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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: Dr. O'Dwyer accepts there is a problem, particularly at weekends, getting access to GPs. Three to four crucial hours may be missed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: With regard to the identification of sepsis, has any study been done from the time a person is admitted to hospital where he or she might have come in with some other complaint to the time that sepsis is then identified? Is there any information showing how quickly sepsis can be identified? Is a study ongoing with regard to this issue?
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 476. To ask the Minister for Health to take the necessary steps to ensure that the individual placement and support service is equally accessible for people with mental health difficulties throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49876/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 511. To ask the Minister for Health to outline in detail what new resources have been allocated to Traveller health, including resources to support implementation of the National Traveller Health Action Plan, in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49493/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 574. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the consultation process which is planned to begin on 7 November 2023 in respect of the new Tobacco Products Bill, as announced by him on 12 October 2023 at a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49820/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to ringfencing 10% of the health budget for mental health to bring the State into line with international standards, in view of the fact that the United Kingdom spends almost 15% and France over 14% in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49867/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the position of National Lead for Mental Health within the HSE to ensure oversight and improvement in mental services across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49868/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 584. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set aside funding for the provision of an independent advocacy service for children and adults dealing with mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49869/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set aside dedicated funding to secure multi-annual funding for the support of the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49870/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set aside funding to address the impact of and prevailing mental crisis arising from COVID; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49871/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 587. To ask the Minister for Health what steps he has taken to date/will take to improve mental health services for priority groups such as individuals in ethnic minority communities, the Traveller Community, people in prison and LGBTI communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49872/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 588. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps that he will take to address the growing numbers on waiting lists within the CAMHS services, considering that there was an almost 60% increase in waiting list numbers between 2020-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49873/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 589. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that additional resources are put in place to facilitate the changes that will be brought about by the upcoming reform of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49874/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: 590. To ask the Minister for Health to give due consideration to set aside dedicated funding for National Clinical Programmes in relation to Women’s Mental Health, Eating Disorders, and Dual Diagnosis (self-harm/suicide and homelessness). [49875/23]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (9 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: I welcome the second-last paragraph of the Minister of State's reply, which states that the Minister intends to bring forward an amendment on Report Stage of the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023. The problem is that all the GPs who signed the contract understood that when they got income under the GMS scheme, it could go into the partnership account. The practitioners are not looking for such...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (9 Nov 2023)
Colm Burke: A large number of GPs have contacted me on this issue and I have met some of them. What normally happens with GPs in the general medical scheme, GMS, who are in a partnership practice is that the money comes into the practice, it is lodged into the practice account and GPs pay tax on the basis of the salary drawn from the practice. That is under strict guidance of the accountancy practice...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Financial Statements 2022: Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8: Performance of Certain Residential Retrofit Schemes (9 Nov 2023) Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. On the national broadband plan, how many houses or residents have been reached at this stage? Is it 50% or 40%?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Financial Statements 2022: Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8: Performance of Certain Residential Retrofit Schemes (9 Nov 2023) Colm Burke: Between now and the end of 2024, what percentage will we have achieved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Financial Statements 2022: Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8: Performance of Certain Residential Retrofit Schemes (9 Nov 2023) Colm Burke: What is the timescale for the remaining 50%?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Financial Statements 2022: Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8: Performance of Certain Residential Retrofit Schemes (9 Nov 2023) Colm Burke: Is Ms Buckley satisfied that we are making progress?