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Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: That is not true.

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: Senator Healy Eames mentioned the Competition Authority. The Irish Medical Organisation was involved with proceedings with the Competition Authority and that agreement is in the public domain. It relates to the way in which the IMO can work in future, and the agreement is in the public domain because it was the subject of High Court proceedings. The Minister has clarified that there is...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pharmacy Services (9 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister. The matter I seek to raise is a follow-up to a presentation made by the Irish Pharmacy Union at a recent meeting of the joint committee. It concerns a new medicine service. This applies to people who have a long-term illness but have been prescribed a particular new medication. It has found that people who experience complications are reluctant to go back to their...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pharmacy Services (9 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for the comprehensive reply. The reply deals with the obligation on pharmacists to discuss the medication when a person calls to collect the medication. There is no obligation under the present procedure for the pharmacist to provide a follow-up service. That is what the pharmacists' union is saying. It is saying pharmacists can play a very important part in making...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: I wish to follow up on the question posed by Deputy Ó Caoláin but I will not go into too much detail. In the context of report on the West-North West Hospitals Group and the breaches that occurred, were full fees paid to the company in respect of the work carried out? Question No. 22 in my name relates to the filling of posts in the HSE without their being advertised internally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: The question I asked pertained to internal advertising. My understanding is not even internal advertising is happening in respect of posts that are being temporarily filled at present. I have been so informed by hospital staff working on the front line - I am talking about junior doctors who go through an interview process every six or 12 months but who find they are dealing with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: I seek clarification. On the €80 million in the first four months, is Mr. Mulvany saying that €26 million of that is for agency staff or is he saying it is €60 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: For the entire year, what is the total agency budget? I accept Mr. Mulvany cannot give me the exact figure, but I seek an estimate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: We cannot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: We cannot because of the shortage of junior doctors.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: It is important to clarify what happened in the vote last week. I respect the democratic decision taken, but it is important to realise what was published was a draft contract. What was published was not written in stone.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: I did not interfere with the Senator. The IMO would not enter into negotiations because it was awaiting the outcome of High Court proceedings with the Competition Authority. The proceedings have been resolved and there are ongoing discussions with the Department. I do not like to be accused of voting for a gagging clause. I did not vote for such a clause. The draft contract has not been...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: In response to Senator Marc MacSharry, it is important to realise 2,600 organisations are receiving funding from the HSE's budget. Their allocations account for 25% of the budget. Some €3.27 billion is being paid out to them. It is in this context that we should be considering the matter. I agree with the views of Senators Marc MacSharry and Jillian van Turnhout on the way in which...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State and wish her well in her continuing role in the Department of Health. The Minister of State is from my constituency and it is great that she is continuing in that role because the work she has done in the past three years has been extremely progressive and reforming. I hope that will continue. I also join with colleagues in wishing the former Minister for...

Seanad: Eye Care: Motion (16 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: As Fine Gael spokesperson on health in the Seanad, I welcome the Minister to the House and wish him every success in his new role. He will be determined to continue the reform that has been ongoing over the last three years. That reform will bring about a more efficient health service while ensuring that the services that are required will be available to those who need them. I thank...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: Following on from what Senator Barrett said about the Committee of Public Accounts, I think the CPP made an important decision in that for the past eight months, the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children has been denied the right to cross-examine the 2,600 organisations that get funding from the HSE and the Department of Health. The money they are getting amounts to €3.27...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: I thank the delegation for the presentation this morning and for all the documentation that we have received. The latter contains a lot of information and I appreciate it being furnished to the committee. It is important that we acknowledge the work that all of these organisations are doing and the excellent service provided. We are not here today to criticise them, just to make sure that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: I asked about the ratio.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: With regard to companies with charitable status, outside of having to account to the HSE, they must also account to the Companies Registration Office or the person in charge of companies with charitable status there. When we speak of the HSE, we know it has 100,000 employees. When we speak of section 38 and 39 organisations, are there an additional 33,000 employees on top of the 100,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Colm Burke: What is the total number of people employed with section 39 agencies?