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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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: 550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has been included in the school building programme for 2020/2021; if so, if it will be allowed to proceed to tender stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14851/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: 683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of management of a school (details supplied) will be entitled to rent additional space in order to accommodate the students in the school in a safe manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16112/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: 968. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an appointments system will be instituted in Anglesea Street, Cork, for the renewal of visas rather than a queueing system in view of social distancing concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16114/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: 974. To ask the Minister for Health if holidaymakers from abroad are to spend 14 days in self-isolation on arrival; if there are legal repercussions arising from a breach of this 14-day period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14842/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Regional Service Plans (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: 1024. To ask the Minister for Health the expected start date for development of a new elective hospital in Cork city; the possible locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14840/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: 1199. To ask the Minister for Health if building work is progressing on the new national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15532/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Waste Disposal (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: 1292. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the HSE to put in place a national medicines recycling programme known as DUMP in accordance with the proposal made by a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15941/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for appearing to give us their views and advice on the challenging times we have experienced in the past three or four months. One of the problems I am coming across is that of young people aged over 18 who have challenges, either depression or mental health problems, and are distancing themselves from their parents. The parents, who want to give support, find it...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Is that an area on which we should do more work? In the case I found, the parents found themselves locked out. They could not get any information. They wanted to give supports but found they were hitting a blank wall in that regard. Should we have a more constructive mechanism in place to assist in that situation?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I want to move on to the Mental Health Reform report. Paragraph 2.5 states that many of the participants in a survey advised that they were no longer accessing treatment and were less likely to seek help from a GP, community mental health service, charity or voluntary organisation. In that survey, were people asked the reasons they would no longer engage with any of the services?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Ms Mitchell talks about the increased demand. How will she deliver on that demand if people who had already engaged with the service no longer want to engage with the same services they did previously? How does she now deal with that issue?