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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Unfortunately, a member of my family died from lung cancer in the last seven days so-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: -----I am very much aware of the challenges of the disease. This was a person who did not smoke. We also need to get the message across that lung cancer can affect people who never smoked. This is important because people who have a cough might ignore thinking it could not be lung cancer because they have never smoked in their lives. We need to get that message out there as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: How many clinics do we have with that service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: We have eight of those centres around the country. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Are people aware of that? I am not sure members of the public are aware that they can get access rapidly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: What is proposed on prostate cancer with regard to getting information out there so that people who have symptoms of prostate cancer would go to their GP? Is there enough information out there on that whole area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: We still need to make progress in this area. We have made a lot of progress already; I fully accept that but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I want to go back to the issue of young people. About two months ago, two young people contacted me about housing issues. Both of them had major health problems. One person, who was only 24, had both lung and stomach cancer and the other person had had a bone marrow transplant. A lot of young people do not think cancer can affect them and yet I met two young people in one week from two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: If it was proposed, could it be helpful?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: New Zealand is introducing legislation to prohibit the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after a certain date. Would the witnesses be in favour of similar legislation being introduced in Ireland?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland’s major achievements as a member of the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4460/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials within his Department have met with representatives of the tobacco industry, contrary to Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Ireland has ratified (details supplied); if so, the details of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3989/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials within his Department do not meet with representatives of the tobacco industry, in adherence to Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Ireland has ratified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3990/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm that he will give serious consideration to retaining the 9% VAT rate on tourism and hospitality beyond 28 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4268/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to put additional supports in place to assist third level students in dealing with changing to alternative college courses, and those considering dropping out of college altogether, given that there has been an increased dropout rate for third level college courses among students who completed their Leaving Certificate during the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to providing additional financial support to the inshore fishing industry to assist it with the disruption to sector’s markets as a direct result of the unjust war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4012/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to support the inshore fishing industry in order to keep the sector viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (26 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm the action that her Department is taking to market and promote the island of Ireland overseas as an attractive place to visit in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports the Governments intend putting in place to assist the development of residential apartment blocks in view of the fact that the cost of erecting same far exceeds the sale value once completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3672/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (26 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action his Department intends taking in respect of approximately 500 standalone sewage treatment plants, which were erected to facilitate the development of housing estates over fifteen years ago and which currently do not meet current environmental standards, and as a result have not been taken in charge by Irish Water;...