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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: I apologise for interrupting Ms Gibson but we are almost out of time and I need to bring in the next speaker. I may be able to allow her back in after the next speaker has posed his questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank all the witnesses. One of the questions I want to ask relates to priorities. There has been a sea change in funding for healthcare, which has increased substantially in the past two years because of the Covid pandemic. We now need to prioritise. We touched on heart disease and other areas earlier. Could the witnesses set out a list of four or five priority areas where immediate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: On the medical side, where is the deficiency at the moment that could be dealt with immediately if decisive action was taken by the Department of Health and the HSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: I have a few minutes left if any member of the committee wants to ask a question. I am prepared to allow two minutes for both the question and the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Yes, there is one minute for the question and one minute for the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: I also thank all the witnesses for their contributions and for all of the work they are doing to deal with this important issue. As a committee, we must take on board the advices given this morning. I suggest that at a private meeting we might deal with how we should address the issues raised directly with both the HSE and the Department of Health. We will correspond with the Department on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: 337. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional supports will be provided to small traders who rely on imports from outside the EU in view of the decision to apply VAT on items imported from outside the EU valued under €22 from 1 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30763/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: 577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made in respect of the review of guidelines governing the erection of wind turbines in particular, the restrictions which apply with regard to their distance from the nearest dwelling house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30701/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: 569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount due to each local authority in respect of arrears which are currently due from residential tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30640/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: 740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to reinstating the schools library grant which was abolished in Budget 2008 given the support would be of enormous benefit to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31086/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: 1038. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pandemic unemployment payment will not be taken into account when assessing a student’s eligibility for SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30738/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for all the work that has been done on this area. I wish to focus on two areas. The first is elective hospitals. My understanding is that the South/South West Hospital Group was a bit surprised with the presentation made to it on 4 March because it set out that it would be an elective hospital, which would be open six days per week, 50 weeks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Is Ms Magahy saying that the new elective hospital will have inpatient beds, because that is the issue. What is being said to me is that if one takes hip or knee operations, people with diabetes or other underlying health conditions would not be suitable candidates for a day hospital. Is Ms Magahy saying there are going to be inpatient beds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Does Ms Magahy accept that we are confining ourselves to a very low number of people who can use the facility? This facility will not be a suitable place for anyone with an underlying condition who wants to go for minor surgery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: If the person is going in for minor surgery that is not related to diabetes, he or she is still not considered a suitable candidate. The same is true of a person whose body mass index, BMI, is above what it should be, he or she is a not a suitable candidate for a day facility. The day facilities will be managed in two different ways. Surgical procedures will be done in the elective surgery...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: The point I am making is that those with an underlying health conditions are not suitable candidates for a day hospital that is doing surgery. For example, if they are going in for a minor surgical procedure, that facility will not be able to accommodate those people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: But if they have underlying conditions, they cannot be accommodated. That is what is stated in the evidence that has been provided to me. The medical advisers and consultants have told me that if they have a patient with an underlying condition who is going into a day hospital for a minor medical procedure, the advice is that it is not a suitable facility for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: I want to move on to the issue of sites. I understand that there has been a consultation on sites. However, is it not also the case that the HSE already has a number of existing sites? What level of engagement has there been with the South/Southwest Hospital Group about using the sites that are there already?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: I want to return to the beds issue. Taking the two voluntary hospitals in County Cork, the Mercy Hospital and the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital has been there since 1756. The Mercy Hospital was established in 1857. Therefore, the two hospitals are facing many challenges in trying to meet updated requirements. Particularly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: The South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital is just doing elective surgery. There is a huge level of co-operation between the CUH, the Mercy Hospital and the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. I am not sure that any further merger between the Mercy and the South Infirmary Victoria University hospitals will gain any extra capacity.