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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (8 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that he has engaged with both Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork with a view to increasing the number of Irish students that will be accommodated in dental training courses, in view of the fact that over 44% of training positions at the moment are provided to non-European students; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (8 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to ensure there is an increase in qualified people coming into the workforce, in particular those required in essential services such as dentistry, dental hygienists, radiology and radiation therapists, in order to meet the needs of citizens, in view of the fact the population of the country has increased by 43% since...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on a review of planning regulations in relation to a new and separate exempted development threshold for stand-alone nutrient storage, in view that the thresholds and conditions associated with the exemption are practical and enable farmers to make the necessary investment to deliver the required...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have had cardiovascular disease screening carried out on them as part of the opportunistic case finding and chronic disease prevention programme in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to the 30 June 2025, in tabular form; if any general statistics from this data will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 822. To ask the Minister for Health whether the commitment in the new National Sexual Health Strategy 2025-2035 to expand access to existing vaccination programmes in "private settings" includes pharmacy-based vaccination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 823. To ask the Minister for Health whether the commitment in the new National Sexual Health Strategy 2025-2035 to prioritise increased free access to current and future vaccines protecting sexual health will include implementing the NIAC recommendation to provide the HPV vaccine to unvaccinated women under 45 years old who have been treated for CIN lesions, ideally within 48 months of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: There is no national scheme under the ambit of this Department under which communities can apply to become a 'recovery community.' However, the Department is aware of some local initiatives in this field, such as earlier this year Galway was designated as an Inclusive Recovery City. The Galway initiative is aimed at fostering a city-wide culture of inclusion, reducing stigma, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (8 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: The free contraception scheme was launched in September 2022, initially for those aged 17-25. It has been gradually expanded and now includes women aged 17-35 from July 1st, 2024. The scheme is open to women, girls and other people identifying as transgender or non-binary, who are ordinarily resident in Ireland and for whom prescription contraception is deemed suitable by their doctors. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action taken by his Department to monitor the progress of young people who leave the youth diversion programme after their supervision period ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36372/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I come from an area where I was involved in a youth project where young people would have dropped out of school. That is where the problems start arising. We worked very closely with the Garda where we had the young people on a training programme. The people we took in were over 15. It is important to note that in a lot of these cases there is no family support. This is what I am saying...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The work being done by all those people involved in the youth diversion programme is fantastic. They work very hard, also liaising with the Garda. That is what I have found in my experience of working with the local gardaí as regards trying to help people who have dropped out of the education system. One of the problems you find with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process in place within the Irish Prison Service system to co-ordinate services for the person being released, both in respect of their housing needs and the financial aid they require from the Department of Social Protection to ensure they have adequate supports in place when released; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to ensure the TB eradication programme is fully resourced, in view of staff shortages in regional offices which in turn leaves staff unable to carry out thorough investigations in to the cause of breakdowns and to implement a wildlife programme around all TB breakdowns; and if he will make a...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Deputy and very much welcome this debate. As my colleague, Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan, has set out, a major plan, the Cork metropolitan area plan, has been set out and was published on 18 June. Public consultation is currently taking place and it is important that people engage. We are not just planning for the next five or ten years but for the next 50 or 60 years. One of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I was speaking in the Dáil, so I apologise for being late and not being here when the Minister of State was speaking. I wish to touch on the issue of flood risk management. There is quite a variation in real terms between the cost when we start off with most of these projects and the final amount of money paid out. Is anything being done in the Department to examine how it can better...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: An example is the Glashaboy flood relief scheme in my constituency. In fairness, the contractors are doing a very good job. There is a lot of inconvenience for the residents, but it will be a very good job when it is finished. A sum of €9.8 million is mentioned in a document here, but the overall cost of this project will be far more. The total cost was originally estimated at...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: What will the overall cost of this scheme now be?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: The Minister of State will accept the cost in the original proposal when it started off was around €12 million. I know there was quite a lot of delay. This had nothing to do with the Minister of State. It was necessary to go through a procedure of planning and everything else, but the net cost now is going to be €38 million.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Looking at this from an overall perspective, when we start out doing projects, we set out a vision or an idea of an estimate of what the costs will be. It was thought the total cost for this Glashaboy project would have been €12 million, but we are now talking about three times that figure, which is a difference of about 200%.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Is this not a problem when we are trying to deal with the public? We are looking at this from a political point of view. The perception publicly is different to what the Department has to deal with because of what was first announced as the cost of the project rather than being a bit more realistic. I will give an example. I dealt with the project team building a new children's hospital...