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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: This is taxpayers' money, however. This objection added €2 million to the Department of Education's bill.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Walsh not accept that this is taxpayers' money and that there should be a better mechanism for dealing with something like that? In this case, there was engagement. This cost no one working in that State authority anything but it cost the taxpayer money.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: I would like to raise an issue. It goes back to the fact that, unfortunately, the committee ran foul of the work it was doing. It is with regard to the amount of money being paid out by the HSE to the various section 38 and 39 organisations. New procedures were put in place in this regard. Since the issue arose a number of years ago have we gone back and looked over these organisations?...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: It is a massive amount of money. It is difficult because there are 2,500 organisations receiving funding. In fairness, the Committee of Public Accounts identified an issue previously. Perhaps it did not come out of the courts on the right side but at the same time this does not mean it is an issue we should park.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences issued per week from 1 January to 30 June 2022; the number of afforestation licences issued in the same timeframe in 2021; if these figures are on target as per the Forestry Licencing Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37345/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme applications received up to 30 June 2022; the number of applications awaiting a decision; the number of applications approved up to 30 June 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37344/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Deaths (14 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is proposing to simplify the process of registering a death to make it easier for bereaved families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34988/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank our witnesses for their presentations here. It has been a very difficult time for everyone involved. I wish to address the issue of treatment abroad. There is an issue with regard to treatment abroad and the cross-border healthcare directive. I was involved at European Union level with the cross-border healthcare directive. My understanding of the cross-border healthcare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: There is quite a clear directive providing for when there is lack of access or, alternatively, undue delay. The undue delay mechanism could be used in relation to use of the cross-border directive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: My view on this issue is that the cross-border directive was specifically designed at a European level. They started it in 2007 and it went through and came into Ireland in 2012 eventually. It was transposed into Irish law. It is an effective way of using that mechanism. If the funding is refused, I believe it is a judicial review issue to get an overall decision on that. That is one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: We have approximately 160 obstetricians and gynaecologists in this country. Surely it is an easy mechanism to get information out to them and that they would be aware of these special clinics. Is Ms Martin saying that women are not being referred, either by GPs or by consultants under whose care they are, to these specialist clinics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Ms Martin accept that if we are talking about a figure of 750 who had this treatment-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: How many did Ms Martin say? Apologies, I did not get the figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: In relation to the collection of data, as I said, there are approximately 160 or 170 obstetricians and gynaecologists in the country. Surely the number of obstetricians carrying out this procedure would have been quite small in real terms. Would it have been 15 or 20?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Surely it would be easy to go through their records to identify the real numbers we are talking about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: What is the mechanism? Why is that not being dealt with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Ms Martin is saying that there were only 19 consultants dealing with this issue.