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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Regarding the meeting on 10 May, I was not at the start of it but I think I came in later. I may be wrong. I might be getting my dates wrong and I may have missed the meeting completely. It was the meeting that was adjourned and then resumed, if the Chair remembers. I am just raising this point. It might be possible to have a look at it. It is not a major issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank Dr. Lambert for his presentation and for the work that he is doing. In that respect, has he been involved with the National Association of General Practitioners and made a presentation to it at any stage? GPs are the people on the front line and the ones encountering this complex problem. Has there been a briefing session with GPs on this complex issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: The Irish College of General Practitioners does online meetings on a regular basis. I understand that up to 2,000 GPs connect in for those presentations. Has Dr. Lambert had that opportunity and would it be worth approaching them to get an opportunity to do a presentation to them? They are the people who are very much on the front line in dealing with the complexities of this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: With regard to the connectivity outside of Dublin, clinics are being run in Galway, Cork or Limerick. Is there an overall connectivity between the various people who are on the front line? I am referring to the medical consultants such as Dr. Lambert. Has there been any overall review between all of the clinics in identifying a common issue that is arising and how they deal with that? Has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: When making plans in relation to a particular problem it is good to be able to see what is happening in Cork, Limerick or Dublin, for example. Has there been any kind of connection with those centres around what they are doing in the context of learning from one another?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: There is new research out in Ontario, Canada in the past week. This interesting research has now identified what appears to be a problem for people with long Covid. When a person breathes in he or she is taking in oxygen and normally this transfers to the red blood cells. The research has identified that this process is not happening to the same degree as in the case of a person who has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: I am not a medical expert so I am very much at sea with the transfer of oxygen, but my reading of the research is that as a result of the lack of oxygen going into the system in the body, this causes a lot of the knock-on effects on people, including the fatigue. Dr. Lambert has focused very much on the neurological side. If there is a scenario of a lower intake of oxygen than normal, does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: The research is not suggesting there is lung damage. They say there is a difficulty with the oxygen transferring into the red blood cells. This is how I understand it and I may be incorrect in my interpretation. I understand this is then having a detrimental effect on people. They seem to be saying that this is an issue that needs to be looked at - if the oxygen is not transferring in,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: With regard to the clinic in Dublin, Dr. Lambert has said he is seeing 1,000 patients and doing what he believes is the best way of dealing with it. Would it be in everyone's interest to look at other jurisdictions and try to tie in all of the best information in order to get the best treatment plan for every patient who has long Covid? This is why I asked Dr. Lambert about the GP issue....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Dr. Lambert referred to the countries he believes are ahead on this. Which countries does Dr. Lambert believe we should be looking at more carefully?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Are there are data from the UK, Canada or the United States of America that we could learn from?

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

Colm Burke: If there is undue delay, that is quite clear. I was involved in the drafting of it ten or 15 years ago.

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

Colm Burke: On the number of people who are experiencing complications, my understanding from the figures we have been given is that over 750 people have had mesh implants. However, the figures out of Cork and Dublin for people who have attended the treatment centre are quite low. I am wondering whether information is out there with GPs about these two clinics? Is it out there across the board with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I am on the board of the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. We have completed a new outpatient ophthalmology unit and two theatres are due to be finished by 1 October. My concern is that there is still a huge waiting list. A new unit ophthalmology unit has been built in Ballincollig which will employ 32 people. The problem is that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Is there ongoing consultation between all of the units across the country or is it only between certain units?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: There are 19 maternity units in the country. There seems to be much more co-operation between them. Some units cannot do certain procedures and, therefore, there is a mechanism for referring patients. Do we need to do something similar with ophthalmology and develop far more co-operation? In each area of medicine, there is sub-specialisation. Is that the way to deal with this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: The funding for Ballincollig is from the HSE, not the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. The building has been completed, but we need funding for the equipment and to get it up and running. Also, obviously additional staff are required as well. With regard to fast-tracking the waiting lists that exist at present and a co-ordinated approach, and Professor Keegan says that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Has the IT system NERIECS wishes to use been identified at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Is there not a problem in Ireland in that we have 1,200 to 1,400 different systems between all the private hospitals, public hospitals and everything else? Denmark started back in 1996 and it is down to 12 or 14 systems and it is working down towards five systems. It has a huge saving as a result. Do we need to make sure now that we co-ordinate not only with IT but with the other sections...