Results 1-13 of 13 for sligo speaker:Colm Burke

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: ...challenges we now have in some of these units is that it is a challenge for them even to get consultants for obstetrics and gynaecology. One is talking about units in, for example, Letterkenny, in Sligo and one in Mayo. One is talking about Tralee, Wexford and Clonmel. They are smaller units and they are all finding it difficult now to recruit consultants for obstetrics and gynaecology....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: ...they were appointed at High Court. A new chair has not been appointed. We now have a scenario where there are 838 permanent consultant posts vacant. There is a major concern in places like Donegal, Sligo, Mayo and Kerry, where one in four consultant posts is vacant, but are now it at one in two because they cannot get replacements. What is the problem in appointing a new chair? When...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Colm Burke: We have moved to a situation in four major medical facilities, namely, Donegal, Sligo, Mayo and Kerry, where they cannot get applicants for jobs. Many of the consultant posts are now one in two. What is Mr. Watt's answer for dealing with that issue? We were talking about Sláintecare in the context of having access to services, no matter what part of the country someone is in....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: Some of the areas I am talking about are not very remote. Sligo is not remote in real terms. Neither is Mayo but all of those hospitals, whether it is Letterkenny, Castlebar, all of those have challenges in regard to getting people even to apply for jobs.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 784. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the implementation of the healthcare innovation Sligo cataract scheme nationally in which community optometrists co-work with hospital surgeons in order to improve public eye health and address the waiting list for public eye-care which remains high at 46,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5017/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: ...west Cork. The second is Dripsey, where I come from myself, where over €500,000 was paid for 1.5 acres, which now has a value of €47,500. The third that really sticks out in my mind is the one for Sligo where €11 million was paid for 13 acres of land, the value of which is now estimated at €420,000. It sounds phenomenal that that kind of money was paid out...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Even close to Cork city, which is a fairly big urban area, we were not paying €1 million an acre. I am not taking from Sligo but it seems a phenomenal amount of money.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Colm Burke: ...that people would not be travelling to pubs in such numbers? It would reduce the level of risk. Has that been considered? A seroprevalence study involving 5,000 people was to be carried out in Sligo and Dublin. Have the results of the study been determined? Are they available? I understand it was started more than two months ago. Following on from that issue, in Denmark testing...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors (27 Sep 2017)

Colm Burke: ...have a major problem with smaller hospitals, which are finding it extremely difficult to recruit senior house officers, registrars and senior registrars, particularly in places such as Letterkenny, Sligo, Castlebar, Clonmel, Waterford, Tralee and even Limerick. We need to address this issue, and it is for this reason I have tabled this question. We need major reform in how we provide for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Colm Burke: ...we seem to have come to grips with the nursing issue, where a lot of progress has been made, we have done nothing about the junior doctor issue, especially in the smaller hospitals in Letterkenny, Sligo, Castlebar, Clonmel, Waterford and Tralee, etc. We have had a particular difficulty retaining junior doctors, which is an issue we must address if we want to provide the services people...

Seanad: Critical Health Professionals Bill 2017: Second Stage (4 Apr 2017)

Colm Burke: ...and one weekend in eight. There is a huge difference. There is an argument that inadequate account is taken of the pressures on consultants working in smaller hospitals such as those in Letterkenny, Sligo, Tralee, Waterford or Kilkenny. It is something we need to keep in mind. When we look at the position in other countries, we see the need to be flexible. We must continue to look at...

Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)

Colm Burke: ...basis; - that no decisions on maternity service provision will be made in advance of the publication of the national maternity strategy; - that there are no proposals to downgrade maternity services at Sligo Regional Hospital, Mayo General Hospital, Portiuncula Hospital and Letterkenny General Hospital or other hospitals throughout the country; - that in 2013/2014, 75 doctors are...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: ...and why the specialty is required. In the southern area the patient will be transferred from Waterford or Kerry to Cork, in the northern area to Galway. For instance, a patient in Letterkenny or Sligo will be transferred to Galway where the specialty is required. The medical profession will do everything possible to save the life of the mother and of the unborn.