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Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: Yes, it is. The Senator should check the figures.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: It is not a fudge. It is an increase of 2,700 in nursing staff in four years.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. I also thank the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, for attending to deal with our questions. A new acute hospital for Cork is proposed in the national development plan. A committee was set up to help identify a site but my understanding is that it has not yet met. Even to identify a site is going to take some time. I am concerned about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: On the winter plan, Nursing Homes Ireland has advised me that, as far back as May or June, it raised the fact that it wanted to be very much involved in working with the HSE on the winter plan. It wrote a letter on 30 September and received a reply on 31 October from the co-chair of the management team advising that its proposals and engagement would be discussed at the meeting in November....

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: I wish to raise a matter raised previously by Senator Devine, who quoted people incorrectly. It is important to realise that between 22 December 2018 and 2 January 2019, there are 12 days. Seven of those are weekends or public holidays. The issue that arises relates to moving people out of hospital and into step-down facilities. What the Taoiseach was referring to is the fact that many...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: That is not true.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Deirdre Hargey, Lord Mayor of Belfast (8 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Lord Mayor and I very much appreciate her taking time out of here very busy schedule to be here. I am a former Lord Mayor of Cork. There are only three cities that have that title, Belfast, Dublin and Cork. I am delighted the Lord Mayor is here as the role of Lord Mayor is about providing leadership right across the community. I know that she has been doing that since she...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for bringing forward this legislation. It is technical in nature and covers a wide range of areas. It is important that we have proper regulation and that there is proper accountability. The Bill will give rise to both. All of the additional professions will be brought within its ambit. It is extremely important that we put in place the necessary regulation.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: I agree with and welcome the proposed amendments. I had the privilege of sitting on a State board, the board of the Port of Cork, as the nominee from Cork City Council for ten years. The board had great responsibility at the time. The Minister is right. This board will have a budget of €17 billion in real terms. It is important that we get the right people in there and that they...

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: I agree with my colleague on the importance of patient advocates. It is also important to realise that this board will manage a budget of €17 billion. Many of these boards often rely greatly on advice from management, particularly from the chief executive. A board member needs to have the capacity to challenge and to make sure that the information that he or she is getting from the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: I join colleagues in congratulating Michael D. Higgins on his re-election as President of Ireland. It is also appropriate to thank the other candidates, including our colleague, Senator Freeman, who took part. I do not necessarily agree with the views expressed by some of the candidates but this is about democracy and people who put their heads above the parapet should be given recognition...

Seanad: Accessibility Issues for Voters with Disabilities: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State and the Department for the work that has been done and I also thank all the people in charge of organising polling stations around the country for elections. I have come across some difficulties, for instance, where artificial ramps have to be put in place but which did not work out on polling day. With increasingly more public buildings having been made more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: One of the matters raised by the physical therapists concerned X-rays and the use of X-ray equipment. Has that been dealt with in the regulation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: It is not in these regulations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: It applies to physiotherapists as it applies to physical therapists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: When is that scope of practice likely to be dealt with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: In the meantime, if somebody provides a service with X-ray facilities, will he or she technically not be entitled to provide it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: To clarify, if a physical therapist or physiotherapist provided services relating to X-rays-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Colm Burke: Yes, and that practitioner has done so for a number of years. May he or she continue doing that?