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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2013)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for meeting us this morning and for the contributions they make on a daily basis to the members of their organisations. In regard to the comparison of home care packages with the fair deal scheme, we will face a serious problem in this country over the next 17 years as the number of people aged over 65 years increases from 500,000 to 900,000. We need to start long-term...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Exchange of Views: Discussion with Turkish Parliamentary Delegation (25 Sep 2013)

Colm Burke: I welcome the delegation. My question is about trade relations between Turkey and the European Union overall. The advantage of trade relations is that dealing in goods between countries can be developed into wider relationships between people. What is the current position as regards access to the European Union market? The EU has trade agreements with China from which we are getting a...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2013)

Colm Burke: It is important to give recognition to the three students from Kinsale, Ciara Judge, Emer Hickey and Sophie Healy-Thow, who won the BT Young Scientist competition in Ireland and went on to win the European Young Scientist Finals. It is important to give recognition to the students and to teachers for their commitment in preparing for the young scientist competition in Ireland and at European...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act (Commencement) Order 2013: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for his detailed statement on this matter. It is important that we have a proper legislative structure for this inquiry, as provided for in these provisions. I come from a legal background and was active in that profession in the period from 2000 to 2010 when so many changes took place. It is clear that the banking sector was effectively left to run wild as regards to...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act (Commencement) Order 2013: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Colm Burke: So did I, but they certainly took place and, unfortunately, were allowed to continue in the absence of adequate checks and balances. I happened to be in China in 2005 meeting an Irish lawyer based in Hong Kong who talked to me about the collapse of the property market in 1997 in Hong Kong, when property prices decreased by 70%. The interesting point is that the number of legal practices in...

Seanad: EU Directive on Patients Rights in Cross-Border Health Care: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister, Deputy Reilly. That concludes statements.

Seanad: EU Directive on Patients Rights in Cross-Border Health Care: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for taking the time to deal with this matter and give a very comprehensive overview of the directive. I have a personal interest in the directive. I apologise to Senator MacSharry for remarking to the Minister that Ministers here get off lightly because when this was being dealt with in the European Parliament, more than 400 amendments were...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Colm Burke: I join with Senator Leyden in condemning the atrocity in the shopping centre in Nairobi. What is really sad about the matter is the fact that all of those killed are innocent people who had nothing to do with conflict in any of the adjoining countries. What really brought it home to me is that a member of my own family, someone who lives there and who goes to that shopping centre, was in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Work Programme, Disability Services and Related Issues: Discussion with HIQA (12 Sep 2013)

Colm Burke: In respect of morale, does Dr. Cooper find a higher incidence of non-compliance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Work Programme, Disability Services and Related Issues: Discussion with HIQA (12 Sep 2013)

Colm Burke: I thank Dr. Cooper and her colleagues for the presentation which stated that 242 cases of MRSA have been identified. Is there a set pattern in terms of the type of hospital or institution where it arose? Does the prevalence of MRSA depend on the number of patients in a unit? Does it depend on the type of medical care being provided, for example, elderly care, maternity care or psychiatric...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Colm Burke: The Senator said that already.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Colm Burke: The Fianna Fáil spokesman on health is not here.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Colm Burke: The motion before us here today is that Statutory Instrument No. 325 of 2012 be annulled. No new written alternative to replace this detailed statutory instrument has been put forward by the proposers or by any other third party. In opening my speech in this debate, it would be appropriate to quote Ms Phyllis Cunningham, who for the past 26 years has been deeply involved in all aspects of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: In fairness to everyone in the HSE, I have come across an individual who held a medical card for three years despite having a weekly income of €300 more than the qualifying criteria for medical cards and not suffering any illness. This individual could not understand why the card was not renewed. Let us get the correct information out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I asked a question about the number of contracts filled by agencies as opposed to contracts with the HSE.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Tony O'Brien and the Minister for their presentations. I also thank the Minister and Ministers of State for enduring four days of misinformation in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I am slowly recovering from those four days of hearings. I thank the HSE for furnishing replies to the questions that I tabled. I wish to return to the junior doctor issue. My question No. 9 referred to the agency costs for 2012 and the first five months of 2013. My calculations indicate, including the first five months of 2013, that we will pay well in excess of what we paid last year...

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cúirt Achomhairc) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House. I welcome this proposal to amend the Constitution and to set up a court of appeal. In regard to the court system, as far back as 1994 I recall we had a problem in Cork where there were over 6,000 cases on the personal injury waiting list for a hearing in the High Court. I remember being on a "Morning Ireland" show with the Minister at the time, Deputy...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: The Senator's party did nothing for ten years on this issue.