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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 127. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to reduce the number of medicines in short supply nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61153/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 128. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken by him and the Department to mitigate against future medicine shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61154/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes in County Cork that have benefited from supports to deal with the cost of energy in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded therapists who have been allocated to special schools in County Cork in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to address the low uptake in BowelScreen for women in at-risk populations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that his Department has made to date in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in the creation of a national biomethane development strategy plan through the new built environment and heat delivery taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress his Department has made to date in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications on the development of the anaerobic digestion sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61215/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Can I go back to infrastructure development and the timescale it takes to roll out infrastructure in the HSE? I know the last time Mr. Watt appeared before the committee he said the elective hospitals would be signed off by mid-October we are now into mid-December. My understanding is that there is a memo going to Cabinet today but I am not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: When it came to Covid-19 we did not have a timescale to think about it; we dealt with the challenges that were there. We now have challenges in that we do not have a sufficient number of beds to deal with the demands on the services and therefore what I am asking Mr. Watt is whether he agrees there is a need now to fast track these projects.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I was involved in Cork City Council where we had to do a major infrastructure project on office accommodation in Cork and we got it from start to finish in two years, and that was Cork City Council. They got someone in to design, apply for planning, build and finance it and it is being paid back over 25 years. It took two years to do it and this was for office accommodation. These are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: No, it was two years from start to finish once the council signed off on it. I was actually Lord Mayor at the time so I am well aware of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Mr. Joe Gavin was city manager and he just drove the project through from start to finish in two years and I am saying that surely in this day and age we can actually fast track where there is an urgent need; there is an urgent need for this development to happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Can I move on to another issue? It is the whole challenge we now have at primary care level as regards GPs. We have a large number of GPs over 60 years of age and as to forward planning, it is not just for next year but for the next five to ten years. As for the issue of keeping as many people as possible out of the hospital system, one of the big complaints from GPs is the lack of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: When will we see that change? Will it be in place by, say, March?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Throughout next year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I will move on to the challenges in our hospital system. Traditionally, when nurses graduate they want to go away for a year or two and get experience abroad. That did not happen over the past three or four years due to Covid-19 but a substantial number may leave over the next 12 months. What planning is being done to deal with this sudden change? Does the ratio of nurses to care...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I am aware of that. The challenge, however, is that we may not have the same number of nurses working in the system this time next year because travel is attractive to them. How will the role of care assistants be expanded and how will the ratio be changed? Is that being addressed? It has to be accepted there will be a challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: What about the development of the theatre assistant role, as is happening in the private sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: There is a challenge as regards operations because we cannot-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Okay.