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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: There is, however, a challenge for the people working in the present paediatric unit in Cork in that they do not have the same access as regards the care they should be able to provide because they do not have an updated facility. What I am saying is that more and more people are being referred to a central hub when, in fact, we should be able to care for them in the hospital in Cork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: On the timeframe then, is Mr. Quinn-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: We are also looking for an elective hospital in Cork that seems to keep being pushed down the road. Again, it is about growth in population, not only in Cork but in the entire Munster region. More and more referrals are being made to Dublin because of the fact that we are not developing outside of Dublin. We are putting €2 billion, in real terms, into the development of paediatric...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Okay. I thank Mr. Tierney.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for the reply. I tabled Question No. 88 also on this matter. I refer in particular to the large number of children left without transport in a particular area such as Glenville in my constituency. My concern about that area was that these were children who wanted to go to school in Fermoy. The school authorities from Fermoy attended the primary school and advised that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that formal recognition will be given to teachers working in the Cork Life Centre and that funding will be provided by her Department for payment of teachers in the Cork Life Centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50035/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I ask that formal recognition be given to teachers working in the Cork Life Centre, that funding be provided by the Department for the payment of teachers at the centre, and that the Minister make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I accept that major progress has been made on the provision of funding to the centre. The centre lost eight teachers in June who had an average of six years' experience. At any one time there are 55 students in the centre. These are students who have dropped out of school. I worked with the Blackpool Glen Farranree Community Youth Training Centre where we had full funding. We had more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Could we give serious consideration to increasing the funding for the centre?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I fully understand where the Minister is coming from. My colleague Deputy O'Sullivan has raised the matter with the Minister by way of a Topical Issue debate. Both of us are very concerned about this. We have 55 children there who are being looked after in a very caring way. They are getting education they might not otherwise get. Again, I go back to the facility of which I was chair of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Are staff from the early years sector eligible to work on the summer programme and will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank both the Minister and the Minister of State for making funding available at such an early date. It will allow for long-term planning and help to ensure the full programme for the summer will be planned out with people involved in it. The issue with early years sector employees, however, is that they are paid for 38 weeks of the year and must sign on during the summer. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I presume there will be engagement with people who are working in the early years school sector in order that they will be made aware that they can become more involved in it. The other issue is whether the Minister of State's Department is setting targets for trying to increase the number of schools that are participating, while also increasing the number of young people, students and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I wish to discuss the need for additional supports for private nursing homes. As the Minister of State is aware, 16 private nursing homes have closed over the past 12 months alone. There are more than 30,000 residents between public and private nursing homes. Approximately 7,000 of them are in public nursing homes, with in excess of 23,000 in private ones. The cost base of each nursing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State. I very much appreciate the work Deputy Butler has done since she became Minister of State regarding making sure funding is available. The current pressure means that nursing homes would like if the Department came forward with proposals at the earliest possible date. We are discussing the opening of four new nursing homes, but 16 have closed. The major...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Bill. It is extremely timely. In particular when there is a significant growth in jobs in this country, it is important that we have people who are able to fill the jobs. An amazing change has occurred in the past ten years in terms of the unemployment levels coming down and employers now finding that there is a shortage of workers, and therefore we must respond accordingly....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her long-term plans to address the issue of school bus transport to ensure that all children who require it receive it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Budget 2023 (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local community centres will be included in the €600 energy credits announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49890/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students who completed their Junior Certificate in 2022 will receive their results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49615/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 683. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that would be given by his Department and the HSE to screening for vancomycin resistant enterococci in respect of all hospital patients on admission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49845/22]