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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Watt accept that we have a problem in the south and south west area? The population of Cork has increased by more than 170,000 over the past 20 years. No additional beds were created in that particular period. Like every other part of the country, we have an ageing population and, therefore, there will be a need for access to hospital services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: To go back to the issue of community care, no matter what kind of community care the HSE can provide, it will not be adequate and a certain number of people will have to be admitted into nursing homes for the care they require. There is a significant gap between what it costs per bed in private and public nursing homes. The latter is, on average, €1,650 per bed per week, while the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: What of the issue of the nursing homes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: Would Mr. Watt agree that this decision will have to be taken fast, and not in six months' time? The challenges are there now with the increased costs.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Qualifications (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will give serious consideration to launching a structured graduate programme that would support the 35% of cardiac physiologists who are not trained in echocardiography and bring them to the point of certification; if fees for same will be covered by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47457/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a commission for a new national cardiovascular health strategy that specifically includes heart valve disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47454/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 252. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit and train more cardiac physiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the training and qualification of staff in echocardiography through organisations (details supplied); if those seeking accreditation will be afforded the time and scope necessary to complete any additional work required; if fees for such programmes will be covered by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47456/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 254. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for the critical diagnostic test for heart valve disease and most other cardiac conditions, known as an echocardiogram, to the target time of 18 weeks for all referrals and two weeks for urgent referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47458/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the mental health sector in the HSE and in any other voluntary hospital group or organisation, by category of occupation, from 2014 to July 2022; his plans to attract additional nursing staff in the mental health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request all HSE hospitals and organisations to conduct exit interviews for staff members who have submitted notice of their intention to leave the service to assist in determining the best way to retain staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47582/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (27 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if sufficient funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) to continue the ability programme in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (27 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to social welfare regulations that disincentivise workers from taking on extra employment; if her Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for social welfare supports for those engaged in part-time work; if a cumulative-hours-worked basis of assessment is being considered to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently establish a high-level working group on future general practice, to help find innovative solutions, and work collectively to address shortages in the general practitioner-sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if general-practitioner training in business planning and management will be made available, particularly, GP training in setting-up and building group practices at community level, and where group practice is not viable or feasible; if the HSE will facilitate the ongoing support of such practices, enhancing practice collaboration and networking; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 515. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will set up an initiative whereby it would work with the European Investment Bank to set-up a fund to provide low interest loans to groups of general practitioners to set-up primary care centres run by those GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of an academic general practitioner-career pathway to recruit, support and retain sufficient academic GPs to meet Ireland’s expanding primary care teaching, healthcare policy and research requirements, and to deliver high-quality evidence-based GP care to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 516. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place and being considered to resource rural general practice to attract general practitioners; the measures that will be put in place to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 517. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve ICT systems in general practice; if he will consider the implementation of such measures as summary care records, facilitated with a unique patient identifier, to enable an efficient, integrated healthcare system; his plans for investment in e-communication solutions between GP and hospital care to improve patient safety, optimise...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 Sep 2022)

Colm Burke: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing a standardised approach to electronic hospital discharges on a nationwide basis, to be delivered using health-mail which is a secure email source to dramatically improve patient care which would lead to many efficiencies, both within hospitals and the community. [46996/22]