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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Are we talking about 100, 200 or absolutely nothing? If we do not see figures, we have no evidence the backup support is working.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 36. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, in conjunction with the HSE, has been in communication with the Health Products Regulatory Authority with respect to ongoing medicine shortages as outlined on the HPRA website (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61134/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the funding provided by his Department to Teagasc for the acquisition of a series of flux towers; the purpose of these towers; the role of the towers in rewarding farmers for carbon sequestration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60837/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out the details of the two new tillage-focused research projects that were recently announced; when the projects will commence; the persons or bodies that will be involved in the projects; the timeline for the commencement and termination dates of the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60836/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made to date regarding the establishment of a new built environment and heat delivery taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the other capital supports that will be provided in order that Ireland can achieve its target for biomethane development of 5.7 TW hours, given that currently the renewable heat obligation scheme is the only scheme in place to assist in achieving these targets but is not due to commence until 2024; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to help mitigate against the increasing risk to the supply of off-patent medicines nationwide due to rising inflationary, energy and transport costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61151/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 126. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, has expressed concern to him, his Department or the HSE regarding the number of current medicine shortages listed on the HPRA website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61152/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 127. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to reduce the number of medicines in short supply nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61153/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 128. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken by him and the Department to mitigate against future medicine shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61154/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes in County Cork that have benefited from supports to deal with the cost of energy in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded therapists who have been allocated to special schools in County Cork in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to address the low uptake in BowelScreen for women in at-risk populations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that his Department has made to date in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in the creation of a national biomethane development strategy plan through the new built environment and heat delivery taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress his Department has made to date in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications on the development of the anaerobic digestion sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61215/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Can I go back to infrastructure development and the timescale it takes to roll out infrastructure in the HSE? I know the last time Mr. Watt appeared before the committee he said the elective hospitals would be signed off by mid-October we are now into mid-December. My understanding is that there is a memo going to Cabinet today but I am not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: When it came to Covid-19 we did not have a timescale to think about it; we dealt with the challenges that were there. We now have challenges in that we do not have a sufficient number of beds to deal with the demands on the services and therefore what I am asking Mr. Watt is whether he agrees there is a need now to fast track these projects.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I was involved in Cork City Council where we had to do a major infrastructure project on office accommodation in Cork and we got it from start to finish in two years, and that was Cork City Council. They got someone in to design, apply for planning, build and finance it and it is being paid back over 25 years. It took two years to do it and this was for office accommodation. These are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: No, it was two years from start to finish once the council signed off on it. I was actually Lord Mayor at the time so I am well aware of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Mr. Joe Gavin was city manager and he just drove the project through from start to finish in two years and I am saying that surely in this day and age we can actually fast track where there is an urgent need; there is an urgent need for this development to happen.