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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their overview and the work that has been done in this area. An area that has not been brought up previously is people who provide scanning services. There does not appear to be any regulation of this. I have come across a number of cases recently, in particular outside of Dublin, in which scanning services were provided. I heard of one case recently in which a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Burke: No. People are providing pregnancy scans and so on, giving out information and offering scanning services, especially outside of Dublin, which are not attached to any medical practice. It is happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Burke: I am not sure. They may have qualified in other jurisdictions, not necessarily in Ireland or England, but they are now offering scanning services. There is a question mark that, since they are not attached to a hospital or any kind of medical facility, if negative news is being given to patients, the support is not there for them. Their view is that they are only providing a service and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Burke: I do not believe it is a licensing issue where people are offering scanning services. Is there any supervisory structure in place in this area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Burke: My concern is that it is not regulated such that anyone from eastern Europe can come here and offer services. I am not questioning the qualifications of anyone from eastern Europe but there are services operating here that have no connection to any of our public or private hospitals.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2018)

Colm Burke: I reiterate what my colleagues have said and thank all the people who worked in the health care sector over the last week, including people who had to stay in hospitals because they were not able to travel and, more importantly, because they wanted to provide care to patients in hospitals. There were many people working in psychiatric services, in general hospitals and in all hospitals...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Very briefly, I join colleagues in wishing Senator Ó Clochartaigh well. I think everyone of us is here with the sole ambition to effect change to make people's lives better and deliver better services. Every time Senator Ó Clochartaigh spoke it was about trying to improve a situation and to effect that change. Some of us will leave this House without being able to have the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their contributions and for the work they are doing in this complex area. Deputy Kelleher has put many of the questions I wanted to ask, but I would like to address the issue of people travelling abroad. How many people travel abroad for IVF treatment, surrogacy and egg donation? Is there any way to establish the figures? One of the complaints that is made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Chairman, in respect of the numbers travelling abroad, do the witnesses have any idea of the number who travel abroad?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Could I just ask Dr. Wingfield, in relation to the legislation and the ongoing communication with the Department of Health, if there is a structure in place in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Has a recent request been sent in for a meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Has there been a recent request?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Was a recent request sent to the Department to meet on this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: It is important that we would encourage the Department of Health to engage with the witnesses because this is a complex area and they are the people who are working at the coalface who know the complications. To go back to my own profession, when we were dealing with the legislation to regulate solicitors the Law Society had ongoing communication with the Department of Justice and Equality...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: What is going to happen is that we will publish a Bill and there will be a whole lot of amendments and the process will go on for ages, whereas we could fast-track the process but proceeding as outlined.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: I wish to raise an issue referred to in an article on the front page of today's edition of the Irish Examiner, which reported on the measles outbreak in Limerick. It identifies 18 out of the 20 people affected as having not been vaccinated. It highlights the importance of vaccination in that whole area. The uptake of measles vaccination over recent years has decreased. We need to reach a...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: Senator Paul Gavan spoke against tax cuts, but one of the problems in the recruitment of junior doctors to the health service is that they pay tax at the higher rate on earnings above €34,550. Everyone wants more doctors and nurses, but more and more are leaving the country because, under the tax regime, they pay tax at the higher rate on too low a salary. It is time people made up...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for the coming to the House to deal with this important issue. I thank him and all the staff in his Department for the work they are doing. It is always a complex issue when dealing with trying to alleviate flooding. There are many of parties involved from landowners to property owners to local authorities and other authorities. We need to approach this issue...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: To clarify, subject to the Minister of State's approval, I believe time will be set aside for the Minister of State to respond. If other Members wish to contribute-----

Seanad: Versatis Medicated Plasters: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Colm Burke: I propose that I take five minutes and Senator Mulherin takes the remaining three minutes.