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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: All right.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance if the €500 tax credit for renters as announced in Budget 2023 will be available to those who are renting a room from a person who is letting out accommodation from the rent a room scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48514/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a teacher (details supplied) with a cash equivalent value transfer certificate in respect of her pension entitlements from the years that she taught in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47972/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the way that additional funding for school transport that was announced in Budget 2023 will be spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with third level institutions in Ireland to ensure that courses will be available in the training of theatre assistants; if he will also engage with hospital authorities to determine the best way of developing this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47962/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 577. To ask the Minister for Health if additional staff will be employed to meet the increased demand for services in view of the transfer of ophthalmology outpatient department, eye casualty and operating theatre sessions from Cork University Hospital and the Mercy University Hospital, Cork to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork and the scheduled opening new ophthalmology...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 578. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his Department will engage with the HSE to put in place the necessary procedures for the employment of theatre assistants in view of the major challenge of the shortage of theatre nurses in many hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47963/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 665. To ask the Minister for Health when all of the remaining groups that are eligible and that have not received the pandemic recognition payment to date will receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48399/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Ministers for being here this evening for this debate on the budget. I welcome the fact that there is now over €23 billion being set aside in the health budget for 2023. It is extremely important that we continue to grow and develop our healthcare services and that we try to identify the areas where additional funding is required. We have done this in the budget, in the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Reid and all of his HSE colleagues for being here today. It has been a very challenging time over the last two and a half years in dealing with Covid. Today my focus is on mental health services and in particular, on services in my own area which is the Cork-Kerry region. I have been looking at data on population changes in that area over the last six years. The population is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Are these to primarily deal with mental health?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: If one looks at the reports on mental health facilities, we are running into difficulties. I say this because they are no longer deemed suitable for the number of people in them. We have had to reduce the number of people in many of those facilities.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Before he goes on to make a comment on it, I will raise the facility in Bantry. The Mental Health Commission report of 2021 stated that Bantry was rated in the top three in CHO 4, at 87%. I understand the Mental Health Commission has now deemed that the number of inpatients or residents there must be reduced. Why has that change occurred in such a short time?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Can I just raise the risk and control framework, which contains a statement on internal control. It states: Management of risk is an integral part of good governance. The HSE has developed an Integrated Risk Management policy which has been guided by the principles of risk management outlined in ISO 31000 (ISO 31000 is an internationally recognised standard informed by experts in risk...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: In relation to CHO 4 and that issue that has arisen, I presume we now have a number of claims in. Do we have an idea of the extent of that number of claims?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: However, once there are claims, there is also a cost factor as well, which is what the Committee of Public Accounts is about. So, too, is how to prevent claims by making sure that we have adequate management in place. Are we now satisfied, in view of the increased demand - and in fairness there is only so much every staff member can do - that there is an adequate number of people in place...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Can we be given information on the likely number of claims as a result of that deficiency?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: I have raised the issue of Bantry and about the Mental Health Commission. I understand that we have had to reduce numbers in some other facilities, for instance, in Millfield House. We have moved people into Garnish House on Western Road. That is not the ideal setting. It is not a planned setting but it was put in place because we needed to reduce numbers in Millfield House. Where are we...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: We have now identified problems which also happened in public nursing homes. I think we put in more than €48 million into doing considerable work on public nursing homes. Do we now need to prioritise funding of the infrastructure of mental health services, especially in CHO 4, to make sure we have an adequate number of places and that they are up to the required standard that we...