when it is requested to do an investigation. The authority also argues that for an individual...
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Colm Burke: I am saying to the Minister of State that there is an opportunity to deal with this matter while we are dealing with the Bill. Is it possible for the Department to engage with HIQA and see what additional change in the legislation is required in order to give it the power it wants to deal with individual complaints. That is basically what I am asking.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Colm Burke: Is it possible while we are dealing with the legislation to incorporate what the authority is looking for in a structured way? If we start over and seek to give additional powers to HIQA, it could be 12 months down the road before we do so. There may be an opportunity to deal with the matter at this stage.