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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Discussion with Fibromyalgia Sufferers of Ireland and Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland (6 Dec 2012)

Colm Burke: However, six new posts were created. Can an existing paediatrician with experience in this area be assigned to take on some of this workload if there is a difficulty filling the specialised post?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Discussion with Fibromyalgia Sufferers of Ireland and Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland (6 Dec 2012)

Colm Burke: There are 147 paediatric consultants in the State. Surely one of them has experience in this area. Has this been considered if there is a difficult filling the post?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Discussion with Fibromyalgia Sufferers of Ireland and Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland (6 Dec 2012)

Colm Burke: We are in a difficulty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Discussion with Fibromyalgia Sufferers of Ireland and Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland (6 Dec 2012)

Colm Burke: The cross-border directive approved by the EU in 2011 will lead also lead to problems. The Government has 30 months to implement the directive. If the service is not available here, people will have the right to travel to the UK for treatment. Ideally we should try to resolve the problem now rather than letting it drag on. It has already dragged on for three years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Discussion with Fibromyalgia Sufferers of Ireland and Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland (6 Dec 2012)

Colm Burke: At a previous committee meeting, I inquired about vacancies in consultant posts. On 1 January 2011, there were 141 paediatric consultants but by 30 September 2012 there were 147, meaning six new appointments were made. How did a consultant in the area of fibromyalgia and spina bifida slip through the appointment process when it was promised back in 2009? Maybe some clarification should be...

Seanad: Statute of Limitations (Amendment) (Home Remediation-Pyrite) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Dec 2012)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley. His colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy O'Dowd, provided an outline of how it is proposed to deal with this matter. It is important that the resolution committee be put in place at an early date in order that it might begin to deal with the issue. I come from the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: I refer to the comments made earlier by Senator Leyden about the legal profession. I would remind him that it was a member of the legal profession who identified the error that was made-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: -----or the deceit that occurred in this matter. If Senator Leyden applied the same rules to his own party as he seems to have applied to the legal profession this morning I do not think he would be talking that loudly about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: I agree that this matter should be reviewed. Even if the will was registered it would not have identified the changes that were made by the solicitor involved in it. Maybe we should come back to the issue of registration of wills.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: The Senator does not apply the same rules to the leader of his own party.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: The issue of rates is extremely important, as is the way in which local authorities are currently managed. As regards the template involved, if one compares one local authority with another, are we getting the same value for money in different areas? People talk about shops paying ¤4,000 or ¤5,000 in rates, but it is far more than that. In Cork city, for instance, a shoe shop in Patrick...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: My question concerns having a debate on this issue, including not only the reform of local government but also about having value for money in each local authority area. We need to examine this quickly because I am not convinced that we are getting value for money, given the way local authorities are currently run. We need to keep this under constant review.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: It is interesting to hear Senator Cullinane raising the issue of primary care centres. Last week, I raised the issue of a primary care centre in Cork where it was agreed in 2004 that it would be built. Here we are seven years later and it is still not open. The HSE cannot give a date for when it will be opened, yet it paid ¤956,000 for it. It was built four years ago and has been vacant...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: That ¤485 million would be very useful now. I wish to raise the need for all parties involved in elder care-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: I am looking for a debate on the issue, particularly about the need for those involved in care for the elderly - the nursing homes organisations, HIQA, the HSE, the NTPF, the patient organisations and those involved in home packages - to sit down around the table and plan for elder care in the future. We are not doing that; we approaching this in a hit and miss fashion when we must start...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Bill and the Minister of State to the House. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, for the comprehensive overview of the Bill which is welcome. I agree with Senator Norris that the records in regard to abuse indicate that much of it occurred within the family. It is important that this legislation deals with the areas that went unchecked for many years. I recall a case...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion with Minister of State (27 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for a comprehensive overview of the programme in which we will engage for the next six months. On the problem of youth unemployment, which Deputy O'Reilly raised and to which I referred at a meeting this morning, what action does the Minister of State anticipate on this issue in the next six months? While the unemployment rate, especially for those aged under...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: As I said yesterday, the person who was appointed as the chairperson has a lot of experience-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: I do have a question. In this case, the HSE is obliged to carry out an inquiry because it is contracted to provide health care services in this country. A very serious incident occurred where there was a tragic loss of life and therefore the HSE is obliged to carry out an inquiry into what went wrong. The team that has been selected is very experienced and is under the chairmanship of a...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: -----where there were ten maternal deaths in a three-year period. He has a lot of experience.