Results 2,581-2,600 of 11,255 for speaker:Colm Burke

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Where is the Department with the project relating to the Crawford Art Gallery?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: It will be before the end of this year.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: What is the timescale for the delivery of the project?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: It would be helpful to get that.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Overall, in relation to the projects the Department has for arts, are the witnesses satisfied we are doing enough work in that area? We have many facilities in which no major work has occurred for many years. Are there other projects whose delivery the Department can prioritise at this stage? We have come through ten years in which little work was done because of lack of funding. Are...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Deputy Hourigan mentioned something to me. It appears that I raised this issue on 5 October 2022 when the Department and the board were before the Joint Committee on Health. I asked a specific question about theatres because I was on the board of a hospital where we ran into problems with a theatre being completed. Reading the debate of that committee meeting is interesting, as the answer...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I will quote what I asked them: "At what stage is the development of the 22 operating theatres?" Mr. Phelim Devine replied: The theatres are all constructed. All of the walls have been double-sided and nearly all the services are in, including the lead lining. The ceilings within the theatres are being finished and the pendant supports are all in. The next phase will be to install the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: No, but the Chair might read the reply to the questions I asked. I asked them because of a specific problem I had encountered on the board of the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, where there had been a delay of more than 12 months in getting a piece of equipment. That is why I was specific in my questions. I was not aware of the ventilation issue – it was not raised at...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the safe routes to school programme in Cork, in particular setting out, in tabular form, the number of schools that will be included in the programme; to provide a status update on the roll-out of these projects under round 1 schemes and round 2 schemes in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what engagement has taken place between his Department and the DAA, with a view to having the appropriate level of car parking spaces available in Dublin Airport and Cork Airport ahead of the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30116/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to permitting those who retired early from the public service or State agencies to take up employment again in the public service or State agencies without losing their current public service or State agency pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30292/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Water Services (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given by his Department to engaging with Uisce Éireann with a view to reducing the cost of connection charges for first-time purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a family reunification application by a person (details supplied) will be prioritised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out in detail the evaluation criteria used for the decision-making process for the granting of tree planting licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30294/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if under the new forestry programme 2023-2027, it is intended to maintain the heathlands that emerged following the deforestation of our ancient woodlands or native woodland re-establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department will take to ensure greater funding is provided for parents under the national childcare scheme to reduce the cost of childcare and ensure greater availability of full-time places in childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30287/23]

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: My point is that with the turnover of staff in hospitals, especially in the training hospitals with junior staff in, I am not sure whether they have the required backup support in many cases as regards advice on this issue. One of the issues I have seen on a few occasions is where people have contacted me who have been unhappy about the way the matter was dealt with. I wonder about the...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Okay.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I think the Minister would accept that is a problem. For instance, last year we issued 305,000 new PPS numbers to people from 202 different countries. That shows us the scale of the change that is occurring here, with people coming in from abroad. If there is a tragedy, it is about which immediate family members to contact and ensuring we have adequate structures in place to deal with that...