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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (13 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give serious consideration to include an amendment in the Finance Bill 2022 which will amend Section 84 of the Finance Act 1996 which currently gives a power to the tobacco manufacturers to set the price which retailers can charge for cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50922/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional SNA will be allocated to a school (details supplied), given that the current SNA is required to give over 85% of their time to one student, who has very complex needs, and that the remaining students are not receiving the required level of support which they require; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50923/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on career breaks for teachers (details supplied). [51038/22]

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Bill. It is extremely timely. In particular when there is a significant growth in jobs in this country, it is important that we have people who are able to fill the jobs. An amazing change has occurred in the past ten years in terms of the unemployment levels coming down and employers now finding that there is a shortage of workers, and therefore we must respond accordingly....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State. I very much appreciate the work Deputy Butler has done since she became Minister of State regarding making sure funding is available. The current pressure means that nursing homes would like if the Department came forward with proposals at the earliest possible date. We are discussing the opening of four new nursing homes, but 16 have closed. The major...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I wish to discuss the need for additional supports for private nursing homes. As the Minister of State is aware, 16 private nursing homes have closed over the past 12 months alone. There are more than 30,000 residents between public and private nursing homes. Approximately 7,000 of them are in public nursing homes, with in excess of 23,000 in private ones. The cost base of each nursing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if additional payments for pensioners announced in budget 2023 will be reflected in an increase in the threshold for applying for a medical card, or that additional cost-of-living payments will be disregarded in the calculation of means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50530/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I apologise for being late. I raised the matter of the Life Centre last night in the Dáil. I know the MInsiter gave an explanation here. I fully understand that the Department and ETB are involved and that it is a complex issue. It is somethign on which we need to work out a compromise. I gave the example last night of my own experience of being on a board of management and being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Regarding that implementation, it is about bringing the people currently working in the system in and making sure they are satisfied that the changes required also accommodate their concerns and that they are taken into account. How would the Minister see the level of engagement with them going forward, at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes, I fully accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for attending. Apologies for not being here for the presentation. Unfortunately, I was speaking in the Dáil at the same time that the witnesses were presenting, but I have gone through the notes. On long Covid, the witnesses mentioned in the presentation that between 10% and 20% of people have ongoing problems for a number of months after getting Covid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: My apologies. Can the Chairman move to the next speaker?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: In regard to the 6,000 to 13,000 people who would benefit from primary prevention vaccination, what is the process for trying to identify them or is there any such process? What stage are we at in the sense of talking about numbers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Is there information that the GPs would be able to feed back to the HSE that would be of assistance to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: On the availability of the vaccine, what is that likely to be over the next six months? Is the position regarding access likely to change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Say by the end of the March of the coming year, what numbers do the witnesses think that they will be able to make available vaccines available to? We were talking about 6,000-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Do they think that they may have been able to access sufficient vaccines to vaccinate the 6,000 by March of the coming year? Are you talking about maybe-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Will we have a better idea of the numbers in six months or will it be an ongoing rolling situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: On long Covid, in her opening statement, Dr. Ní Bhriain said that between 10% and 20% of people had continuing symptoms for a number of months thereafter. What percentage are we down to six months after getting Covid? Do we have any idea at this stage of the percentage of people who continue to have symptoms six months after first getting Covid? Has any kind of analysis been done as...