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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: The next issue I want to raise is one I have raised previously and it is the ratio of people employed in public nursing homes and the number of beds available. My understanding is that in quite a number of public nursing homes, the number of beds was reduced but the staffing levels were not reduced. There was one nursing home in particular in the Laois-Offaly area that I raised. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: It would be helpful, and Mr. Gloster may not be able to give it to me this morning, if we got a comparison of the number of public beds being used throughout the country in 2019 and the number of public beds available now in public nursing homes, and the staff ratio. This is relevant when we are speaking about an embargo. Crucial services that may need additional staff are prevented from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: I want to ask about the number of beds in public nursing homes now and whether they are respite beds or long-term beds. Can we get a breakdown of this per health area? I would also like a comparison with 2019.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: There is growth in the population age group and people are surviving longer. Despite all of the criticism of our health service, we now have 800,000 people over the age of 66. Within six years it will be 1 million people. In fairness, this is due to a large degree to the health service we have. Life expectancy has changed quite a bit and has improved. We will need a long-term plan to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: With regard to rehabilitation, I have raised the issue of the new hospital that has been built in Mallow. There are 48 beds or rooms available for hospital use and there are also another 40 rooms. On the previous occasion I raised this issue, there was no outline on what these 40 rooms will be used for. Has this issue been progressed at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: This facility is lying idle. Are we speaking about doing something with it? Obviously, it will not happen in 2023. Will we see any plan in 2024? We do have a challenge in rehabilitation care. Dún Laoghaire is the only facility available. St. Finbarr's in Cork provides a very good service but it is under pressure at all times.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: The facility the HSE has acquired in the Blarney golf links hotel has had 50 beds developed. When are we likely to see these being fully operational?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: There are now three facilities in my constituency of Cork North-Central. Mallow hospital has 40 rooms, Blarney golf links hotel has 50 rooms and St. Mary's Health Campus has another 60 rooms. When are these likely to be fully operational?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: There were 50 beds there and a major extension has been built with an additional 60 beds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: What number do we now have there? Can we use the facility to full capacity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: It is St Mary's in Gurranabraher.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Departments plans to modernise the Irish Defence Forces equipment and technology; what portion of the €1.23 billion allocated to the Defence Forces in Budget 2024 will be assigned to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50897/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Collins Barracks, Cork will be the location of the headquarters of the military formation that will control military operations in the southern region of the country, in the new Defence Forces structure that emerges as a result of the recommendations set out in the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to local authorities introducing a staged payments method for drawing down the vacant property grant which would allow for easier access to funds for those that are eligible for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm what the funding applications were for in respect of the applications made by Cork County Council to his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and 2023 for the Old Pier at Keelbeg, Union Hall, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 572. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the instructions given to the HSE concerning the level of spend on new medicines as set out in the letter of determination concerning Budget 2023, Budget 2022 and Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51076/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 573. To ask the Minister for Health the reason health technology assessments for medicinal products only consider clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and budget impact when assessing a medicines’ value; the reason other elements of the general criteria for assessing a medicine under section 19 of the Health Act 2004 are not considered, including the health needs of the public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 574. To ask the Minister for Health if any health technology assessments regarding individual medicines have been subject to external review or audit, or if any international comparisons have been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51078/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 575. To ask the Minister for Health if any quality adjusted life-year thresholds are being applied to medicines assessment and reimbursement currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51079/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 576. To ask the Minister for Health the level of VAT payments made by the HSE’s corporate pharmaceutical unit to the Revenue Commissioners in 2022 relating to the supply of medicinal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51080/23]