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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I wish to return to the issue of elective hospitals. While Ms Magahy has answered some questions on this issue already, I am a little confused because the committee got the same answers to questions on this issue 12 months ago. If one takes Cork as an example, a number of sites are clearly suitable for the development of a new elective hospital, one being in Sarsfield Court, which has more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: What increase has there been in the number of public health nurses employed in the past two years? My understanding is that an additional 60 nurses have been employed across the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: Could I have the figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: The figure I have is from the middle of 2019. Between December 2014 and the middle of 2019 there was an additional 60 nurses, which is an increase of approximately 3.5%, whereas in the hospital service there was an increase of 17% between nurse managers and nurses working on the front line. That is 17% compared with 3.5%. That does not fit when we are talking about community care.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I am talking about public health nurses, because the issue now is that we want more people to stay at home and not to be in nursing homes. We need to make sure that we have a sufficient number of professionals to be able to deal with the new challenges posed by the number of people requiring care in the home. I have been involved in a case already that was covered by one of the national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I am not blaming the public health nurse. It is about not having sufficient numbers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: Mr. Sullivan said 47 training positions have been provided. Is that a sufficient number going into training in view of the new challenges we have? The elderly population will increase from approximately 640,000 to more than 1 million in the next nine years. Therefore, we need to have a lot more people providing care at the community level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank Ms Magahy.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if changes proposed under EU Regulation 2020/698 to the A2 motorcycle driver licence test are to be adopted on 1 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30268/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if changes are proposed to the A2 motorcycle driver licence test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30269/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Chairman and our guests for their presentation and the documentation that they have furnished to us. On non-competitive procurement, in the statement of internal control for 2019, approved derogations were to the tune of €5.1 million. In 2018 it was €8.6 million. The derogations for legal services were €3.9 million and in 2018 it was €7.4 million....

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: In 2018 this figure was €7.4 million, which was quite a significant amount of legal fees, and €3.9 million in 2019. This is a substantial amount of money for non-competitive procurement.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: Over the next 12 months to two years, where will NAMA be in that legal situation?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: Of those 46 cases will many of those be completed by this time next year?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: On the litigation costs, where Mr. McDonagh states that there are 46 individual disputes or pieces of litigation ongoing, have the costs for some of these already been paid or can we expect a very big bill when all of those 46 cases are concluded?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: On the €7.8 million in 2018 and €3.9 million in 2019 that we were discussing, do we expect a higher figure in bringing those 46 cases to a conclusion?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: NAMA’s report, and this is a different issue, refers to €6.3 billion in non-disposable income from inception. Can Mr McDonagh explain this €6.3 billion in non-disposable income please?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 109 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency
National Asset Management Agency - Financial Statements 2019 (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. McDonagh.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provision can be made for drivers whose licences are due to expire in October 2020 in view of the delay in accessing NDLS appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29380/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter on the finalised BusConnects Dublin area bus network (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29383/20]