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Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 786. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to delivering a carers guarantee to providing access to a core basket of supports including respite, home care and training to carers nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26395/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Carer's Leave (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 787. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing an integrated statutory scheme for the provision of home and long-term care including the right to a carer needs assessment and 20 days' respite each year for all full-time family carers in line with the annual leave entitlement of paid workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26396/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the carer general practitioner visit card to carers who are in receipt of the non-means tested carer’s support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26398/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 789. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing the transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26399/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 790. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing additional funding for the National Treatment Purchase Fund to enable it to be extended so that the number of children and adults on waiting lists for essential healthcare services can be reduced in view of the withdrawal of services due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers' Strategy (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 791. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reviewing and updating the national carers' strategy and the implementation of an action plan for the period 2020-23; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26401/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for the work that has been done over the past few months. The pandemic has been very challenging for everyone in the HSE and the health service. I wish to refer to the antigen tests that are available in a number of other countries. I understand that the cost of these tests is quite low and that the turnaround time is short, at...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: What about Vienna, where schools are getting results within 30 minutes of a teacher or student taking a test?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: I am not aware which type of test it is. My understanding is that a special unit has been set up in Vienna to deal with Covid-19 testing that quickly provides results, particularly in schools and colleges where there are a large number of students. I wonder if that issue could be looked at. I will move on to discuss elderly care units within the HSE. There were challenges during the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: I would appreciate the information because this is a challenge and we must be ready to deal with it. In giving that information, our guests might also give a time plan for dealing with the challenges in those particular units.

Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for being here this evening to deal with this matter. I fully appreciate that there are lots of pressures on the Department of Health as it is an area on which I have focused since coming into the Oireachtas back in 2011. I also thank all of the Deputies who contributed to this debate. I very much appreciate that and I also thank my colleague, Deputy Higgins,...

Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In 2011, the Law Reform Commission published a report, entitled Legal Aspects of Professional Home Care. It set out clear recommendations in this area. To implement these recommendations, it is necessary to introduce legislation to amend the Health Act 2007, which is exactly what this Bill does. The new Bill is necessary and is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: As someone who has worked in the District Court on the criminal side, albeit not a huge amount, in fairness, each court may approach the issue in a different way. If someone comes in to have a case withdrawn, the judge may look for reasons, so it can depend on the way in which it is approached. It is something that could arise, for instance, where a judge raises a technical issue and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building of a new school (details supplied) has completed the tender stage; if the contract has been awarded; if so, when building work will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26118/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Deaths (24 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if meetings to give personal and sensitive details in relation to the filing of a form for the registration of a death will be undertaken in a private, confidential setting on a one to one basis in a meeting room in each facility during Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26074/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if financial support will be provided to local authorities as an emergency fund to ensure that revenue and services will be maintained during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25933/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Tax (23 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will be entitled to retain 100% of the local property tax in 2020 and 2021 as an emergency measure to ensure that revenue and services will be maintained during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25935/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (23 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to find independent living for the 97 residents under 65 years of age that are currently residing in private nursing homes in the midwest region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25755/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (23 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to find independent living for the eight residents under 65 years of age that are currently residing in public nursing homes in the midwest region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25756/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 Sep 2020)

Colm Burke: 190. To ask the Minister for Health when the PMO will sign off on renewal applications for the hardship scheme that are currently pending in the Cork, Clare and Limerick local health offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25759/20]