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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: There will be an increase of approximately 25% in the availability of rural bus services. What engagement has there been between the Department and other Departments to deal with the areas where there will not be connectivity or a service?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State. However, would he not accept that despite the increase of over 25% in the level of services, there will still be areas which need additional support and work? Should there be further engagement, perhaps with our local authorities, to ensure we can provide that transport service? I know the increase of 25% is over a five-year period. In my own constituency...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: I ask about the review of services. Places have developed where there is not a service and that connectivity is lacking. I think of my own area, for instance, where Dripsey to Ballincollig has developed but there is no bus service from Dripsey to Ballincollig even though it is the nearest town to a big rural area. Would that also be part of the overall review?

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Telecommunications Services (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the work that has been carried out to date by the mobile phone and broadband task force, which was reconvened in December 2021; if the task force has met in 2022; if not, when the next meeting is scheduled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17938/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 964. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department is exploring the possibility of longer-term agreements between businesses and hubs to enable more structured remote working, particularly in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18079/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 831. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details as to when a new cardiovascular health strategy will be published for Ireland; if he acknowledges that there is an urgent need for a new cardiovascular health strategy for the Irish health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18099/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer qualifies for support under the targeted intervention package for the tillage sector recently announced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 966. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are early indications of the performance of the recently launched connected hubs app; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18081/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 965. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of free Wifi4EU hotspots around the country by county in tabular form; if more of these are planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18080/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Sustainable Energy Communities (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 967. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement her Department has had with other Departments regarding the retrofitting of older homes and buildings in line with the goal of compact development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18082/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Participation Networks (5 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 968. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a review is planned of the public participation network system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18083/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health yesterday, the Secretary General of the Department of Health, Mr. Robert Watt, confirmed that it is not intended to appoint a new chair to the medical consultants contract negotiations. The chair who was there, Marguerite Bolger, was appointed to the High Court last September. Seven months later, we still have no chair. There are 838 consulting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for their presentation. I will first discuss the availability of rehabilitation beds. In Cork planning permission has gone in for a private unit. If that project is built will there be a role for such a facility in view of the fact that there is a shortage of rehabilitative beds and there does not appear to be any proposal coming from the Department of Health or the HSE...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: Ms Rogers must accept that it would be extremely expensive for someone to pay for a period of rehabilitation. I mean that rehabilitation is not something one can undertake today and come out tomorrow. It takes a period of time. Therefore, its role in just providing care for people who qualify under, say, private health insurance might cause difficulties so the only way that it can be fully...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I ask the delegation to compare the current rehabilitation facilities with what they feel we should have. What additional beds would we now require in real terms? If we decided in the morning to provide additional facilities then the delegation would have to accept that it would take us at least three years and maybe up to eight years to build a new facility. However, I understand that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: Who has the job to call a meeting of the strategy group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I wish to mention an issue that concerns consultants and specialists in this area. It is a question that I constantly raise with the HSE. We have a certain number of consultants who work in this area so let us consider the care that needs to be provided and long-term planning. Has the number of consultants who will retire over the next few years been analysed? Has the number of people who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: How many people are training? How many posts will become available if people finish training within the next five years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: Posts have been advertised over the last number of years. What number applied for the posts? How long did it take to fill the posts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Professor Hardiman not agree that, with the demands from patients who require care, the reason for delaying appointments is not acceptable-----