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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: 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 138. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the introduction of a national diabetes register considering that the lack of a register has made it difficult for policy makers and academics to understand the impact of tools used to help diabetes patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21328/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients being seen at Huntington’s disease weekly clinics; the way that multidisciplinary care is provided for these patients; the medical disciplines from which staff at these clinics are drawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21358/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 144. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure Huntington’s disease patients are provided with diagnostic pathways and follow-up pathways after diagnosis to help them understand their journey from first presenting symptoms to planning care from after diagnosis; his plans to provide patients with a named medical professional or medical team responsible for coordination of care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with Huntington’s disease presenting at memory clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21360/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the location that his Department provides information on Huntington’s disease including the care and services that persons may need or be entitled to following diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21361/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the National Rehabilitation Strategy addresses the needs of young persons with paediatric Huntington’s disease and juvenile onset Huntington’s disease; the way that it addresses the needs of young carers of a family member with Huntington’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase access to long-term care for patients with Huntington’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21363/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of facilities with the capacity to provide multidisciplinary care for people with Huntington’s disease, considering that Bloomfield Hospital is the only facility in Ireland that does so and it is not accessible to persons living in many parts of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department or the HSE are taking to improve access to Bloomfield Hospital’s Huntington’s disease service for patients considering that it only has the capacity to care for 2% of the persons with Huntington’s disease in Ireland at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve engagement with persons with Huntington’s disease, their families and the staff who support them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21367/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank both witnesses for their presentations this morning, for their work and for the changes they have brought about over the past number of years. I wish to deal with the issue in regard to section 11 of the Act dealing with fatal foetal anomalies. The witnesses referred to the 28-day rule. I have spoken to medical practitioners who have also raised concerns about this. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: On section 11, there is supposed to be a review panel. Where the person has been refused a termination, there is a review panel. I was contacted by one medical practitioner who advised me that they are not aware of the existence of the review panel even though it is provided for under section 11. What is the witnesses' understanding about the review panel? Is it in existence? Who is it...