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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. O'Connor for his presentation. I will be brief. Is the Department satisfied that, if someone decided to challenge the constitutionality of the legislation, we have covered all angles as regards the issue of public areas and the constitutional right to protest and that the legislation would stand up to such a challenge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: Is there any previous legislation of a similar nature dealing with something else where we had to go through the constitutional angle carefully? I am wondering about the previous experience of the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: If we are happy with the constitutional issue and that the legislation is effective, people will always look for alternatives. For example, they might protest outside the houses of staff members or where their children go to school or where a member of their family is working. Are we satisfied that protection against that can be incorporated into this legislation?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action his Department is taking to accommodate homeowners in the conversion of existing domestic heating systems, that is, oil burners and boilers to hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel, in view of the fact that it would assist homeowners in retrofitting their homes more feasibly and the conversion to HVO fuel would...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Banking Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the establishment of a new local community banking system in conjunction with An Post, similar to the successful model of community banking as developed in New Zealand, in view that it would allow all rural post offices to remain viable into the future; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Banking Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to combining credit union services and An Post services in certain rural communities where post offices may not be sustainable on their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify, as part of the new plans for the metropolitan rail network proposed for Cork, the timetable frequency changes that will be required from Mallow to Tralee stations to coincide with increased frequency proposed from Cork to Mallow stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 334. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reclassifying hydrotreated vegetable oil as a home heating fuel, in view of the fact that it is currently rated as a transport fuel and is therefore more expensive to purchase than kerosene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1240/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 645. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the total number of Defence Forces personnel who will receive the Covid pandemic recognition payment in view of the fact that over 2,000 members provided support to essential services, in particular both in our hospitals and in the vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason home tutors who provided tuition under the July provision summer programme have not been paid; if she will clarify when payments will now be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63167/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that her Department is proposing to deal with applications for leave from secondary and primary school teachers given that in cases in which leave is refused teachers are likely to resign and may go to work in other jurisdictions resulting in the loss of teachers who have built up valuable experience to date to the Irish educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to recommendations of a motion (details supplied) whereby post-primary teachers who relocate or transfer to another school would maintain their permanent-CID status and would not lose benefits from their previous role, given the lack of a transfer system for post-primary teachers is a key factor in the current...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 784. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that part-time tutors working with the ETB were not included under the recent national pay agreement for public sector pay increases; if consideration will be given to including them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1894/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the hourly rates of pay for full-time and part-time tutors in the ETB for those who commenced tutoring prior to 2011 and since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1961/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1042. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the granting of interest-free loans to students entering a graduate programme in medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1328/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1043. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to allowing graduate students entering medicine to be treated as undergraduate students in order that they may be eligible for the SUSI grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1329/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1044. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to increasing the number of places in third level institutions for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1330/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1099. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeframe for the processing of citizenship applications; the number of applications processed in each of the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1098/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeframe for the processing of citizenship applications in view of the fact that it is over 35 months since an application (details supplied) was first lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1182. To ask the Minister for Health when the routine eye examinations and glasses for persons with medical cards under the community ophthalmic services scheme fee increase will come into effect; the amount of an increase that there will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63295/22]