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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: We have been talking about the issue of an elective hospital over the last four or five years and we have still not even gone to planning. Will this be dealt with? When will it go for planning? Once it goes through the planning process, at what stage are we talking about developing it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: Will a planning application be in by the end of this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: When the HSE gets through the planning application, and there is obviously a timeframe for planning, will it again be put on the long finger as regards doing the work? We are under severe pressure in Cork. Quite a lot of work is now being transferred out of Cork because the capacity is not there. I am just wondering-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: On long-term care in Cork, as regards people who are in hospital and then need to be transferred to long-term care, are any proposals in place to develop additional long-term facilities in Cork? While a lot of upgrading of existing nursing home facilities owned by the HSE has been done, we have not actually added anything new in real terms to the number of beds in Cork. Heather House has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: My understanding is that beds are still not operational at Heather House, even though additional beds have been added there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: In relation to neurological facilities, I have come across a number of patients, for instance, with Huntington's, for whom there was no facility in Cork city, or within the immediate area of Cork city. What are we doing in relation to long-term planning in that whole area, where there are neurological issues that need to be catered for and a high degree of care is needed, but there is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures being taken to improve recruitment and retention within the Defence Forces in light of the €145 million increase in defence funding in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which the Reserve Defence Forces will benefit from the increased financial support provided in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the supports and funding for Defence Force veterans and their dependents as outlined in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60425/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role the Defence Forces will play in supporting EU defence cooperation initiatives during Ireland’s presidency of the council of the European Union in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60426/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 176. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of new medicines which were submitted to the NCPE in each year between 2015 and 2025; and the number of these new medicines that were non-oncology orphan medicinal products, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60301/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 177. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of non-oncology orphan medicinal products which were referred to the HSE Drugs Group by the NCPE in each year between 2015 and 2025; and to provide a breakdown of the number of successful, negative and pending reimbursement decisions for such products, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60302/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time taken for non-oncology orphan medicines to receive a final reimbursement decision from the HSE Drugs Group after the submission of a pricing application by a manufacturer, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60303/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-oncology orphan medicines which were approved by the HSE drugs group in each year from 2015 to 2025 and which did not satisfy the QALY threshold for cost-effectiveness, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60304/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new medicines which were submitted to the NCPE in each year between 2015 and 2025; to provide a breakdown of the number of these new medicines that were non-oncology orphan medicinal products, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-oncology orphan medicinal products which were referred to the HSE drugs group by the NCPE in each year between 2015 and 2025; to provide a breakdown of the number of successful, negative and pending reimbursement decisions for such products, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time taken for non-oncology orphan medicines to receive a final reimbursement decision from the HSE drugs group after the submission of a pricing application by a manufacturer, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update in relation to the school transport pilot scheme, in particular in relation to the evaluation of 14 pilot projects undertaken in the 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59700/25]