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

Colm Burke: 1568. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce hospital car parking charges particularly for those with sick children; the timeline for this reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63626/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 1658. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given by his Department to including antigen tests in the drugs payment scheme to ensure that relief is provided for those purchasing them to promote public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1251/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 1659. To ask the Minister for Health when antiviral drugs to treat Covid-19 are likely to be made available to persons here given the announcement that the Government has agreed to spend €90 million on such drugs; the category of person who will be entitled to receive same; the assessment process that will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1252/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 1661. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken against companies which sold antigen tests in cases in which the product was subsequently recalled and proven to be defective; the measures of recourse the purchasers of the tests prior to their recall will have against the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1255/22]

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

Colm Burke: 1696. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing all adult inpatient and day service hospital charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1349/22]

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

Colm Burke: 1697. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the daily inpatient and day service hospital charges by amounts of €5, €10, €15 and €20, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1350/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Colm Burke: 1698. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the monthly drug payment scheme threshold by amounts of €2.50, €5, €10, €15 and €20, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1351/22]

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

Colm Burke: 1699. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing the prescription charge for persons aged over 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1352/22]

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

Colm Burke: 1700. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the prescription charge for all medical card holders by 50 cent and the maximum monthly amount by €5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1353/22]

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

Colm Burke: 1701. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limits for the general practitioner visit card by proportions of 10% and 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1354/22]

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.