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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 238. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify as to the reason the HSE has not allocated additional nursing support in order that children with complex medical issues can attend school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23434/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I have raised this matter previously and I raise it again. It is about the problems being encountered by teachers who provide home tuition because they are treated as self-employed by the Department. Even though the Department pays them, it deducts the tax. They are in category S in relation to PRSI and they have very little access to other services. They do not get paid during the summer...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: It is the employer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the delegates for their presentation. I apologise for not being here for it but I was in the Dáil dealing with a nursing home issue with the Minister. I thank the delegates for the work they are doing in this area. They referred to the appointment of a large number of specialist nurses over the coming years. I am wondering whether they are happy that we have training...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I understand the budget provides for an additional 23 staff. What has happened since the budget announcement as regards their appointment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Ms Rogers has a very good knowledge of what is happening in this area. Is she satisfied that there is a sufficient number of people with the qualifications to apply for the posts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Another point concerns the presentations that are made. Everyone considers the cost of hiring someone but no one really considers the savings. Those behind the multiple sclerosis programme launched in the past few months say their net cost is around €880,000 but that the total savings amount to about €19 million. Do we do enough to circulate that information? We focus very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Reference was made earlier to someone having a fall and the sheer cost of dealing with an injury, be it to a hip or another part.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: On rehabilitation, I am not sure whether the delegates are aware that two floors of the new hospital built in Mallow have 40 rooms whose focus is rehabilitation. I am not sure if there has been any discussion with the NAI about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Is the NAI not involved in that? Has it not been advised of what is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I had one person with Huntington's disease and he was in the hospital for at least four months longer than he needed to be, and likewise with someone with other medical issues. It is so difficult to get them out because there is no back-up support in the community then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: On services in the community, if you take someone who has transferred to a nursing home, for instance, do we have that connectivity with the nursing homes as regards rehabilitation as well? One of the concerns I have relates to the likes of that person who has Huntington's disease. He has gone to a nursing home but I am not sure whether there are sufficient structures in place to get him...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: When we are talking about neurorehabilitation, is there not a need to build on that link with our community facilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I mention the community approach and one of the problems I am finding with it is that it is a Monday to Friday approach. There is a need to also develop a service that is available at weekends. I am not talking about a full service but some service should be available at weekends because if somebody has a difficulty during a weekend the next step is to go straight into the accident and...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for attending. I want to address the issue of the legal costs. In 2021, the legal costs incurred were €542,000. The figure for 2020 was €925,000. Why are the legal costs in 2020 nearly €1 million? Is there a particular reason for that? Where proceedings are taken against the university, is there any scenario where it would look to the courts...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: PwC got security of costs against the State for €29 million in a case that came up here before the committee. The State had to lodge €29 million in court in order for the case to proceed.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Have there been cases where the university has been successful but it has not recovered costs?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I ask the witness to come back to me on that point. What about my second question on the high costs in 2020?