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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Looking at is one thing; we have a problem where theatres are not taking people after 4 p.m. Operations are being cancelled, people are occupying beds and then being discharged and brought back in another day. It is taking up huge administration time and everyone's time. We should look at this immediately and not be trying to devise a plan that comes into place in March next year. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I am not looking for people's eight-hour day to be extended to 12 hours. If you are in theatre, it is a demanding job. Errors can arise in a long day if people are working for too long. Surely we can restructure the time people start and finish. That may suit some people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Can this issue be prioritised, as regards throughput through the hospitals, rather than cancellations occurring?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Can we get a report back on what progress is made on that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I was recently speaking to a nurse who moved to London and the big change she saw working in London was that, no matter what day she worked in a hospital, there was a set ratio of senior nurses to junior nurses. She had worked in a unit where there were 20 nurses. One day, there would be two senior nurses and 18 junior nurses or nurses qualified within the last two years. The next day, she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: What about for accident and emergency departments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: This should be in place already. If there is a situation where there are 18 junior nurses on with two senior nurses in an accident and emergency department, in fairness to the nurses, they do not have the same expertise and therefore decision making is a slower process. This should be in place now, particularly going into the winter plan, so that there is better turnover and a faster...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: It is happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: It is happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Over-75s were referred to in the opening statement. This is biggest complaint we get from families. It is not unusual for me to get a phone call from someone where their elderly parent has been in an accident and emergency department for more than 36 hours. We must have something put in place to deal with the issue of elderly people. The uncertainly of staying in an accident and emergency...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Promotion (23 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, if consideration can be given to the introduction of additional nationwide organised screening programmes for two of the four major cancers in Ireland, namely, prostate cancer and lung cancer, taking into account that the national screening programmes for breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer have led to the early detection of cases...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Promotion (23 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I very much look forward to the European Commission publishing its report and the recommendations in that regard. It is important we lead out in respect of those recommendations. I accept there is a cost factor and also an issue with recruiting people to deal with any changes that are brought about, but if we have a screening programme, we will save a great deal of money in the long term....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Promotion (23 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I might just add that the comparative report on cancer in Ireland published by IHE, a Swedish institute, sets out clear comparisons. We should also learn from those kinds of reports to develop new strategies for cancer care in this country. While we have achieved a lot, we still have a lot to learn in this area.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that his Department has now signed off on the proposals submitted to it by the Department of Health in respect of the elective hospital for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that biofuels will not be subject to carbon tax or excise duty if they are used for heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56157/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport service will commence for a pupil (details supplied) who started attending a special education class in September 2022 and who was awarded school transport under the school transport scheme for 2022-23; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56436/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the level of pay that community employment supervisors receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56148/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to giving increases in pay to community employment supervisors similar to that which was received by those working in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56149/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that community employment supervisors did not receive increases to their pay recently that those in the public service did, even though they are paid by the Department of Social Protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 501. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which recommendations from the NIAC on immunisations are interpreted by his Department; the role the Immunisation Policy Team have in both implementing them and ensuring we are procuring the right vaccines where possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56154/22]