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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the implementation of a national genetics and genomics medicine network as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31083/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the way that his Department is supporting the medical genetics service in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31084/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to locating a national genomics hub outside of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin given that the current location is causing difficulties in treating adult patients who make up the majority of patients attending the clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31085/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for out-patient and in-patient appointments with clinical geneticists and genetic counsellors respectively; the plans, if any, that are in place to increase the number of clinical geneticists and genetic counsellors working in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31086/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if genetic data collected by an organisation (details supplied) over recent years has been shared with the HSE; if not, when this data will be shared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31087/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to implementing a programme similar to a Finnish research project in Ireland (details supplied) in which the genetic make-up of a large sample of the population is analysed to inform healthcare and future research given that Ireland’s largely homogenous population and high incidence of rare disease makes it of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance the current position pertaining to the Covid-19 related tax warehousing given the impact of rising costs on businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Creation (16 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the progress that has been made by Ireland at achieving full employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24913/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (16 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given by his Department to excluding the pandemic unemployment payments when calculating family income for the purposes of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31468/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: The UK has left the European Union and Mr. Tumbleton mentioned that people in the UK call themselves "foot care practitioners". I presume that unless people are physically registered here they will not be entitled to practise here, which applies both to people who come from other European countries or the UK.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: I know that a person from the UK does not have the same right to practise here as they are now non-EU. What about if someone comes here who is registered in Germany and has a qualification? Will he or she still be required to register here before setting up a practice? I ask because I know of instances where people have come here from abroad and set up a practice but I would seriously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: What if someone sets up in this country without going through all of that process on the basis that he or she argues that he or she is entitled under European law to practise in any one of the 27 member states? Who checks that these people are registered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: CORU now has a whole range of professions that it supervises so has CORU the capacity in staffing terms to do all of the required checks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank all of the witnesses for taking time out from their busy schedules to provide us with information on this issue. I wish to raise the issue of prison services and access to treatment in the prison system. My understanding is that in some prisons people have to attend clinics in hospitals, which is obviously one of the problems in respect of whether we are rolling out a comprehensive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Dr. O'Carroll believe we should focus on ensuring treatment is available within the prison system, rather than the whole process being dragged out as it currently is, as I understand it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: A doctor is assigned to each prison. Has there been engagement with all the doctors within the prison system to enable us to set up a clear programme of action? On the Cork issue, I suggest that it might be helpful for us, as members of the committee, to get information on why the programme has not been rolled out, even though it was planned. There is no point in announcing the roll-out of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: The presentation from Ms Perry and her colleague raised the issue of finding the missing thousands, because many people are not aware that they have hepatitis C. How could we start that work in real terms? What decisive action needs to be taken to try to identify those who have hepatitis C?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Is there one person that we can clearly identify in each HSE area who is responsible for the management of eliminating hepatitis C in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Keane think it would be helpful if there was one particular person designated to deal with the elimination of hepatitis C in each of the HSE areas?