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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Dr. Holohan would accept that the role of GPs during the pandemic made a huge contribution to helping to deal with it at an early stage, including through keeping people out of the hospital system. We should respond accordingly in support of GPs.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: The programme for Government set out the need to expand primary and community care. The Irish College of General Practitioners has proposed that a high-level working group be established within the Department of Health, taking into account the ICGP, the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, the Irish Medical Council and all of the relevant stakeholders, to develop the expansion of primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Reviews (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the steering group and advisory group have been established as part of the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that have been provided to DEIS schools and their staff and pupils in order to assist with learning during Covid-19 pandemic, particularly with online learning; the measures that will be taken to assist online learning going forward in these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4609/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government’s position on the proposed TRIPS waiver on mRNA Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4591/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional ASD secondary school places will be made available for pupils with ASD and mild or moderate intellectual disabilities in the northside of Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4300/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional secondary school ASD places in secondary schools will be made available for pupils attending a school (details supplied) due to the needs of pupils for more spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4301/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the school meals scheme; when a decision is likely to be reached in respect of this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4331/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Service Level Agreements (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual value of the service level agreement between her Department and an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5027/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Service Level Agreements (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the services that an organisation (details supplied) provide under the service level agreement between it and her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5028/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Service Level Agreements (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current timeframe for the service level agreement between her Department and an organisation (details supplied); when the agreement is due for renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5029/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for when the new outpatient ophthalmology services for the South/South West HSE area currently being developed in Ballincollig, County Cork to be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4352/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 652. To ask the Minister for Health when the required funding will be made available to the South/South West HSE area to enable it to fully equip the new outpatient ophthalmology services currently being developed in Ballincollig, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4353/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 722. To ask the Minister for Health the Government’s position on the European Union Pharmaceutical Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4590/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 757. To ask the Minister for Health when a transport support scheme to replace the removal of the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant will be introduced; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 771. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that have been developed to completion in 2019, 2020 and to 31 December 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5000/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 772. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is on target in delivering additional primary care centres for 2022; the number of additional primary care centres that will be fully operational by Q4 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 773. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation for 2022 for the expansion and development of primary care infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 774. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that has been provided for the recruitment of primary care team staff in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5003/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 775. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare professionals employed under community intervention teams in 2019, 2020 and to 31 December 2021; the number employed by county and region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5004/22]