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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Will Mr. Mulvany make enquiries about that issue? I am told there is resistance to allowing the clinics to be held because nurses are not available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Mulvany accept that someone having only a half day per week in an operating theatre is not adequate from a consultant's point of view? Consultants now have no choices because they cannot get access to a theatre any other day of the week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I accept that, but they have no choice in this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Consultants do not have a choice if they cannot get access to a theatre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Can we have discussions with hospitals where this problem arises to find a solution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Looking at is one thing; we have a problem where theatres are not taking people after 4 p.m. Operations are being cancelled, people are occupying beds and then being discharged and brought back in another day. It is taking up huge administration time and everyone's time. We should look at this immediately and not be trying to devise a plan that comes into place in March next year. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I am not looking for people's eight-hour day to be extended to 12 hours. If you are in theatre, it is a demanding job. Errors can arise in a long day if people are working for too long. Surely we can restructure the time people start and finish. That may suit some people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Can this issue be prioritised, as regards throughput through the hospitals, rather than cancellations occurring?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Can we get a report back on what progress is made on that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I was recently speaking to a nurse who moved to London and the big change she saw working in London was that, no matter what day she worked in a hospital, there was a set ratio of senior nurses to junior nurses. She had worked in a unit where there were 20 nurses. One day, there would be two senior nurses and 18 junior nurses or nurses qualified within the last two years. The next day, she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: What about for accident and emergency departments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: This should be in place already. If there is a situation where there are 18 junior nurses on with two senior nurses in an accident and emergency department, in fairness to the nurses, they do not have the same expertise and therefore decision making is a slower process. This should be in place now, particularly going into the winter plan, so that there is better turnover and a faster...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: It is happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: It is happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Over-75s were referred to in the opening statement. This is biggest complaint we get from families. It is not unusual for me to get a phone call from someone where their elderly parent has been in an accident and emergency department for more than 36 hours. We must have something put in place to deal with the issue of elderly people. The uncertainly of staying in an accident and emergency...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: The problem I have is that major flooding occurred on 28 June 2012. Houses had more than 6 ft. of water in them. We now have properties, businesses and private dwellings for which people cannot get insurance. The relief scheme was signed off back in January 2021. The whole process that occurred thereafter was too slow, however. When contractors were invited to send in tenders, the cost...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Is the Minister of State confirming that the invitation for tendering will go out before Christmas? Will will have a timeline for when tenders have to be in and when a decision will be made about the awarding of the contract? Will that all be done by 31 March of the coming year?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the current position in awarding a contract for the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; the likely date when the contract will be awarded; when work is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56367/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I am seeking clarification on the current position on awarding the contract for the Glashaboy flood relief scheme in Cork, the likely date for the award of the contract and when work is due to commence.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: The national development plan 2021-2030, clearly sets out the need for major infrastructural development and part of that infrastructural development is the building of three new elective hospitals in Cork, Galway and Dublin. The HSE South-South West submitted its plans in January. Robert Watt confirmed to the Joint Committee on Health on 28 September that we would have a decision by...