Results 101-120 of 994 for cork speaker:Colm Burke

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: ...99.99% of staff are dedicated and committed to the work that they are doing, but they are getting frustrated by not having the infrastructure. That is one of the problems that we now have in the Cork region. We have a significant growth in population but we have not had growth in hospital facilities in the last 23 years. I am wondering about the timescale for this so that we can deal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: Two projects have planning. The paediatric hospital in Cork has full planning. Where are we with that? The second is Mallow General Hospital. A four-storey building has been built, with 24 rooms on floor two, 24 rooms on floor three, and 40 rooms between the ground floor and first floor. Nothing has been decided about what those 40 rooms would be used for. Where are we with that? We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: I am not necessarily talking about Mallow; I am talking about the number of contracted beds. For instance, I had a difficulty trying to get someone who had Huntington's disease out of Cork University Hospital. It was difficult to find a facility that would take that person because of the particular challenges involved. There is no plan to deal with the various challenges that our hospitals...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: We have a problem with rehabilitation, for instance. The only rehabilitation facility is in Dún Laoghaire. There was talk about a rehabilitation facility for Cork 25 years ago. Is that a possibility? I am not talking about a facility for Cork alone, but for Munster. Is it feasible to examine the Mallow project from the point of view of a rehabilitation facility?

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: ...support at home or because there is no step-down facility arranged for them. We need to prioritise step-down facilities and the issue of contracted beds. For example, I was recently dealing with a patient in Cork University Hospital, CUH, who had Huntington's disease. One nursing home already had 12 contracted beds with the HSE and one of the people it had been looking after was a...

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: Will there be connection between the other children’s units around the country as regards computerisation? If I am transferring a child from CUH in Cork to the new hospital, will the records in Cork be computerised and capable of being transferred over?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to confirm how much Government expenditure was spent on tourism supports and projects in Cork in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45753/23]

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: .... Will it be 10,000, 20,000 or 30,000 people this time? We need to call a halt at this stage to what is currently occurring there. The size of Gaza should be remembered. It is the distance from Cork to Youghal, or 41 km long and 10 km wide, with 2.3 million people locked in there. It can be imagined how we would react if 2.3 million Irish people were locked into that small block of...

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: ...most. Much work needs to be done in the area. Much work must also be done on home care. We need a more attractive package to be available to get more people into providing home care. Take the figures in the Cork and Kerry south-west region. Over 1,800 people were employed by the HSE to provide home care two years ago. We lost 400 of those. To be fair to the HSE, it has recruited...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (17 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of funding applications made by Cork County Council to his Department in respect of the Old Pier at Keelbeg, Union Hall, County Cork, in tabular form, over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45198/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: The second-biggest city in Northern Ireland, Derry, has fewer than 6,000 third level students, whereas 35,000 to 40,000 students have descended on our second-biggest city, Cork, and are attending Munster Technological University or University College Cork. What commitment can we give to try to assist in the development of a major third level institution in the second-biggest city in Northern...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation (11 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 43. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created by year in Cork from 1 January 2018 to the most up-to-date figures available for 2023 [44405/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: The population has increased by 1.5 million in the past 20 years, or 40%, and there is a need to fast-track the delivery of medical facilities. An increase of 1.5 million people is huge. In Cork, for instance, we have planning for a new paediatric unit and there is also the issue regarding the delivery of elective hospitals. We need now to respond. As the Tánaiste said earlier, there...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to progress the north ring road in Cork city; what level of funding will be allocated for the coming year, in view of the large volume of traffic which is now forced to travel through Mayfield, including traffic heading for the port facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43081/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to improve the bus service in Cork in view that there are recurring issues with reliability and capacity; if additional funding will be provided to improve the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43199/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: ...challenge is getting staff. The issue of the number of beds that are occupied by people who could have been discharged consistently comes up. For instance, I knew of three people at one stage in Cork University Hospital, CUH, who could have been discharged. In fact, one was in hospital for 12 months more than he should have been. It was just trying to get a facility that would accept...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: ...an assessment and give guidance on how to care for the patient, rather than transferring the patient. Is that now in place in all our health areas across the country? I know it is in place in the Cork-Kerry region. I know it is in St. Vincent’s, Dublin, which initially did it during Covid-19. Can we have it in place everywhere that a team will be available from the hospital,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: ...as I understand, is to do with the salaries they are paid. They are moving on to other jobs and the numbers coming through the training system are not adequate to replace those who have left. In Cork, for instance, there is a 48% shortfall in the number of radiation therapists who should be in place. The staffing level is only half what it should be. Are people aware of this? How will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: ...the number of training places for radiation therapists? Even if we start increasing the numbers now, it will take four years to address the gap. At the moment, that gap is huge, including in Cork, where there is a shortfall of 48% in staff numbers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: On the issue of the elective hospitals and where we are with them, I know that it is with the design team. We are under pressure in relation to services in Cork. Where are we with the elective hospital issue in Cork? We have identified a site and a design team was appointed. Where are we with it now? The second issue I want to touch on is that of HSE staff with long Covid. I know that...