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

Colm Burke: Have any international studies been done?

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

Colm Burke: On the issue of the age profile, I know that many older people contracted Covid. However, with regard to the age group under 20, I have recently come across a number of families, including the family of a child of 11, who have had serious problems with long Covid. Have we any idea of the number of people aged under say, 20 years, who are suffering long-term effects as a result of contracting...

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

Colm Burke: What kind of numbers have the six clinics that are up and running dealt with to date? Have we any idea of the weekly numbers they are dealing with? That would give us an idea of the referral rate as well.

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

Colm Burke: What kind of overall number would the six clinics be seeing per week?

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

Colm Burke: On the GP issue, are we keeping them up to date on what they can access and where the services that are available are? Have GPs been fully briefed on all this and are they being kept up to date on new developments?

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

Colm Burke: I thank our guests.

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

Colm Burke: Are they coming up with any percentages as to those who still have symptoms, for example, six months after initial infection?

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

Colm Burke: That kind of figure would give us an idea of what we are talking about. The last thing we need is for there to be a waiting period to access those clinics. We must ensure we do not build up a waiting list as is happening in many other areas. We must be able to respond to the demand. Are we satisfied the six clinics that are set up are dealing with the demand that is currently there?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I presume there will be engagement with people who are working in the early years school sector in order that they will be made aware that they can become more involved in it. The other issue is whether the Minister of State's Department is setting targets for trying to increase the number of schools that are participating, while also increasing the number of young people, students and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Are staff from the early years sector eligible to work on the summer programme and will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank both the Minister and the Minister of State for making funding available at such an early date. It will allow for long-term planning and help to ensure the full programme for the summer will be planned out with people involved in it. The issue with early years sector employees, however, is that they are paid for 38 weeks of the year and must sign on during the summer. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that formal recognition will be given to teachers working in the Cork Life Centre and that funding will be provided by her Department for payment of teachers in the Cork Life Centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50035/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I ask that formal recognition be given to teachers working in the Cork Life Centre, that funding be provided by the Department for the payment of teachers at the centre, and that the Minister make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I accept that major progress has been made on the provision of funding to the centre. The centre lost eight teachers in June who had an average of six years' experience. At any one time there are 55 students in the centre. These are students who have dropped out of school. I worked with the Blackpool Glen Farranree Community Youth Training Centre where we had full funding. We had more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Could we give serious consideration to increasing the funding for the centre?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I fully understand where the Minister is coming from. My colleague Deputy O'Sullivan has raised the matter with the Minister by way of a Topical Issue debate. Both of us are very concerned about this. We have 55 children there who are being looked after in a very caring way. They are getting education they might not otherwise get. Again, I go back to the facility of which I was chair of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for the reply. I tabled Question No. 88 also on this matter. I refer in particular to the large number of children left without transport in a particular area such as Glenville in my constituency. My concern about that area was that these were children who wanted to go to school in Fermoy. The school authorities from Fermoy attended the primary school and advised that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her long-term plans to address the issue of school bus transport to ensure that all children who require it receive it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Budget 2023 (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local community centres will be included in the €600 energy credits announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49890/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students who completed their Junior Certificate in 2022 will receive their results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49615/22]