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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: I am taking ten minutes. I thank our guests for their presentations this morning and the work they have done over the difficult past four months. I especially thank the front-line staff in all our hospitals and community settings. We are facing new challenges. The hospitals do not have the same capacity because of issues around social distancing and the new processes and procedures that...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: Does there need to be more structured approach to GPs accessing diagnostics? The big complaint I have is that-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: Is the IMO satisfied that this can be fast-tracked in order to help?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: I want go back to the cancer services and how they are coping with the new challenges. What kind of numbers do we need to be able to deal with these new challenges in staffing numbers? Have we looked at what we need in that area and where we can recruit staff from? One of the other issues we have with healthcare is that while everyone is talking about the numbers of people we have in the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: How many SpRs is Ms Clyne talking about?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: Of that number-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: Of the 160?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: Has there been any response from the Department on that matter?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: On the SpRs, is it in all categories?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: In what areas are the SpRs qualified?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: I thank all the witnesses present today for taking the time to be here and for the work they have done over the past four months. I will ask four questions because other members want to get in. First, what is the current advice on the wearing of masks to all staff working in hospitals? Are they required to wear masks at all times within the hospital premises? Second, according to the IMO...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: From this morning's session I understand that people who have completed their training in the past two months have not been offered contracts other than for locum work. There is no forward planning with regard to their full-time employment as consultants in any area.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: Care assistants, cleaning staff, nurses and doctors are not required to wear them when working on a ward.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: There appears to be some confusion about the requirements in some hospitals. People who are visiting hospitals and wearing masks arrive to find that not all staff are wearing masks. I have got a number of phone calls from different areas of Cork on that matter. Can that be clarified?
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scientific Research (14 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: 78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the application by Ireland to become a full member of CERN will be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15526/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (14 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: 158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason driver licence centres will not accept cash; the way in which persons without bank cards are to be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16113/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preparations being made for the development of the north ring road in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14839/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (14 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: 310. To ask the Minister for Finance if immediate action will be taken to eliminate the backlog in the vehicle registration process in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15525/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: 358. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports that will be available to the arts industry following the difficulties posted by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14841/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (14 Jul 2020)
Colm Burke: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional mental health funding will be provided for mental health services for third-level institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14843/20]