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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Gloster very much for his presentation and for all the staff being available here this morning. I will open with the issue of long-term planning. I raised the matter yesterday at the private meeting about the winter plan for last year when we had significant challenges dealing with the flu. My understanding is that the Department has now requested HIQA to examine the roll-out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: So Dr. Henry does not foresee that there will be any delays. My understanding is that HIQA has been asked to do an assessment or HTA report and my concern is that it may then delay the final decision the Department will make.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Have lessons been learned from what occurred last year to make sure that we are well prepared? We must remember that the age profile of the population is changing as well. Therefore, we have more and more people living longer. We have more people over 85, we have more people over 65. Is that factored in as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Dr. Henry spoke about the roll-out at national level of the neurorehabilitation inpatient facilities, an issue I have raised previously. My understanding is that a new modular hospital was built in Mallow. There are 40 rooms in addition to the 50 rooms that are required to complement the existing hospital. What is the proposal for the use of those 40 rooms?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: What I am saying is that there is a building that has been almost completed, or 95% completed, at least. As I understand it, there are 40 rooms available on the ground floor and first floor of this building. Are they going to stay vacant, or can they be put to use to get this up and running?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: There is a serious problem in the south in relation to rehabilitation, overall. We have a huge challenge in this regard, which I have raised previously. There are long delays in getting people out of the hospital setting. As a result, there is a logjam getting people in, because we cannot get people out. Is it not time to address this, especially now that we are facing into a time when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: The strategy for the neurorehabilitation and community-based teams is very welcome. I think the right approach has been taken. Multiple Sclerosis Ireland, MS Ireland, has also proposed a community-based service to reduce the number of people having to go to hospital for their care. Where are we with that proposal? It has set out a very detailed proposal, with nine people being appointed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: MS Ireland has shown that it has worked very successfully in Galway where people are treated outside of the hospital setting and as a result, the time that people spend in hospital is greatly reduced, leading to less demand on the hospital services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Mr. Gloster made reference to the 1.6 million unscheduled attendances in hospital. That figure has not improved over the last 20 years. It is getting worse and worse. People are being referred from nursing homes into hospitals. When this happens, the person often ends up in the accident and emergency department of the hospital. Can we set up a different structure for dealing with that?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Gloster accept that referring someone whose health has disimproved from a nursing home to an accident and emergency department is not the way to deal with it? Is it not time to look for a new structure to deal with this? Can we have that in place reasonably soon? Quite a number of families have come back to me querying whether the right decision was made in referring the person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Is it possible to roll that out in the rest of the country?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the interest rate that will be charged on the balance of tax liabilities which were deferred under the debt warehousing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25152/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the amount in tax liabilities that was deferred via the debt warehousing scheme from when it was implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25153/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown per sector, to include multinationals, retail and hospitality, on the amount in tax liabilities that was deferred via the debt warehousing scheme from when it was implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in respect of his Department's plans to increase and improve community safety, in particular the provision of community policing teams in local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if general employment permit holders, their agencies and employers have been made aware of recent amendments to the salary requirements of the sponsor when applying for a family reunification visa after one year's service, wherein the net income per week based on the working family payment has increased, in view of the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the reason that only five afforestation licences have been granted to date in 2023; the number of afforestation licences granted in the same time period in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25151/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current position within his Department and the HSE in respect of developing a rehabilitation facility in Cork, in particular in view of the new modular hospital which has been built in Mallow which has capacity to take 40 rehabilitation patients if the required staff were employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25324/23]