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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)
Colm Burke: Another problem that arises is when comprehensive medical reports are submitted to the PCRS and it subsequently asks general practitioners to fill out additional forms. This practice is totally unfair on doctors who have enough to do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)
Colm Burke: I wish to come back to the cost of drugs. In the entire period 2000-10, when the cost of drugs increased by more than 230% to 240%, no one flagged this increase, not the medical profession, nor the Department or politicians. Everyone gave the impression that this could continue forever. We are now trying to back-track on it. We have to work on this area. On the discussion about the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)
Colm Burke: I thank Dr. Walley for his presentation. I fully support what was said about the Competition Authority's decision being incorrect. Is the pending legal challenge likely to be heard and dealt with before the end of this year? We need the matter to be clarified. I do not agree with the decision and it has caused a lot of frustration. I want to touch on the cost of health care. In excess...
- Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: On Tuesday, 27 May 2014.
- Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for bringing forward this legislation. It is extremely important that proper regulation be put in place to deal with sunbeds. The Minister said there were approximately 10,000 cases of skin cancer in 2011, which is a huge number. In discussing the health service, people tend to focus on the issues that affect them directly, not realising...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: In the three years before Fianna Fáil left Government-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: I have.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: I welcome the announcement yesterday that the Government is proposing €30 million as a grant towards the rebuilding of Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork? It is a €70 million project. I also welcome the additional money being provided to local authorities to refurbish vacant houses. Over 800 additional vacant houses will be refurbished. My question for the Leader concerns...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: In response to Senator White, in the three years before Fianna Fáil left office, 7,000 jobs were being lost every month. We are now creating ---
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: We are now creating 5,000 jobs a month ---
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: --- or over 1,000 jobs per week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: That is what this Government is now doing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: I do. Yesterday the Government announced funding of €10 million for cycle green ways and a number of other projects in rural areas, including €2 million for Lough Derg development ---
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)
Colm Burke: In the three years before Fianna Fáil left Government ---
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Colm Burke: Some 125 reports - Fianna Fáil must be very proud of this.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Colm Burke: I want to open up the debate on health care because it is important to state the position. There are 11 maternity units in the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Colm Burke: I did not interrupt the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Colm Burke: There are 11 maternity units throughout the country, each of which employes three medical consultants, including an obstetrician and a gynaecologist. I have spoken to a medical practitioner who attended a conference recently at which it emerged that 20 medical consultants were employed at a unit in Denmark at which 3,000 babies were delivered each year. That is one consultant per 150 babies...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Colm Burke: In Ireland-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)
Colm Burke: -----there is one medical consultant to every 500 to 750 babies delivered.