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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Vacant Properties (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the purchasing of vacant and derelict properties for future development as community assets by Cork City Council and Cork County Council under the building acquisition measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9256/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the rural regeneration and development fund to date; if she will provide an update on the list of all projects which are scheduled for completion in Cork in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9255/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses. I thank all the people with whom they work for their dedication, commitment to their jobs and delivery of service. I wish to go back to what was said about CUH and turnaround times. Can Mr. Morton explain what it has done differently that has helped? It might be helpful from the point of view of other emergency departments. Will Mr. Morton outline what it has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Can this be implemented in hospitals across the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: What timescale will that be rolled out in? Is it the next six or 12 months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I will raise another issue in relation to the Cork-Kerry region. It was stated that the Cork-Kerry alternative pre-hospital pathway, APP, car attended 2,810 calls in 2022. What is that about? This is obviously not an ambulance but there are personnel attending when a call comes in. What service is provided?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Is it within a certain radius of CUH? There are areas of west Cork which take two hours to get to. Do they go out that far or is it co-ordinated in Cork city and the immediate surrounding area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Does Professor O'Donnell believe the service could be developed further?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Going back to the overall numbers, we got a briefing note on winter capacity and performance. I am confused about the overall figures for emergency calls. The figure given for December and January 2023, which is a two-month time period, was 115,603 calls for urgent care. That is 1,865 calls per day. Is that the average? Are we talking about well over 1 million calls per year? We also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Does that figure of 379,000 include calls to the Dublin service as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Okay, and then Dublin was 148,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Dublin Fire Brigade was 148,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: It is over 500,000 calls in real terms.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: That is nearly 10,000 calls per week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: What proportion of the 379,000 calls required an ambulance to be dispatched? I am not sure we are getting the full figure for the demand for the service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: On clinical redesign and elderly patients discharged from hospital who come back in within a time period, have we done an analysis of that timeframe? I have seen figures, though not recent ones, indicating quite a large number are back in hospital or calling services within six weeks of discharge. Has having the appropriate level of support once they are discharged from hospital been looked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Morton believe we could be doing more?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I have come across a number of cases. In one instance, a person was in hospital for 12 weeks in total, before being discharged. However, no nurse called to the person and the person ended up back in hospital approximately four weeks later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Mr. Burke identified the progress CUH has made. There are other areas where we can make progress. In the Dublin scenario, does Mr. Morton see progress being made on that issue? In fairness, all of the staff in the HSE, the NAS and the Dublin city fire brigade are extremely dedicated and committed. However, we can get a more efficient service in the next six to 12 months and not have any...