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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Regarding the use of facilities, we are talking about putting in two new theatres in South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. Obviously, the important thing is to ensure that they are used effectively. In other words, that they are used all the time. That applies across the respect of country. Is there a process for dealing with waiting lists? I understand fully that there are staff...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: You are talking about ophthalmology nurses, junior doctors, registrars and consultants. Starting with consultants, what kind of targets should we set as regards planning for the future? Do we need to increase the numbers? What are the kind of numbers we are looking for? Another question I have to ask is whether we have enough people in training in this area and whether we need to do a lot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Regarding the numbers in training - the people starting off as junior doctors and going on to become registrars or senior registrars - do we have enough people coming up along the line? There will be consultants and other staff who will retire. Are we doing enough planning in this area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Is there a shortfall of ophthalmologists for child healthcare?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: What percentage would we need to increase it by? Would it be 50%? What kind of numbers are we talking about? I am not tying Ms Ryan to it. I am just looking for a rough number.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 1025. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made as to the preferred location of the new proposed elective hospital for Cork; when an announcement will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37916/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to using a portion of the funds to the Exchequer to invest in collaboration with the telecoms industry on a shared rural network, including all three operators to address coverage black spots that have occurred in other jurisdictions in the context of the next spectrum auction for the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if additional support will be provided to people to support them with the cost of rising electricity and gas, particularly those on social protection payments and pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37805/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 325. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reducing VAT on deep retrofit works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37801/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 326. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to including the cost of VAT under the deep retrofit grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37802/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there should be a reversal of the cuts imposed by a Government decision that took place at the same time as the financial emergency measures in the public interest cuts were applied to public sector employees given the review carried out in July 2018 by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if parity will be restored in respect of payment to criminal barristers in the same way that it has been restored to all other justice stakeholders given the review carried out in July 2018 by the Department of Justice in respect of the work undertaken by criminal barristers and the conclusion in relation to same communicated to his...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will restore parity to the fees payable to criminal barristers in the same way that it has been restored to all other public sector employees given the review carried out in July 2018 by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Department of Justice in respect of the work undertaken by criminal barristers and the conclusion...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 366. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that her Department plans to engage with RTÉ to explore measures for reducing the State broadcaster’s dependence on Exchequer funding considering it has been increasing in recent years; if her Department will ensure that any liabilities owed to the Exchequer by RTÉ would be financed through the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 367. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department would be in support of replacing An Post by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners as the collection agents of TV licence fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37808/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rental Sector (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 970. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to support eye care services in Cork, particularly to ensure that there is greater capacity for services in Cork to assist those with serious conditions such as glaucoma to have more regular care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37797/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if children over the age of 16 years who are in receipt of a disability allowance payment and still attending second level education, are entitled to a back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; if they will also benefit from the waiving of school bus fares for the 2022/2023 school year; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 687. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a specialist speech and language therapist will be provided to a child with a diagnosis of ASD (details supplied) in the pre-school setting in order to assist with this child’s educational development; the further measures that will be taken to support their child through their early years in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with a representative body (details supplied) given the review that was carried out in July 2018 by the Director of Public Prosecutions and her Department in relation to the work undertaken by criminal barristers and its conclusion that was communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 982. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to expedite the reimbursement process given that it currently takes on average 870 days for a patient to gain access to European Medicines Agency-approved orphan medicine in Ireland; the work that his Department is undertaking in partnership with the HSE to ensure that this delay improves; and if he will make a statement on the...