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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Is it not something that should be looked at?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Especially where there is an area with little opportunity for people to buy themselves and to move back into their own home area. Many would have been involved in sports organisations and community groups in the area. They could not get a house locally and had to move ten miles out, then when they got the opportunity, it was suddenly swiped from them again.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Chair.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Could I raise the issue of the National Treatment Purchase Fund? It has overall responsibility for negotiating under the fair deal scheme. As the Chair knows, up to €1.5 billion, which is up from €1 billion, is now being expended on nursing home care. This matter also concerns work sent from the HSE to private hospitals. I am not sure whether we can get in witnesses from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I agree that we need to examine this issue. When the scheme was introduced, over 20 years ago, I felt it would never work. It was fine when rents were reasonably low but it did not factor in the situation when rent would start to rise. It was a little different from about 2008 and 2009 on, when there was no money to buy housing, but the circumstances have now changed totally. There is now...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: And there is nothing to show for it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 40. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the date when the four-storey building attached to Mallow Hospital will be completed, taking into account that it is to accommodate 48 hospital beds on floors two and three; if he will confirm that the 40 rooms between the ground floor and the first floor will be utilised for patients that require rehabilitation; when it is expected that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 45. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the 240 beds which have been lost in public nursing homes and community hospitals in the Cork-Kerry region due to reconfiguration in the past four years, will be replaced by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26605/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he has taken to date in increasing apprenticeship places, as well as their starting remuneration; his upcoming plans in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26603/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm when a school (details supplied) can progress to construction for a three-classroom extension; the current status of the project; the reason for delays in this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26769/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm the progress that has been made to date in respect of having a single application process, both for employment permits and entry visa applications; if an interdepartmental group has been established between her Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to review same; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 326. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update regarding the proposals for a national screening programme for generic haemochromatosis in primary and hospital care settings, submitted to the National Screening Advisory Committee in January 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26771/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that he will review the decision to appoint HSE enhanced community care consultants to model 4 hospitals only in view of the fact that the model 2 and model 3 hospitals are delivering a comprehensive range of health services to people who are residing in their immediate catchment area without the necessity of them having to travel model 4...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have availed of the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme since it commenced in 2021, including a breakdown of the type of treatment received, and the hospital where treatment was received, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26821/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have availed of the Republic of Ireland reimbursement scheme since it commenced in 2021, including a breakdown of the type of treatment received, and the hospital where the treatment was received, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26822/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people from each county who have availed of the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme since it commenced in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26823/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 403. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will confirm whether she will provide grants for agricultural shows, in view of the fact that these shows promote community involvement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26893/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Can I raise the shortage of radiation therapists? I understand there is a 34% shortfall and, as a result, four machines, which are extremely expensive, are not being used. Will the Minister work with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Simon Harris, to increase the number of training places? There are currently only 30 training places in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and their work in this area in reviewing what was put in place in 2018 and came into place in 2019. In real terms, that is a short time period and the scene has changed substantially. I have concerns about two areas. One is whether the witnesses are satisfied that adequate support services for women who have terminations are provided by GPs and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes.