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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 553. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to classifying Covid-19 as a long-term medical condition in view of the long-term ill health and complications experienced by some who contracted the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44294/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 554. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to implementing co-ordinated services on a national level for persons who have contracted Covid-19 and are since recovering but require follow-up care or referrals to specialists where necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44295/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 555. To ask the Minister for Health if a co-ordinated national strategy on follow-up care for those who have contracted and been affected on a long-term basis due to Covid-19 has been discussed between his Department and hospitals with post-Covid clinic facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44296/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to awarding a consultant contract to existing specialists in public health medicine as per the recommendations of the Crowe Horwath report, the Scally report and the report of the Covid-19 nursing homes expert panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44305/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 564. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to implementing targeted measures to recruit and retain hospital consultants across all specialties to increase the number of consultant posts in line with the recommended ratios of the national clinical programmes and the postgraduate training bodies and to address the shortage of hospital consultants in Ireland in comparison...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 565. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to increasing the number of basic and higher postgraduate specialist training posts in order to meet the demand with the number of posts front-loaded in year 1 accompanied by a corresponding increase in the number of consultants required to provide training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44307/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 566. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the modernisation of postgraduate specialist training reflecting changes in the practice of medicine and the changing demographics of doctors in training by establishing a differentiated model that provides clearer career paths with greater predictability of training arrangements, greater predictability at the outset of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 567. To ask the Minister for Health if investment of targeted incentives for general practice and the development of infrastructure, including premises, medical equipment, diagnostic equipment and IT equipment, will be considered, as per the recommendations in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44311/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if further financial supports to allow newly established general practices to remain financially viable and open to patients will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44312/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 569. To ask the Minister for Health if further financial supports will be considered in order for established general practices to employ additional general practitioners, practice nurses and other support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44313/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Funding (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 570. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a multi-annual programme of investment in 5,000 additional public acute bed capacity, including investment in standalone public hospitals for elective care and a doubling of critical care capacity to 550 critical care beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44314/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding access to diagnostic, radiology and laboratory services to allow timely access to investigations and results of same to general practitioners, which will support them in appropriately managing patients in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44315/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the further resourcing of diagnostic, radiology and laboratory departments in hospitals to allow timely access to investigations and results of same for hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44316/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I was a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Health when the Committee of Public Accounts was looking at section 38 and section 39 organisations. We have a problem in the sense that over 2,500 organisations are getting funding from the HSE. I remember raising an issue relating to an organisation that I wanted to invite before the Oireachtas Committee on Health but we were advised that we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: The point I was making is that over 2,500 organisations are getting funding from the HSE and the amount involved this year, for instance, is €4 billion. The Committee of Public Accounts at the time was focused on one organisation in particular which meant that the other 2,499 organisations could not be touched by the Joint Committee on Health, which was a problem. That should not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: Some people are saying that we need a change in legislation. Why not look for advice on what changes are required? Then the committee would be in a position to approach all parties to tell them that it has received legal advice to the effect that there is a need for legislative change here and to push for that change, if that is what is required.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I agree with Deputy MacSharry that Deputy Devlin should not be asked to step aside from the Committee on Procedure because he is a member of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for the work done over recent months. There are many more challenges in the months ahead. A few issues are coming up. The first relates to a certificate being issued to people who have received the vaccination. Can we get some clarification on that? Some people seem to be not in favour of this. The second concerns the records of people who have received the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: What is the estimated figure for vaccinations by the end of April if we have the vaccine available on 1 January?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: If it will be mid-February for that cohort, what about healthcare workers? Will they be vaccinated by mid-February as well? I am not trying to tie Professor MacCraith to specific times. The process will start on 1 January, assuming the vaccine is available but obviously if it is not available until 15 January, then everything gets moved forward by 15 days. I am just wondering about the...