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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: What is the time plan? The building is there. CUH is under great pressure. There is an increase in population in Cork, Kerry and all of the Munster region. We need the capacity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: The other problem is availability of rehabilitation beds. There is huge demand. All rehabilitation facilities are based in Dublin. There is no rehabilitation facility, in real terms, in County Cork. Why can that not be considered as regards rehabilitation facilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: We now have the building, my view is about its effective use.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: My concern is that there is huge pressure on the services in County Cork. I ask that someone come back to me as soon as possible, rather than me getting a letter which does not say "yes" or "no" that this will or will not be the same way this time next year. That is what I am concerned about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: There are pressures-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I will come back to the issue of nursing homes. At a previous meeting, I raised the fact that the average cost of a public nursing home in the County Laois area is more than €2,550 per bed per week. A private nursing home only costs €1,000. The cost of a public nursing is €1,900. Has there been any examination of why the average cost of the three types of nursing home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Absolutely, it is the way forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: The level of care that can be provided in a nursing home is every bit as good as in hospital, provided the proper advice is given to the staff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Can I raise one other issue? We have a huge challenge with home help at the moment. I have come across a number of people who are retired in the Cork region. Some 1,800 people were employed there by the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic. We suddenly lost 400 people. Some of the people who retired and are receiving pensions have been advised that if they come back to work, their pensions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Could I get a note on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I have been looking for clarification of that. It would be helpful because I know a number of people who would not mind coming back to work. They want to provide the service but feel they are not being facilitated at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I accept that. Finally, where are we on trying to get more people to provide homecare? It is about keeping people out of hospital. It has been very effective in providing that support.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 168. To ask the Minister for Health when a wheelchair will be provided to a child (details supplied) given an occupational therapist has approved same to the HSE resource allocation group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28794/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action his Department is taking to ensure that price gouging does not occur under energy grant schemes, including the deep retrofit grant scheme and the solar PV grant scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 450. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to including agricultural mechanics, construction plant fitters and heavy vehicle mechanics in his Departments critical skills occupations list, in view of the critical shortage of qualified mechanics in the farm machinery industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when applications for roof repairs and reconfiguration of two rooms for a school (details supplied) will be processed, in view of the fact that these are urgently required to accommodate 41 children enrolled for September in the school, which has recently become co-educational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27459/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to permitting second level students with a diagnosis of dyslexia additional time in the exam hall to complete their junior certificate and leaving certificate examination papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28087/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 817. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the number of people who are on the live register in each town in County Cork; the number of people on the live register for more than 24 months in each town in County Cork; the number of people who have been referred to the local area employment service in each town in County Cork since...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 837. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give due consideration to the review of the current means test requirement for the additional needs/exceptional needs' payment for children, adolescent and young adults (CAYA) cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28241/23]