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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I believe Dr. Quinlan wants to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I am sorry; can I stop Dr. Quinlan there? Is he saying there is not a training pathway in place at the moment for nursing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I am sorry; whose remit would that come under? Would it come in under training colleges or under the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: Okay. Has there been consultation with the various nursing bodies on that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I will go back over the issue about GPs and access to hospital services. One of the concerns that has been raised with me by GPs is the difficulty in getting access to support services. What can be done to try to improve that, in particular where a GP has a patient who needs urgent attention and is trying to get him or her through the hospital system? Does Mr. Moran think much more can be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I will ask one final question with regard to GP connectivity with hospitals. I will give the example of someone who trained in obstetrics and gynaecology for nine years, decided it was not for them and then got involved in the GP training scheme. They have a huge amount of expertise yet they could not get hours in a hospital at the same time as working as a GP whereas in other countries, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank everyone for their contributions this morning. I very much appreciate it. I look forward to working with the witnesses in the coming years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the guests for their presentations and for all the work that continues to be done during the Covid pandemic. It was not easy for practices. There was an increased volume of work that had to be done. It has been much appreciated. I was in the UK four years ago looking at GP practices. While there, we were advised that the practices we were looking had reduced the waiting time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Dr. Quinlan have anything to add?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rate of expenditure of funding from his Department for the provision or enhancement of housing for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3193/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (25 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress in relation to expanding the Housing First approach to supporting persons experiencing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rate of expenditure of funding from his Department for the provision or enhancement of housing for persons with a disability per local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3210/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private roads issued on the forestry licensing dashboard on week 2 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3469/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to increasing the resources of her Department for the basic income for the arts pilot scheme in the event of significant demand for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2378/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that her Department plans to award payments to all successful applicants to the proposed basic income for the arts pilot scheme; if the number of applications far exceeds the allocated funding of €25 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2379/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I wish to ask about the carryover of projects. Does the Minister believe we can get many of the projects that were delayed completed by the end of 2022? What process is being put in place to ensure we can meet the targets that have been set out?

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of the latest Exchequer figures which showed a record €9.9 billion in gross capital expenditure in 2021; the way the 2021 figure for spending under the national development plan will compare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2376/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: Can the Minister set out the detail of the latest Exchequer figures, which show a record €9.9 billion in gross capital expenditure in 2021, and the way the 2021 figure for spending on our national development plan will compare, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I will refer back to the €580 million underspend. Is any review being carried out of the way public service contracts are processed? I refer particularly to the tendering process and the delay in the acceptance of the contract. In the last six or seven months we have had inflation in the building sector, which has caused its own problem about acceptance of tenders. Is any review...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I apologise that I was not able to join the meeting at the start because I was making a contribution in the Dáil. I thank the director general and the other representatives of RTÉ for coming before us and dealing with our questions. I might start with the appointment of Willis Towers Watson review and the fact there are more than 164 different pay grades within RTÉ. The...