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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a teacher (details supplied) with a cash equivalent value transfer certificate in respect of her pension entitlements from the years that she taught in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47972/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the way that additional funding for school transport that was announced in Budget 2023 will be spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with third level institutions in Ireland to ensure that courses will be available in the training of theatre assistants; if he will also engage with hospital authorities to determine the best way of developing this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47962/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 577. To ask the Minister for Health if additional staff will be employed to meet the increased demand for services in view of the transfer of ophthalmology outpatient department, eye casualty and operating theatre sessions from Cork University Hospital and the Mercy University Hospital, Cork to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork and the scheduled opening new ophthalmology...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 578. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his Department will engage with the HSE to put in place the necessary procedures for the employment of theatre assistants in view of the major challenge of the shortage of theatre nurses in many hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47963/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 665. To ask the Minister for Health when all of the remaining groups that are eligible and that have not received the pandemic recognition payment to date will receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48399/22]

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Bill and thank the Minister of State and her Department for the work done in progressing it. It is important that regulation and legislation be kept up-to-date at all times. This is the third or fourth Bill we have dealt with regarding registration. The CORU figures for 2017 to 2021, which include social workers, medical scientists and physiotherapists, are interesting. The...

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for the Bill bringing forward. While there has been a drop in the cost of insurance, I am wondering if the cost of insurance could have come down more in view of the fact that the average PIAB award has decreased by 42% to €13,525. We have not seen the same decrease in insurance costs. It is something that we need to get a far better response on from...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank all of our guests here for dealing with the queries that have been raised. I want to move onto an issue that I raised in the Dáil yesterday, which is in relation to the level of claims against the HSE and where we are with that issue. The amount paid out for the level of claims in 2021 was €461 million. That was paid out by the State Claims Agency. Not all of that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I apologise. It was €461 million that was reimbursed to the State Claims Agency in 2021, up from €373 million. That is an increase of €86 million in 12 months.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Looking at how medical negligence is dealt with in other countries, is there a need to look at a policy change in this area? Can we manage it in a better way while making sure that where errors are made, people are adequately provided for? Is it not time to review the whole process rather than having what we have now where claims can go on for long periods of six, seven or eight years...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: In other countries, an annual payment is made rather than a lump sum, so it is ongoing. It goes back to the issue of children who suffered as a result of thalidomide. While they got compensation, it was in no way adequate in real terms. I have heard of a number of cases where substantial compensation was paid out and within a very short period people passed away unfortunately. There is a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: The money paid out to the various section 38 and 39 organisations amounted to €5.7 billion in 2021. That is a huge slice of the HSE budget. There are more than 2,300 of these organisations and it is not physically possible to audit every one of them. They obviously have proper systems in place. In any one year, how many of the 2,300 organisations' accounts would the HSE go and review?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Let us say the HSE goes into 50 organisations in any one year. In how many of those would it find that not all the checks and balances are in place and not everything is being done by the rules?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: A lot of these organisations are in very much the same area. Has any effort been made to have organisations work more closely together and maybe amalgamate them in order to create greater efficiencies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Is a proactive approach being taken in encouraging people and organisations to work more closely together in order to deliver a better service more efficiently?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the review of the Global Ireland Strategy which commenced at the end of 2021; if this review will alter the objectives of the strategy going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48550/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made to date on the Passport Service Reform Programme; if the roll-out of the programme is on target; when the programme will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48549/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions that his Department will undertake in relation to the recruitment of women into the Defence Forces in 2023 as per the recommendations set out in the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces and in line with Defence Forces recruitment objectives announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of funding that will be allocated to pay and allowance enhancements for serving members of the Defence Forces following the announcement in Budget 2023; the timeline for when these increases will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48631/22]