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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I apologise for interrupting but the evidence from the ambulance people this morning was that when a problem is identified, they deal with management only and there is not a three-way process. Perhaps this may be in only one part of the country; I am not sure. Is there a monthly meeting between people on the front line on the medical side, people on the front line on the ambulance side and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: Does Dr. O'Donnell think more could be done in this area? From the evidence this morning, the indication that was given was that more could be done in this area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I want to raise an issue that I also raised earlier. It is with regard to demand for the ambulance service and a report from Dublin Fire Brigade. The number of call outs in November 2020 was 8,532 and in November 2021, the number was 12,657 call outs. This is an increase of more than 4,000. Is there any reason for such a change in the same month of the year? There is such a change for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I have one last question related to the availability of GPs at night. This is a problem in some areas with the number of GPs available at night, whether through SouthDoc or other out-of-hours services in other parts of the country. Could we be doing more to make sure that GPs are available at night? Should we be employing GPs specifically to do night work because the current system...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: Only 18% of Irish homes secured a building energy rating, BER, of B3 or higher in 2019. A great deal of work needs to be done in this area. We also have an additional problem now in that the cost of all building materials has increased dramatically. Have we sufficient supports in place at this stage? I am aware the Minister of State is talking about further announcements later on in 2022...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: My real concern is that I was speaking to someone in the past week who submitted their application to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, two years ago. It was only in the past week that the house was inspected. We have something to clear up in that particular area. What plans are being put in place to expedite inspections so that the work can start at an early date?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a national retrofitting plan will be accompanied by additional supports in order to assist households with the cost of retrofitting their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61308/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: Will the Minister and the Department consider providing additional supports to assist households with the cost of retrofitting their homes alongside the national retrofitting plan? I ask the Minister of State to make a statement on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 589. To ask the Minister for Health if persons will be entitled to a refund of the cost incurred for the requirement of having an RT-PCR test taken when travelling into Ireland and the subsequent changes that occurred in the timing as to when the test should be taken in view of the changes which occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61355/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the restrictions that apply to persons travelling to Ireland from the United Kingdom who is an Irish citizen but a spouse is a non-UK and or non-European and both of whom have not been vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61356/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments for Covid-19 booster shots offered and the rate of uptake of the booster shots since the week commencing 22 November 2021 to date on a regional basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 644. To ask the Minister for Health the uptake rate on eligible women attending for CervicalCheck appointments; if he will provide a breakdown by age category and county for each of the years 2019, 2020 and up to 30 September 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61695/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 645. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken by his Department to target reported low attendance rates for CervicalCheck appointments by women aged over 50 in certain counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if the backlog of screening tests due to the suspension of CervicalCheck as a result of Covid-19 in 2020 has now been cleared; the number of tests that were carried out in 2019, 2020 and up to 30 September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61697/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cervical cancer diagnoses that were made in 2019, 2020 and up to 30 September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61698/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the efficacy of the new cervical cancer test that detects HPV; the number of tests that have been HPV positive with no abnormal cell changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61699/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. McKeon and all of the officials for the work they have done over the past 18 months. It has been an extremely difficult time for everyone. I thank them for the supports provided on very short notice. I want to touch on the issue the Acting Chair, Deputy McAuliffe, raised about local employment services procurement. One of the concerns raised by some of the people working in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I want to move on to another issue, which is social welfare appeals and disability regarding people who have worked and who have been self-employed. There is a particular case I want to highlight as an issue. A person has been diagnosed with MS and can no longer work. I have been dealing with the Department on this case for more than 12 months. The issue is that the person has a mortgage...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: If the regulation is penalising someone who has a genuine case is it not time to change the regulation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: We are now in different times and this is a genuine case where a person has been diagnosed with something about which they can do nothing. The only way of making sure there is a roof over their head is to get an income to pay the mortgage on the house.