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Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: Senators Conway-Walsh, Kelleher, Boyhan and Warfield wish to speak.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I will not be limiting the Senator's time in any way.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: It has already been discussed with amendment No. 2.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I join colleagues in thanking everyone involved, including Senators Mark Daly and Lorraine Clifford-Lee, the members of the deaf community and those who have lobbied over the years. I thank the Members who have worked very hard on this important Bill as well as the Minister of State and his departmental officials for getting involved to make it possible to bring forward what is...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (12 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I raise the issue of the delay in the processing of claims before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal which was set up to deal with claims by people who have suffered injury as a result of an assault or a crime committed against them. It came to my attention as a result of a number of colleagues in the legal profession in Cork writing to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (12 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I do not think the reply is good enough. I have been talking to legal colleagues who are frustrated at this. In the case to which I refer, the perpetrator was sentenced in 2012 and is now in comfortable accommodation while the victim is still waiting, not for compensation but to be put back into the position they were in prior to suffering the assault. This person suffered brain injury and...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I am concerned that, in light of comments made in the House this morning, we seem to be going back to the blank cheque attitude regarding budgets. It is important to remind people of where we have come from. Between October 2008 and December 2010 some €12.5 billion was taken out of the budget because the money was not there and an extra €3.8 billion was imposed on taxpayers in...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. The issue of consent is a complex one and it is important we get it right. There has been a great deal of reform in the mental health services in the past 20 years and it is important that those reforms continue. On the broader issue of the health services in general, I am concerned that there is a view being given out, including...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I would like to thank Ms O'Riordan very much for the presentation and the work she and her colleagues are doing in this area. Last week we discussed this whole area of forward planning. We still do not seem to have gotten the message out there about the need for forward planning. I am coming from a legal background. What we find helpful are enduring powers of attorney, and having people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: Could we go back to the issue, which arises, where a problem is identified in a service? An agency might identify the problem but there is no co-operation before the service is cut, and in terms of an alternative replacement for it being identified. That is what I am concerned about, and the issue is beginning to grow. There are clearly defined lines in terms of the role of agencies, with...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I would like to join in the vote of sympathy in relation to the late Liam Cosgrave who made a huge contribution to this country in difficult times. During the ceremony, there were interesting references to Liam Cosgrave's support for the Garda and the Garda's support for him. At an extremely difficult time, this played a major part in making sure we had peace in this country. Liam Cosgrave...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and am delighted he is here to deal with this debate. It is important when we begin to speak about this matter that we consider how far we have come since 2008. In October 2008, there was a €2 billion increase in taxation and €1 billion in cuts. On 7 April 2009, there was an emergency budget that had a €1.8 billion increase...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: She has a lot experience of psychiatric services.

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: One of our colleagues, who is in Fianna Fáil, is a GP from Mayo and he has a lot of experience in GP care in rural area. It is unfortunate that we were all excluded. When considering health care it is important to consider cost efficiencies. One of the big complaints I have heard in the past 12 months has been how we employed an extra 2,000 in the HSE to work in management and...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: They do not have the doctors because-----

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I wish to raise the regulation of home care providers. I published a Bill on the matter which was debated in this House. It was my understanding that the Department was further considering it. It follows on from a report produced by the Law Reform Commission. At the moment, anyone can set up a home care provider company. I know there is a code of practice for home care providers but there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (4 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their contributions and for the work they are doing. As my colleague, Senator Kelleher, who has published her Bill, I have also published a Bill on the regulation of home care providers, which follows on from the Law Reform Commission report. Sometimes people say that we in the Seanad do not do any work but there are two examples of us being proactive in trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (4 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: I was not in favour of that. When it came before the Seanad, unfortunately the Department advised it wanted a further 12 months before it would go forward with the regulation of home care providers. It is an important issue because anyone can set up a home care providing company without restriction. There is a voluntary code but there is no regulation. It is something we need to progress....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (4 Oct 2017)

Colm Burke: Could I raise the issue of regulation of home care providers? Could the draft Bill be given some consideration at a future meeting? I will write formally to request it. Again, I thank Senator Kelleher for the work she has done in bringing forward the Bill. It is not an easy job to bring forward a draft Bill. There is a lot of work in it.