Results 301-320 of 10,663 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants working within the clinical speciality of obesity and bariatric surgery across the health service. [9459/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the total allocations for the chronic disease management programme since its establishment. [9610/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently being treated through the chronic disease management programme. [9611/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs contracted to work through the chronic disease management programme. [9612/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses contracted to work through the chronic disease management programme. [9613/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he would consider including other conditions to the chronic disease management programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken by his Department to assist in the delivery of a new dental hospital for Cork in view of the fact that the current facility does not have the capacity to deliver the services required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in respect of the delivery of a primary care centre for the Blarney area, in view of the fact that there has been a substantial increase in the population in the past 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9690/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in respect of the delivery of a primary care centre for the Glanmire area in view of the fact that there has been a substantial increase in the population in the past 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 192. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who was urgently referred to St. Finbarr's Dental Hospital, Cork by St. Mary's Orthopaedic in December 2023 will receive an appointment with this service in view of the fact that it was marked an urgent case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9694/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 204. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an organisation’s application (details supplied) to Pobal for funding for an additional full-time worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9425/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. To return to the issue of hearing loss among young people, especially young people with disabilities, is Chime satisfied there are enough checks in that area? Sometimes when a physical or intellectual disability is identified, the fact there may be other disabilities, such as relating to hearing, can very easily be ignored. Is Chime satisfied...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: In respect of young people generally, the witnesses talked about the monitoring of babies after they are born. To help parents understand that issues might arise at a later stage, however, are they being given enough information in order that they can identify at an early stage where a child at the age of, say, three or four might have a hearing difficulty that might not have been obvious on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: Is there a way that waiting list of 10,000 could be dealt with? Obviously, the challenge is having an adequate number of people to carry out the assessment but at CUH, for example, where there was a huge waiting list for gynaecological services, the consultants went away and got space at the Mater. They were able to do very significant work in a short timeframe and reduced the waiting list...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: It would need to be co-ordinated, however-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: -----and Mr. Lennon is saying it would have to be a co-ordinated effort by both the public and private sectors working together to see whether we could reduce the waiting list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: When the witnesses met the Minister, was the possibility of setting up a mechanism for dealing with that waiting list raised with him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: I fully accept the point about oversight, but how long will it take to set that up? Could it be done in three months if people put their minds to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: Turning to a different issue, I have come across a few cases of people in nursing homes who have hearing aids without a follow-through system to assist them. I do not know whether the witnesses have come across this. Could a better system be provided for elderly people in nursing homes who are using hearing aids but are not necessarily getting the necessary support within the system? Has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: Are we putting in enough effort to make staff in nursing homes more aware of and involved in assisting those residents who have hearing loss? Could we be doing much more in this area? We focus very much on the nursing care aspect of nursing homes, but I am not sure if we focus as much on sight and hearing issues in this context.