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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of funding that will be allocated to pay and allowance enhancements for serving members of the Defence Forces following the announcement in Budget 2023; the timeline for when these increases will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48631/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that the €600 energy credit is to be paid in instalments will be paid to prepay and pay-as-you-go customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49358/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Budgets (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the expenditure by the Forestry Service is in line with the budget for the month of September 2022, thereby ensuring that there is no underspend for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49405/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Budgets (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure by the Forestry Service for the month of September 2022 versus September 2021 to enable comparison in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49406/22]

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for the Bill bringing forward. While there has been a drop in the cost of insurance, I am wondering if the cost of insurance could have come down more in view of the fact that the average PIAB award has decreased by 42% to €13,525. We have not seen the same decrease in insurance costs. It is something that we need to get a far better response on from...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Bill and thank the Minister of State and her Department for the work done in progressing it. It is important that regulation and legislation be kept up-to-date at all times. This is the third or fourth Bill we have dealt with regarding registration. The CORU figures for 2017 to 2021, which include social workers, medical scientists and physiotherapists, are interesting. The...

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

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses and apologise for not being here for the presentation. I read all of the documentation beforehand. What is the total number of people now working on the hospital site? The witnesses may have been over this already but I just want to get an idea of the number of people working on-site at the moment.

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

Colm Burke: Are we satisfied that the contractors and subcontractors are able to get the staff they require? Are there still challenges in that area?

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

Colm Burke: There are many different aspects to the contract, including electrical, IT, plumbing and construction work. Where is the biggest challenge with staffing? Is it in any particular area or is it across the board?

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

Colm Burke: Will Mr. Devine give us an idea of the scale of the electrical work because many people do not understand the scale involved? I understand there are 6,000 rooms in the hospital. The electrical side of the work is substantial.

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

Colm Burke: At what stage is the development of the 22 operating theatres?

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

Colm Burke: To go back to building inflation, I dealt with a contract in Canada. I referred to his previously. An inflation rate of 15% was built into a project that was to take five years to complete. We have had building inflation across the board, whether for dwelling houses or commercial buildings. What has building inflation been in real terms since 2018,? I am not talking about this contract...

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

Colm Burke: Mr. Gunning is talking of an inflation rate of over 30% in the time.

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

Colm Burke: I know that.

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

Colm Burke: Okay. I return to the issue of staffing when the hospital opens. Taking the hospitals all the staff are going to come from, can we get a breakdown of the current make-up of staff in the existing hospitals who will be moving to the new children's hospital? The officials may not be able to give it to me today but could we have that broken down by nursing staff, care assistants, junior...

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

Colm Burke: One way to judge the size of the project is by the number of staff who are going to be moving in there. Going back over what other people have raised about accommodation, it is a huge challenge. I know of people who worked in the UK, and at every hospital they went to, there was accommodation available to them, and that was more than 20 or 25 years ago. We have done nothing on that. With...

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

Colm Burke: In overall terms, though, do we need to look at this? It would need to be done now rather than when the hospital opens, because if we want to give the best to the staff and to retain them, then this is going to be a challenge. The rental costs in Dublin, Cork and all the other cities are a challenge. Is now not the time to have a careful plan on this? We have a two-year timeframe in which...

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

Colm Burke: What is the Department's attitude to this?

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

Colm Burke: I am talking about the Department's overall policy outside the children's hospital. A number of people have contacted me in Cork in the past six months because they are running into serious problems with accommodation. This is especially so if they are on contracts where they are rotating. They might have a five-year contract or be senior registrars. If they have a five-year contract,...

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

Colm Burke: The officials might come back to us on that issue.