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

Colm Burke: Okay. I thank the Chairman.

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

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their contributions to date. Both Tallaght and Connolly hospitals are finished and up and running and doing very well. Looking outside of Dublin, because all the focus with regard to children's healthcare has been very much about Dublin, we have now got planning permission for the paediatric unit in Cork. Where are we with regard to going forward with the project...

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

Colm Burke: One of the things we do not want is a situation where people have to go to Dublin when we can provide care in Cork if we have the facility. The problem we now have with the pediatric unit in Cork is that it is no longer adequate for the population in the area. We have got planning permission. The issue is not that we need to get planning and do a design. That is all done. All the...

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

Colm Burke: There is, however, a challenge for the people working in the present paediatric unit in Cork in that they do not have the same access as regards the care they should be able to provide because they do not have an updated facility. What I am saying is that more and more people are being referred to a central hub when, in fact, we should be able to care for them in the hospital in Cork.

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

Colm Burke: On the timeframe then, is Mr. Quinn-----

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

Colm Burke: We are also looking for an elective hospital in Cork that seems to keep being pushed down the road. Again, it is about growth in population, not only in Cork but in the entire Munster region. More and more referrals are being made to Dublin because of the fact that we are not developing outside of Dublin. We are putting €2 billion, in real terms, into the development of paediatric...

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

Colm Burke: Okay. I thank Mr. Tierney.

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

Colm Burke: What of the actual equipment for the theatres? This involves a large project. I am involved in one hospital which wants a piece of equipment and cannot get it until mid-December. Given the number of theatres in the new children's hospital, will the hospital have every piece of equipment it requires for the theatres in 12 months' time? Where are we with that?

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.