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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all payments due under the contract for the erection of a new school (details supplied) will be brought up to date in view of the fact the most recent request for payment was submitted in January 2023 but has not been paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a modular unit will be provided at a school (details supplied), given that it has been sanctioned for a third ASD class and will require this additional space in order to accommodate these students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21639/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action his Department is taking to reduce the eight-month waiting time for the processing of visa application appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21133/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to remedy the situation in which a person who has forestry land and the Forestry Service has refused to grant them a forest road licence in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21134/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to assist forestry owners who now find themselves in the position where they have been granted a felling licence but are having issues being granted a forest road licence as a result of changes to environmental policies, in particular with regard to watercourses; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to ensure that forestry owners who have made financial investments in forestry will not encounter issues in future with regards to the issuing of forestry roads licences, in view of changes to environmental policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21136/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider setting up a working group to examine the feasibility of introducing a prescription card to record all medications issued within a particular time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21612/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for codeine as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility, or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date, according to age group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21613/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data regarding the number of deaths recorded as a codeine-related overdose from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21614/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Covid bonus payment for a group (details supplied). [21693/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Gleeson for the presentation. I will focus on expenditure on the bovine TB eradication programme. My understanding is that between 2021 and 2030, it is expected the programme will cost around €1 billion in real terms, not totally from the Department but between the contribution from farmers and the Department. This is a scheme that is in place for more than 60 years at...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: One of the problems is that farming units have got bigger. Where previously farmers might have had 45 or 50 cows, they could now have between 200 and 500 animals. Given that we are talking about locking up an entire herd, there are huge additional costs for the people affected. Therefore, we need to see how we can progress it further because it is having a detrimental effect.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: We seemed to have had a lower rate in the late 1980s and early 1990s but it has come back up again. Is there a particular reason for that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: There have been changes in that area as well. When this was raised with me I looked into it and I discovered that there is an issue in relation to genomic testing. If one does the analysis on breeding bulls, for instance, one can actually decide to take certain bulls out because the calves from those bulls can have a higher likelihood of getting TB if it enters the herd. What progress can...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Does Dr. Fanning think we can fast-track that and do a lot more work on it in order to improve the situation? We have been talking about TB for 60 years at this stage. If one takes brucellosis, for example, we seem to have been able to deal with it far more effectively. It was a huge challenge for the Department and the veterinary profession but it was dealt with effectively. We do not...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: In terms of planning, we had fires in the Killarney lakes area. As a result, deer travelled east and then there was a huge increase in TB in that stretch from Killarney to Macroom. What action did the Department take once that issue was identified? What did the Department do to try to control that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: There is clear evidence in this stretch from Killarney, through Millstreet, to Macroom. There has been a huge increase as a result of more deer coming into that area. The view is that the deer moved because of the damage done by fires around the Killarney lakes area. What action did the Department take to deal with that issue? We now have a whole lot of farms locked up as a result of it.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I want to go back to the TB issue and the progress that can be made over the next decade. Almost €1 billion will be spent between 2021 and 2030. What can we do to make better progress? Is there a clear plan set out by the Department to improve testing and address the issue of genomics and other relevant issues? On the basis of the scientific evidence that is now there, what is the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Let us say the Department is back here in four years. Does Dr. Fanning believe we will have made progress on this issue? Will we have reduced the number of farms that have to be locked up on a year-to-year basis? Does Dr. Fanning honestly believe that we will have made progress on that in a four- or five-year period?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I want to move on to forestry and the difficulties we have had in the sector. In 2021, for example, less than half of the target area was planted. What changes have we made in this area? We have significant targets to reach. What can we do to deal with the issues? There were large numbers of objections, right across the board, to applications for planting, felling licences, road-opening...