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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 1822. To ask the Minister for Health his views on and response to the recent launch of the European Commission Beating Cancer Implementation Roadmap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1948/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 1824. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be invited to make a presentation to health officials on the European Commission Beating Cancer Implementation Roadmap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 1823. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Government intends to interact with the Achieving a Tobacco Free Europe programme of actions as outlined by the European Commission in its Beating Cancer Implementation Roadmap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1949/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 1903. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided in Budget 2022 to charities including section 38 and section 39 organisations providing mental health services; the way in which small mental health charities can apply for funding allocated in Budget 2022; if additional funding programmes are available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: If at the end of the 12 months we find that it is not having an effect, can we get further funding allocated to give support to the people who are trying to deal with this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I send good wishes for Christmas and the new year to the Ceann Comhairle, all of the staff and everyone here. I raise a matter relating to non-EEA doctors who are working in Ireland. Under the current rules, a non-EEA doctor cannot get a stamp 4 residency permit unless he or she has been working here for more than five years. The Tánaiste talked earlier in the week about changing the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for the presentation. The value for money report was published last night at 9 o'clock. Why was it not made available to the committee before then? We are now at a disadvantage. That report has been with the Department for a considerable period and I raised a number of questions on it but it has only been published a few hours before we have our last meeting of the year.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I have taken a very quick look at the report. One set of figures relating to 2019 shows that the average cost per patient per week in a public nursing home was €1,616 while the cost in a private nursing home was €992 per week. That is a 62% difference. Someone referred to additional costs being imposed on patients in private nursing homes, but is this not a sizeable disparity...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: If families end up having to pay additional costs to private nursing homes because they are not getting the required State support under the fair deal scheme, that is discrimination.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: The costs are lower. This review was carried out in 2019 since when costs have increased substantially. The private nursing homes are not able to carry the costs and, therefore, are imposing them on the patients. There is a great deal of justified criticism to the effect that the homes are not entitled to do that. On the other hand, the Department has sat on this report for a long time....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: There has been no increase in the support levels for people in private nursing homes for the past number of years whereas the cost of providing that care has increased.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: No. I am saying private nursing homes are having difficulty meeting the cost of providing the level of care they are required to provide without imposing charges they are legally not entitled to apply. The report has now been published after all the work was done nearly two years ago. What action will the Department take to deal with this issue?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: But the argument is private nursing homes cannot afford to employ more nurses because of the level of support provided under the fair deal scheme. Could I move on to-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I do not accept that because-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: -----if someone is admitted to a private nursing home and is quite mobile at the time but, as the years pass, the level of care he or she requires increases, there is no increase in the support the private nursing home gets. That is the reality. Therefore, that is not a fair comparison. I wish to move on to the issue-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: There was an underspend in respect of the scheme last year. Some €998 million was spent, as opposed to the budgetary allocation of €1.1 billion. I wish to move on to the issue of the cyberattack-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: -----and the failure to take action in time. Does Mr. Watt believe that the Department was aware there were risks with respect to the system, that much more could have been done to prevent the cyberattack and that evasive action could have been taken at an earlier stage, particularly now that we have seen the PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: The warnings were there beforehand. Does Mr. Watt believe action could have been taken at an earlier stage to prevent it occurring and that people had highlighted the fact that there were concerns?