Results 1-13 of 13 for other and baby speaker:Colm Burke

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister and all the Deputies for their contributions to this debate. It is important to discuss the various challenges that exist. While 92.4% of people over 18 years of age have been fully vaccinated, unfortunately, in this case vaccination does not give immunity. Earlier, my colleague outlined how one can be fully vaccinated but still be a carrier of and contract Covid-19....

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I join the Minister and colleagues in conveying my deep concern in regard to what occurred with the disposal of perinatal organs and the hurt and upset caused to the families. It is difficult enough to suffer a loss without having to also deal with what occurred in this case. For most people, the birth of a baby is a happy event. It is also a time of celebration for an entire family....

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: I very much welcome the debate on this report. I begin by suggesting that serious consideration be given to having a national remembrance day for all those who died in the mother and baby homes. It is something that should be considered over the next few months. I want to touch on one or two issues that were raised earlier today. Back in 1974, the former President and then Senator,...

Seanad: Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for coming to the House and for the work she has done. This is a very complicated matter and we need to be upfront and truthful with people. I do not believe that this issue is confined to adoption societies. I know of at least two cases where hospitals were involved. It was a very simple procedure. If Ms X went to have a baby and was advised beforehand that Ms Y was...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Colm Burke: ...for bringing this legislation forward. I pay tribute to her for her five years of work in the health committee under the previous Administration. I am aware of her commitment to this issue and I appreciate the work she has done. I also pay tribute to Senator Ó Ríordáin who did a huge amount of work on this when he was a Minister of State. I thank him for that. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Colm Burke: .... My apologies for not being present for all the presentations. To come back to the comments of my colleague, Deputy O'Connell, on the regulation of home care, I have published a Bill on that and it has been debated in the Seanad. A very comprehensive report on it was produced by the Law Reform Commission. The one problem I had when the debate took place in the Seanad was that there...

Seanad: Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Motion (19 Jul 2016)

Colm Burke: Earlier, speaking on behalf of Sinn Féin, Senator Conway-Walsh said nothing has actually changed. It is important to realise the Social Insurance Fund income and expenditure for 2011 to 2016 showed a deficit of €1.4 billion in 2011, €2.084 billion in 2012 and €1.314 billion in 2013. This year, for the first time in six years, the income will be in excess of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Health Policy (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Burke: I also welcome the Minister of State. I raise this matter following a recent presentation by Professor Michael Turner, UCD professor of obstetrics and gynaecology. He explained how the incidence of neural tube defects, NTDs, varies from 0.05 per 1,000 in some parts of the country to six per 1,000 in others and that there are huge regional and population specific variations. What is of...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Colm Burke: .... In regard to smoking in cars, Senator Crown's proposal was to ban it where there are children in cars but that would be difficult to implement where, for instance, a 17 year old is driving a car and smoking. It would be very difficult to implement in the case of a 17 year old who was driving a car and smoking. There might be some legal complications in that regard. We should ban...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Nov 2012)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for making a decision on the matter. It is welcome. The McKinsey report dates back to 2006. At present three hospitals in Dublin provide child care. It is important that we make the necessary changes because children require specialist treatment. In 2006 the report accepted that one children's hospital would look after children from the...

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (17 Oct 2012)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I thank him for his comprehensive speech on the issue. The Minister of State provided many figures but one interesting comparison was that in 1960 Irish people were consuming 5 litres of alcohol per adult on average. I understand this has increased to 11.9 litres per adult per annum, a remarkable increase. This equates to 482 pints of lager,...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Colm Burke: ...the current situation. The debate has been going on for a long time. In that context, we all must welcome the bringing forward of the proposal just 18 months after the Minister came to office. Other speakers referred to the scaremongering from certain quarters in regard to what is proposed. The Master of the Rotunda Hospital told me last week that some 40 babies are born in that...

Seanad: Symphysiotomy: Statements (16 May 2012)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister and thank her for her comprehensive overview of this issue. I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this important debate. It is necessary that the House recognises the pain and distress which have been suffered and continue to be suffered by women as a result of symphysiotomy procedures which were carried out in Irish hospitals. It is interesting to read a...