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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: Over the past 12 months, for instance, what level of engagement has occurred from a national point of view with the smaller units?

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 thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding her Department has provided to community and voluntary organisations to date to help with the impact of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60131/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: This goes back to the issue of funding and how the past two years and Covid-19 has affected community groups, community centres and sporting organisations. I ask the Minister about the supports provided to the community associations and community centres as a result of Covid-19 and what further work we can do on that. We are going to go through at least another three to four months of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for all the work that has been done in this area over the past two years and for the funding that has been made available. One of the challenges that we now have as a result of the downturn in business in certain areas is that there will be people who will not go back to the jobs they had had before. Will we open up the area of community employment, CE, and change the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: May I just ask one final issue to the Minister of State about co-ordination of supports? I have come across a situation where there is support from Avondhu Duhallow, which is a very effective organisation, but there are not supports, for instance, from the local authority. Can we look at that co-ordination of supports so that if moneys are granted by one organisation, sufficient moneys are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: In regard to the involvement of local authorities, has the Department had feedback from them on the schemes that are in place? I am not satisfied there is sufficient feedback into the Department setting out clearly the local authorities' targets and making sure those targets comply with what the Department wants.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support available to communities to help with the upkeep and enhancement of community centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60132/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for the work she is doing in this area and for the schemes that are in place. My concern relates to the need for the upkeep and enhancement of community centres. I note that she has touched on this earlier but there are additional strains out there now such that over the past two years community groups and community centres have not been able to hold fundraising events...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I am raising this issue in the context of a new role for community centres, as mentioned by my colleague, Deputy Stanton. For that new role to be put in place, a large number of community centres need to be upgraded, particularly in rural areas where there is no broadband provision. I know of an area where there is no broadband, landline or mobile phone connection, but the local community...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given by her Department to reclassifying a school (details supplied) as DEIS1 from its current status as DEIS2 due to the fact that it is an inner-city school and this status would be more appropriate given the demographics of the students attending the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60413/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 490. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department and the HSE plans to help decrease the continuously growing number of persons on the neurology outpatient waiting list in Ireland; if a plan can be put in place to employ additional specialist nurses who would liaise with patients and assist them without the requirement of having to attend outpatient departments; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 491. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has considered allocating a higher level of funding in the health budget to increase the number of specialist nurses for a variety of different diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and other neurological conditions to ensure that patients have access to the specialist support that they need without the necessity to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 492. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include neuropathies such as the conditions Charcot Marie tooth and spinal muscular atrophy, as recommended in a pre-budget submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59870/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 493. To ask the Minister for Health the level of participation that Irish officials had in the recent Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59871/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the lessons learned at the recent Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; the way the outcome of the conference will inform Ireland's approach to tobacco control legislation in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 495. To ask the Minister for Health the key issues facing the Government in terms of tobacco control over the next two years ahead of the next Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2023; the issues for consideration at the conference in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59873/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 540. To ask the Minister for Health if negotiations are taking place with the European Commission for a joint procurement agreement for the supply of Covid-19 antiviral drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60057/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 541. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered a national supply purchase agreement as the fastest route to supply of Covid-19 antiviral drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60058/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 542. To ask the Minister for Health the expected date he plans to sign a national supply purchase agreement guaranteeing that Ireland will have supply of Covid-19 antiviral drugs for patients here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60059/21]