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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: There is new research out in Ontario, Canada in the past week. This interesting research has now identified what appears to be a problem for people with long Covid. When a person breathes in he or she is taking in oxygen and normally this transfers to the red blood cells. The research has identified that this process is not happening to the same degree as in the case of a person who has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: I am not a medical expert so I am very much at sea with the transfer of oxygen, but my reading of the research is that as a result of the lack of oxygen going into the system in the body, this causes a lot of the knock-on effects on people, including the fatigue. Dr. Lambert has focused very much on the neurological side. If there is a scenario of a lower intake of oxygen than normal, does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: The research is not suggesting there is lung damage. They say there is a difficulty with the oxygen transferring into the red blood cells. This is how I understand it and I may be incorrect in my interpretation. I understand this is then having a detrimental effect on people. They seem to be saying that this is an issue that needs to be looked at - if the oxygen is not transferring in,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: With regard to the clinic in Dublin, Dr. Lambert has said he is seeing 1,000 patients and doing what he believes is the best way of dealing with it. Would it be in everyone's interest to look at other jurisdictions and try to tie in all of the best information in order to get the best treatment plan for every patient who has long Covid? This is why I asked Dr. Lambert about the GP issue....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Dr. Lambert referred to the countries he believes are ahead on this. Which countries does Dr. Lambert believe we should be looking at more carefully?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: Are there are data from the UK, Canada or the United States of America that we could learn from?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (5 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work her Department has carried out to date in establishing a gambling regulator; if funding has been directed to cover preparatory costs for the establishment of a gambling regulator in order that the regulator can commence work as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35796/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (5 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received in respect of the new community safety innovation fund; when it is anticipated that funding allocations will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35735/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (5 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received for the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme to date; the number of successful applications to date; the number of unsuccessful applications to date; the number of appeals that have been lodged to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to introducing a vacant property tax to reduce the number of vacant properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (5 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 203. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given by her Department to instituting a similar support mechanism to the live performance restart grant scheme for those whose turnover was below €100,000 and thus were unable to qualify for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (5 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to including an additional school (details supplied) under the pilot grant book scheme introduced in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (5 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing times for regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme applications from the date of submission to the decision date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36018/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Sanctions (5 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of shipments of grain and feed ration that have been imported into Ireland from Russia in recent weeks, whereby these shipments were granted special permission to land in Ireland; if Ireland will be accepting further shipments from Russia in view of a ban on Russian-flagged ships docking in European Union ports under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Sanctions (5 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 888. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any further shipments of grain and feed ration imported from Russia will be granted special permission to land in Ireland, despite a ban on Russian-flagged ships docking in European Union ports under European Union sanctions over the illegal invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Sanctions (5 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 889. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action that his Department is taking to reduce Ireland's reliance on imported feed ration and grains, in view of the European Union sanctions banning the docking of Russian-flagged ships in European Union ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35692/22]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for bringing forward this legislation. I very much welcome it. I will reply to a comment made earlier which compared the Irish healthcare service to the Third World. It is totally inappropriate. I say this as someone who has visited a number of countries in the Third World. Life expectancy in this country is one of the highest in Europe. To compare our healthcare...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank everyone who took part in the debate this morning.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes. With regard to bringing in people, there is a huge variation in disability services. It is a case of identifying at least two where there is variation regarding mental health. We had a problem in the Cork–Kerry region, which is a huge challenge now. It is a matter of bringing in representatives of another area where mental health services seem to be working far better. It is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: I am a bit concerned about the 14 July meeting. I am concerned that, because there is an inquiry ongoing, people who come in will start using it as a mechanism not to give us answers on a number of issues. That is one of the problems we will have on 14 July. We need to make sure we can get the information we require, even if there is an inquiry going on. The second issue relates to the...