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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: Community employment schemes are now complaining that a sufficient number of people are not being referred to them. What action is being taken by the Department to deal with this issue?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: On the evidence for the view that the pharmaceutical industry is paying individuals, anyone with a HSE contract will note that it clearly sets out that he or she is not entitled to receive any funding from a third party. Therefore, it is serious if there is an allegation that someone is in breach of contract, which he or she technically would be in the circumstances described. On what...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the recent activity of his Department and Bord Bia to develop new markets for Irish agri-food produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60634/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Mental Health Services (9 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the work of his Department individually or in conjunction with other Departments in addressing the mental health of farmers and persons working in the agri-food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60635/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (9 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of support provided under the trading online voucher scheme in County Cork; the number of recipients since the scheme transferred to his Department 12 months ago; if the scheme will be run in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (9 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the statutory sick leave scheme will commence; the way it compares to other such schemes in operation in Northern Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60673/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered including women with gestational diabetes on the long-term illness scheme for the duration of pregnancy which is recommended in a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60728/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to assist with the slow transition of patients from paediatric to adult diabetes services in Cork which currently has a minimum two-year waiting list for adult services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60729/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to help with the staffing shortage with large patient numbers in diabetes services in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a national ICT infrastructure that enables electronic health record availability to assist with the shared care of diabetic children between hospitals and regional services across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60730/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the proposal (details supplied) for the creation and implementation of a National Diabetes Registry to identify an accurate figure of the number of persons living with diabetes in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60731/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the disbursement of the €2 million fund for farm safety as confirmed in Budget 2022 has been set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60622/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that has been carried out by his Department with stakeholders to date in 2021 to develop new opportunities for Irish agri-food producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to further develop markets and secure new opportunities for Irish agri-food producers over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60624/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I very much welcome that the terms of reference for the review are now available. My first question relates to fatal foetal abnormality. One of the reports we have received sets out that half of the foetal medicine specialists have expressed uncertainty regarding a diagnosis being deemed fatal, given it depends on an individual's definition of what is fatal. Will the review examine that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I raise the issue because I am aware of two cases where different interpretations were given in maternity units. In one case, the person had booked airline tickets to travel to the UK for a termination and was persuaded to try a second maternity unit in Ireland, which adopted a different approach and provided the termination. In fact, the second maternity unit was correct in the action it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: The next issue I raise relates to smaller maternity units. I think there are 19 maternity units in the country. The smaller units would not have the same number of consultants as the larger ones. In fact, some of them have only three or four. Their argument, in the context of trying to provide services, relates to not having sufficient support. Over the next 12 months, even before we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: Does the Minister agree there needs to be engagement with the smaller units at this stage to see what problems they have identified and what action they are seeking to be taken in order that they can have the necessary supports in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: Who is carrying out that review with the smaller units? The Minister indicated there was an ongoing review, but is somebody specifically engaged in conducting that review or is it just done within each area of the HSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: The Minister referred to the clinical lead in each area but is there an overall person nationally who co-ordinates with those clinical leads and who has individual engagement with the smaller units?