Results 8,021-8,040 of 11,246 for speaker:Colm Burke
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: With regard to the IT system, I understand that maternity services have been computerised and that this is progressing section by section within the health system. What progress has been made over the past two years?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: I understand that over the past three years, this system of computerisation of patient records has been developed across all the maternity hospitals.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: I thank each of the witnesses for their presentations and the work they have done over what has been a very difficult four months. The impression being given by some members is that today we could tell the private hospitals we want all their beds and tomorrow we could tell them that we are sorry, we do not need them. It is wrong that this kind of impression is being given out, and Mr....
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: As part of the agreement, my understanding is that if Mr. Breslin wanted it to end after the three-month period, he would have to give a month's notice, which has now been given. Am I correct in saying that?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: In other words, it is incorrect to give the impression, which some people seem to be trying to do, that this was just dreamed up overnight and there was actually quite a careful plan put in place.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: I will move on to the issue of using the facilities for the next four weeks. We had an example in Cork where, more than 12 months ago, we had a particular problem on access to gynaecological services. We had more than 4,500 people on a waiting list, and a lot of these were day care procedures. Have we identified any list at this stage with regard to particular areas where we can use the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: To go back to the other issue in relation to elective hospitals, we have identified clearly that there is a need to build three elective hospitals and that has been identified for some time. In Cork there is much land owned by the HSE. Sarsfieldscourt is a site that could be immediately fast-tracked. Is there any plan at this stage to look again at fast-tracking that, now that we are going...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: Have we timelines and, if so, can we bring forward those timelines?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: In view of what has now occurred and given that the population of Cork has increased by more than 120,000 over the last number of years - it has gone from about 410,000 to 542,000 and it is growing - can we now bring forward those timelines? We had to take over two private hospitals, the Bon Secours and the Mater Private, in order to deal with this coronavirus.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: Can we get an idea of timelines?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: Okay. Given the difficult times in respect of some of our nursing homes, do we have a difficulty moving people out of hospitals? How many beds are currently occupied by people who really should be in step-down facilities? How fast can we deal with that issue in order to create the capacity for procedures patients now require?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: Can we get deadlines for bringing it back down to where it was?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: I will speak for ten minutes. I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for all of the work that has been done in recent months. I dealt with a number of cases where the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was of great assistance, in particular, involving people who were in Nepal, which is not the easiest place to get in or out of. As a result of co-operation between the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: What about work with the airline companies and the ferry companies on what additional supports they are providing to facilitate staff when they arrive back home?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: I refer to the need for public transport. There may be different peak hours now. Has there been a discussion on that? It may not be Mr. Breslin's area. It may be for the National Transport Authority.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: I also asked about people travelling into Northern Ireland.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: Is there any process in place to convey the information gathered in Northern Ireland about a person coming into that jurisdiction who clearly indicates that he or she is travelling to the South and who undertakes to self-isolate in the South?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: I know but is there a process in place to exchange information with regard to people who travel to Northern Ireland from outside the UK before travelling to the South?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: Is there any process in place to share information?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)
Colm Burke: There is no process in place at the moment.