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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: The strategy for the neurorehabilitation and community-based teams is very welcome. I think the right approach has been taken. Multiple Sclerosis Ireland, MS Ireland, has also proposed a community-based service to reduce the number of people having to go to hospital for their care. Where are we with that proposal? It has set out a very detailed proposal, with nine people being appointed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: MS Ireland has shown that it has worked very successfully in Galway where people are treated outside of the hospital setting and as a result, the time that people spend in hospital is greatly reduced, leading to less demand on the hospital services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Mr. Gloster made reference to the 1.6 million unscheduled attendances in hospital. That figure has not improved over the last 20 years. It is getting worse and worse. People are being referred from nursing homes into hospitals. When this happens, the person often ends up in the accident and emergency department of the hospital. Can we set up a different structure for dealing with that?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Gloster accept that referring someone whose health has disimproved from a nursing home to an accident and emergency department is not the way to deal with it? Is it not time to look for a new structure to deal with this? Can we have that in place reasonably soon? Quite a number of families have come back to me querying whether the right decision was made in referring the person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Is it possible to roll that out in the rest of the country?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the interest rate that will be charged on the balance of tax liabilities which were deferred under the debt warehousing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25152/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the amount in tax liabilities that was deferred via the debt warehousing scheme from when it was implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25153/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown per sector, to include multinationals, retail and hospitality, on the amount in tax liabilities that was deferred via the debt warehousing scheme from when it was implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in respect of his Department's plans to increase and improve community safety, in particular the provision of community policing teams in local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if general employment permit holders, their agencies and employers have been made aware of recent amendments to the salary requirements of the sponsor when applying for a family reunification visa after one year's service, wherein the net income per week based on the working family payment has increased, in view of the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the reason that only five afforestation licences have been granted to date in 2023; the number of afforestation licences granted in the same time period in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25151/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (24 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current position within his Department and the HSE in respect of developing a rehabilitation facility in Cork, in particular in view of the new modular hospital which has been built in Mallow which has capacity to take 40 rehabilitation patients if the required staff were employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25324/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I would like to support my colleague on this matter. There was huge commitment and dedication by medical staff throughout the Covid period. There were there to do the best possible job for people who had Covid or other medical care requirements. People contracted it as a result of their commitment. We cannot ignore that some people have long Covid. They contracted it in their place of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I welcome this decision. There are quite a number of DEIS schools in my constituency of Cork North-Central. I welcome the fact that the hot meals programme will be available in all DEIS schools from September. One problem with rolling out and expanding the programme is that we started off in 2020 with 30 schools on the hot meals programme. Now it is up to 500 but the Minister believes we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I recall being involved in a pilot project which provided meals at breakfast time when the children came into school. That had a huge effect in getting children into school. Likewise I believe this programme will have a huge advantage for schools, especially DEIS schools. I very much welcome the decision. I hope that all the schools being targeted will be able to offer hot meals from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made in expanding the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24392/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I ask the Minister to outline the progress that has been made in expanding the hot school meals programme and to make a statement on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm the number of people who benefitted from the social protection lump sum payments; if further cost-of-living measures will be considered going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24393/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will engage with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland with a view to altering the cut-off date for the solar electricity grant to accommodate householders who would have qualified if the property had been completed prior to 31 December 2020, but their completion was delayed due to the Covid-19...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 257. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to businesses which were established under the last 12 months and therefore, do not qualify for the temporary business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24065/23]