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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: Is there any outline of where processes need to be changed because of how the claims arose? Is there follow-up on how they are dealt with and have lessons been learned about how to reduce the level of claims?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: I will move to a final question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: The question relates to the hepatitis C treatment programme in prisons. My understanding is the hepatitis C treatment programme takes approximately 12 weeks. Is there a detailed programme in place in each of the prisons to provide that care to prisoners while they are in prison? It is a 12-week programme and if appointments are missed, the process could be delayed. What progress has been...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: On the cost-effectiveness point, people can be dealt with in the prison rather than being transferred to hospital facilities. Has that process been put in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank all of the staff in the Department of Justice and the Prison Service for their work over the past two years, in particular. It has been a very difficult time for everyone, given the role of the Garda, the Prison Service and the Department. I thank them for all the work that was done over that difficult period. On the issue of capital projects, Ms McPhillips referred to the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: I return to the question I asked earlier about the hepatitis C treatment programme. My understanding is there was a particular issue with prisoners needing to be taken from Cork Prison to an outpatient clinic in Cork University Hospital for their care. I had understood it was proposed that all treatment would take place within prisons rather than having to incur the additional cost of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: That does not answer my question. Is treatment being provided now within the prison precincts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: Will that apply to all prisons in the long term? There is a significant cost saving not only for the prison service but also for the health service. When does Mr. Black expect to have it available in all the prisons?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: What is the timeline for Cork and Limerick? When does Mr. Black expect the evaluation to take place? Is it likely to take six months or 12 months?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: May I also get an answer on the old Cork prison issue?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: I know the building has been decommissioned, but I presume there will still be maintenance and security costs, for instance.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: Have there been discussions with any other State authorities about what could be done with that site now? What is the proposal in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: However, for the moment the Department has not proactively engaged in trying to make a decision on the future of the site?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: There are 740,000 people over 65. Within eight years, it will be 1 million people. Some 50% of all hospital beds at any one time are occupied by over-65s. What review of policy will be undertaken to ensure we have an adequate number of hospital beds over the coming years? What progress is being made with regard to the elective hospital in Cork? The report on this has gone to the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: It has not been announced.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action proposed to be taken by his Department to reduce the waiting times for cars to be assessed for NCT tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21344/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanisms that can be put in place to assist car dealers who are trading second-hand cars to help them have NCT tests carried out within a 14-day timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21345/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is envisaged that the required regulations setting out the detailed criteria of the local authority affordable purchase scheme will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21350/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 136. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the reimbursement for the FreeStyle Libre device continuous glucose monitoring sensor to over 21 years of age under the HSE’s community funded scheme for aids and appliances (details supplied); if so, the details of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21326/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the way that his Department is addressing inequalities in the uptake of continuous glucose monitoring sensors between the under-21s and over-21s age groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21327/22]