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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: It is a disgraceful comment. Senator Daly is a disgrace.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: Senator Daly is an absolute disgrace.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: There is an appeals process available. Senator Daly does not know the details of how the courts system works.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: Senator Daly does not know how the system works. He does not know how it works.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I will respect the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: Senator Daly has made disgraceful comments.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I have.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: Yes, I do. It relates to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I thank Dr. Pidgeon for her comprehensive presentation. I wish to raise a few issues. I fully accept there are 62,000 nurses and midwives on the register and each one of them has to renew their registration every year. Dr. Pidgeon gave a summary in regard to the people who are qualifying in Ireland and that they registered within 15 working days. That system seems to be very well set...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: The problem now is even if 350 people are approved to come to work in Ireland only 140 places will be available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: We are speaking about an extra 140 places.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I thank the delegations for their presentations and the work they are doing in this area. Obviously, it is a difficult area and will become an increasing one with our growing aging population. Up to 990,000 people will be over 65 by 2030 which will mean there will be a growth in the number of people with dementia. I noticed a significant variation between the number of men and women who...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I was disappointed to hear what Senator Darragh O'Brien said on the transplant issue. I certainly will follow it up, as I will be meeting with the Minister within the next 24 hours on the matter. The employment of consultants is an issue I have raised consistently over the last four years. We face major challenges filling posts over the next two to three years. We also have challenges...

Seanad: Transplant Patient Services: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House. He gave a comprehensive reply when I raised this issue as a Commencement matter. I want to refer again today to the issue of long-term planning and the need to ensure vacancies are flagged at an early stage. I know it is not within the Minister's powers to resolve that immediately. The last time I debated this matter with the Minister, I made the point...

Seanad: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome the legislation. I wish to raise a number of points and deal with some matters that the Minister of State raised. In regard to vacant sites, as someone who has been involved in the legal profession for a long number of years, I have found that sometimes one of the problems associated with development concerns the assembly of a...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I agree with my colleague, Senator Paschal Mooney, on the matter in regard to Amnesty. When it presented its report to the Joint Committee on Health I decided not to comment on it because I felt that the research provided to the committee was not properly done. I have serious reservations about that report which was presented to the Joint Committee on Health and Children. On the pensions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Legal Highs: Discussion (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and the work they are doing in a very difficult area. Their work is of help to a lot of people. Have we any idea of the percentage of young people availing of this drug, although I presume we are talking about any age from 14 or 15 up? I presume it is an illegal high. Is it spreading by word of mouth within communities or are people actively...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (8 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I also welcome the Minister and thank him for dealing with this matter. I have a concern about a vacancy that has arisen at Beaumont Hospital where Professor David Hickey was a consultant for many years and provided an excellent service in carrying out transplants. I understand he has retired and that a second consultant who worked at the hospital has returned to the country. The number...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (8 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: Dr. Hickey took early retirement, but surely this was flagged in the hospital beforehand. Why was there such a delay in advertising for a replacement? What is the HSE now doing? Considering that it took me six months to obtain a list of vacancies from the HSE, it appears that there is no national co-ordination. I asked what consultants were to retire in the following 12 months and in what...

Seanad: Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Bill 2015: Second Stage (8 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and welcome this Bill. As one who has been involved in court procedures I recall dealing with a company in the Minister of State’s constituency. Its first contract was made in Ireland, the matter went to arbitration and we spent 11 days arguing about whether there were one or five contracts. If there were five another two were made in...