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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider ring-fencing dedicated funding to enable local authorities to purchase and renovate vacant buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15865/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the proposal to build a new primary school in Blarney (details supplied) can now proceed to the next stage, and that an application for planning permission can now be submitted, in view of the fact that the current school has its number of pupils capped at 306, which is inadequate due to the huge increase in population...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 292. To ask the Minister for Health what progress has been made to date between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) regarding its request for the inclusion of certified athletic therapists in the CORU regulation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15871/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 293. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the inclusion of certified athletic therapists in the CORU regulation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15872/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 294. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the provision of additional support staff for CORU in view of the high number of different healthcare profession applications received by the multi-profession health regulator; if there is a need to review the funding and provide additional support in order that necessary registration systems can be set up for a whole range...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank all of our guests for their presentations here this morning and for dealing with the issues being raised. I will go back to an issue I raised last week. The reason I am raising it again is that I am dealing with three individual cases in respect of Cork University Hospital, CUH. One of these people was in CUH for over 12 months when he could have been discharged within two months...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I need to know----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: It is about community beds. I need to know what we are doing on the issue of community beds. We have hospital beds. We are all talking about getting into hospital but what about getting out of hospital, which is the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: Can I deal with the community beds issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: No. The question I raised is whether there are 240 beds fewer now than there were four years ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I accept that but what I am asking is how we are-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: ------addressing that. I have given three examples of people occupying beds in hospital while other people are trying to get in. If there is now a shortfall in community beds, how are we addressing that? We are talking about having more community care but, if we do not address the issue of beds in the community, we cannot address the issue of beds in the hospital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: However, Mr. Mulvany must also accept that Cork University Hospital takes in people from outside its area and that there is therefore more demand for beds within its hospital structure. With regard to cases where it is clear that people can be discharged, to be fair to the people in charge in CUH, they are having difficulty in getting people out. They are doing everything possible to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I will move onto the issue of elective hospitals, which is a matter for the Department of Health. We have now decided on the sites. What is the timescale before we will have a design and begin the planning process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: What is the timescale?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: The other issue I wish to raise is that of the surgical hubs we have been talking about. I understand there is talk of four surgical hubs, one of which is to be in the Cork region. What kind of timescale are we talking about for those? I know we are discussing sites again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I presume we will have to go through a planning process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I will go back to one other question for the HSE. In fairness, according to the figures the HSE gave us last week there are now 157,000 people working in the HSE and there has been massive recruitment over the past six years. It has gone up over 40,000 whole-time equivalents. As regards people leaving, have we an exit survey in each of our hospitals and healthcare facilities? Are we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: Going back to the exit surveys, are we analysing them? I am getting various reasons from people who have left, whether it is nurses, doctors, community care or whatever. Are we getting anything from the analysis of the exit surveys and should we be doing a lot more in that whole area? To train people in to a particular service takes time. We are losing very valuable people. Can we do a...