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

Colm Burke: My understanding is that the UK Government has now set aside €100 million as an investment to deal with long Covid for young people. From Dr. Glynn's information, has there been any indication of the number of young people who have been adversely affected and who are still having to deal with long Covid?

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

Colm Burke: I will move on to two other issues. One is hospitals coming back to providing services. I recently spoke to someone who is working in a hospital operating theatre. In the past two weeks they had a full complement of theatre staff and they had to do a particular operation because it was urgent, but they were not able to do their elective list which they normally did on a particular day in...

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

Colm Burke: Where there is capacity in a hospital to do elective surgery, and there are empty beds, are we then not making the waiting lists longer in hospitals? This is occurring in hospitals right around the country. What can be done to use beds that are empty and theatre space that is available to make sure we deal with people who require urgent care? Surely we can put in place enough mechanisms to...

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

Colm Burke: When will we see the change in this approach? The approach that seems to be very much entrenched at this stage is that elective surgery cannot be done and people cannot be brought in unless it is urgent. This is what is being applied in many HSE hospitals throughout the country.

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

Colm Burke: Surely the Department of Health must have an influence on this. People are contacting us because they have been on a waiting list for elective surgery for six, 12 or 18 months and nothing is happening. Consultants and nurses as well as administrative staff are being contacted on a constant basis and being asked where people are on the list.

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

Colm Burke: Can the committee be advised of when progress will be made in this area?

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

Colm Burke: I want to raise a point on GP practices and the role the entire team in GP practices played during the pandemic. The Irish College of General Practitioners came before the committee recently. One of the issues it raised was that it had concerns about the level of support for GP practices and funding for support staff in practices. It also raised the issue of the number of GPs who will be...

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

Colm Burke: This is about long-term planning. We are dealing with health and it is a relevant question to the Chief Medical Officer.

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]