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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that has taken place between her Department, Bus Éireann and a school (details supplied) in respect of a number of concerns in relation to a bus route, and a request to reroute same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24293/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm that the regulations and mechanisms are now in place to allow builders to build residential accommodation and receive the subsidy under the recently announced cost-rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24132/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm that his Department has communicated with all of the relevant stakeholders, setting out in detail the regulations which will apply for those who wish to build residential accommodation under the recently announced cost-rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24133/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration would be given to proposals (details supplied) in respect of the interim reconstitution and underplanting scheme (ash dieback); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24286/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration would be given to the establishment of a targeted financial support scheme to safely manage the removal of infected roadside ash trees, to be administered by local authorities, that would assist landowners and farmers in coordinating the safe removal of the trees through financial grants to support them in hiring...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 765. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for the rolling out of post cataract care by the HSE to its primary eye care clinics; if these clinics have the required resources in place for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 766. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether privately owned community optical practices will be included in the rollout of post-cataract care by the HSE to its primary eye care clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24288/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 787. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for managed access protocols, MAPs, medicines that have been approved or rejected in the past 24 months; how Ireland compares with other EU member states regarding the rates of approval for medicines covered by MAPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24384/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 788. To ask the Minister for Health the governance process for deciding on a managed access protocol for a new medicine; the criteria used to inform a managed access protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24385/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the access criteria for managed access protocols, MAPs, across all medicines; if he has considered whether there is sufficient transparency of the MAP process for patients and clinicians, particularly with regards to the rejection of applications; if MAPs should be amended if they are found not to be accommodating to clinicians and patients; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 790. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the review of cardiac services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24387/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 817. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm when all those who have not yet received the pandemic recognition payment but are entitled to it will receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24748/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I have raised this matter previously and I raise it again. It is about the problems being encountered by teachers who provide home tuition because they are treated as self-employed by the Department. Even though the Department pays them, it deducts the tax. They are in category S in relation to PRSI and they have very little access to other services. They do not get paid during the summer...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: It is the employer.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for attending. I want to address the issue of the legal costs. In 2021, the legal costs incurred were €542,000. The figure for 2020 was €925,000. Why are the legal costs in 2020 nearly €1 million? Is there a particular reason for that? Where proceedings are taken against the university, is there any scenario where it would look to the courts...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: PwC got security of costs against the State for €29 million in a case that came up here before the committee. The State had to lodge €29 million in court in order for the case to proceed.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Have there been cases where the university has been successful but it has not recovered costs?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I ask the witness to come back to me on that point. What about my second question on the high costs in 2020?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: We might get a breakdown-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Colm Burke: UL is taking a judicial review with Irish Water. What is up-to-date situation on this?