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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: I worry when Mr. Watt says "the next few weeks". Are we talking about one week, two weeks or three weeks? Given the summer break, some would say that means we will not do it until October.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: If it is signed off, what is the programme then for the implementation of the decision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: The 18-month turnaround on the Heather House project shows it can be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Where are we with the timeframe for the children's unit in CUH? I understand it is going through a planning process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: I ask that someone come back to me on that. There is an urgent need to upgrade and build a new children's unit in CUH. Will the officials come back to me on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: The next issue is home help and care assistants. In the Cork-Kerry region there was a decrease in the number of people working for the HSE. It went from 1,800 people about 15 to 18 months ago down to 1,400. That is a drop of 400 people. Where are we now with the numbers available to provide home care, particularly as we have a growing number who require it and increasing demands? There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: On providing training and ensuring the people we are taking on have adequate training, what such programmes are in place by the HSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Is the HSE actively encouraging people to get involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: When Ms O'Neill says there is an active programme about recruiting them, what format is that in? I have asked a number of people to check and they could not find where it was being advertised and who exactly was operating the recruitment. My understanding is some of that was sent out to private contractors. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: I am receiving complaints that when people try to find where they can apply, they are having difficulty getting that information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Maybe Ms O'Neill will give me-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes, I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: It would be helpful on the approach being taken by the HSE because we have not received any information on it as public representatives. It would be helpful from our point of view if we got the programmes the HSE has. The final issue relates to eye care in the Cork region. A brand new building has been built in Ballincollig. I understand it needs additional staff and to be equipped. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: One problem is that if a GP refers someone, there is no immediate triaging to see whether people need surgery or eye care. They are just put on the list. Can we look at that issue so that people do not feel they have to travel 300 miles or 400 miles to get treatment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: The staff in all the facilities in Cork are working extremely hard, but if there is no equipment for a new facility, then we will make no progress. If the funding was set aside, we could have this up and running by the end of the year. I would like to get clarification on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: I have asked questions about this. The last reply I got was on 27 April, from the HSE in the south-southwest hospital group. It stated it is waiting for funding. When one gets the funding, one still has to order the equipment. Due to various shortages of equipment, there is a waiting time for it. We need forward planning. Can we set a timeline so that this will be up and running by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Can we not set clear targets? We have significant pressures in Cork on Cork University Hospital, CUH, Mercy University Hospital and the South Infirmary. Every one of them is under severe pressure. We have had a substantial increase in population over the past 25 to 30 years and especially over the past ten years. We need that extra space.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that is being taken to co-ordinate work permit applications with visa applications in order to reduce down the time delay that is currently occurring in processing these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28924/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 925. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration will be given to increasing the salary of specialist practitioners in military medicine to match that with medical practitioners working in the Prison Service who have equivalent training, considering the existing discrepancy is impeding the Defence Forces in attracting doctors into the Medical Corps; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 1319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a detailed update on roll-out of the hepatitis C testing and treatment programme in Cork prison; the reason that progress has not been made on the pilot programme which was announced and introduced in Cork prison in July; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29695/22]