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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (29 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will receive respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31742/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 414. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will be provided with a wheelchair, as it is urgently required by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31740/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (29 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 415. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital who urgently requires physiotherapy in Cork will be provided with this care in a hospital; if so, when this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (29 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the home support waiting list for funding and for carers in each month of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, for each LHO and CHO, broken down by those waiting for a new package and those with an existing package waiting for additional hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31762/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (29 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours delivered in each LHO and CHO in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, compared to the targeted hours delivered, including the split between directly and indirectly delivered care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31763/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (29 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of hours allocated per week to a client receiving HSE home support in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31764/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Endometriosis Association of Ireland for its presentation here this morning and for all the work it is doing in this area. I was in contact with someone before this meeting. A patient of theirs attended at an accident and emergency department over the weekend in severe pain. The person had already been diagnosed with endometriosis. She had already been diagnosed but medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I am talking about the association writing to the Irish College of General Practitioners and getting it, as well as engaging with the association, to engage with the medical practitioners in different parts of the country who are dealing with this area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: There is a second point I want to raise. We have 19 maternity units around the country. One of the challenges we now have in some of these units is that it is a challenge for them even to get consultants for obstetrics and gynaecology. One is talking about units in, for example, Letterkenny, in Sligo and one in Mayo. One is talking about Tralee, Wexford and Clonmel. They are smaller...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: In relation to the 19 maternity units, has the association identified which of the units have medical practitioners who are prepared to offer a service to women?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: On the numbers, we are talking about one in ten women who are adversely affected. Can a mechanism be put in place to get basic information out there? I mentioned the Irish College of General Practitioners earlier but are there other ways to get a lot of useful information into the public domain so that women can follow up with their GP who can then refer them on to the appropriate clinic?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I fully accept that the one in ten figure is only an estimate. A percentage of that one in ten need specialist care and a percentage can be carefully managed. What percentage will need not only careful management but also surgical intervention? Are we talking about a very small number? Is it a very small percentage or is it higher than previously understood?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I have one final question in relation to GP surgeries. Many GP surgeries have five or six doctors now, one or two of whom may focus on women's healthcare. Is there a need to identify those surgeries to see if additional training, help and support can be provided to those GPs who are focusing on women's healthcare? In that way, we would have a wider spread of specialist caregivers, rather...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of employment permit applications which have been received by his Department since 1 January 2023 to 31 May 2023; the total number of applications which have been approved during this timeframe, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31608/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the current position of the Blackpool flood relief scheme; when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31046/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for driving tests; what progress has been made to date in reducing the five-month waiting time for driving tests experienced by applicants earlier in the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31235/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the current position with the An Post pension fund which was set up in 1983, wherein there has been no increase in payment since the economic downturn in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status for an application for emergency works (details supplied) for toilet facilities; when a decision is likely to be made in this case in view of the fact that these are urgently required to accommodate 42 children enrolled for September in the school which has recently become co-educational, that a delay in this project could...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the Ireland-New Zealand Joint Research Mechanism pilot research initiative; the progress that has been made to date on the four projects funded under the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 636. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that funding will be put in place to enable the new dental hospital to be built in Curaheen, Cork, given planning permission was granted for this project over three years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30600/23]