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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I understand they are on an S stamp.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I have raised a number of questions on this over the past 12 months and will continue to raise them because it is causing huge problems.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the considerations that have been given towards merging or streamlining the employment permit and visa application processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53592/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cost of Living Issues (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the way that her Department's Budget 2023 measures will benefit persons living in rural areas in dealing with the cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm what home tutors are considered self-employed for tax and pension purposes when engaged in the July Provision/Summer Programme as teachers who are employed by her Department who participate in the said programme, are considered as PAYE, receiving an A class contribution from their employer; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to instituting a review to classify home tutors as employees of her Department in view that continuity of work is not recognised even when a home tutor has worked for a number of years with students in providing home tuition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53973/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will carry out a review as to the employment status of home tutors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53974/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that home tutors are not regarded as employees of her Department in view of the fact that the Revenue Commissioner regard them as employees of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53975/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that consideration will be given to instituting a review to ensure that home tutors governed by the home tuition scheme, would be afforded the right and made eligible for sick pay and holiday pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53977/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that consideration will be given to instituting a review of an amendment to current working conditions for home tutors as set out by her Department ensuring that home tutors governed by the home tuition scheme will be afforded the right to secure similar work outside of the official school calendar; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to instituting a review on amending current working conditions for home tutors as set out by her Department in order that they can claim travel expenses such as those made available for Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate supervision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53979/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of management of a school (details supplied) will be entitled to rent additional space in order to accommodate the students in the school in a safe manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54050/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to reviewing the proposed ten-unit cap on milking parlours under the TAMS scheme, in view of this parlour size being inadequate, to ensure that two generations of farming families can make a reasonable living from dairy farming together with other factors (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to reviewing the proposed changes to the dairy beef welfare scheme from 2023, wherein the scheme currently rewards farmers rearing progeny from the dairy herd via a payment of €20 per calf weighed, where he is now proposing to change the criteria of the scheme by rewarding dairy farm breeders...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that pedigree stock bulls are to be excluded from the dairy beef welfare scheme from 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53821/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Kearns for the presentation. I refer to the issue of structure. Am I correct that capital projects will still have to be signed off at central level? What will be the view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: The big problem in the southern region is that it has been slow in getting funding for any project. As a result, people must travel to Dublin to gain access to many services. In Dublin, there are many more independent hospitals. They have been able to get access to funding whereas we have not had the same opportunities in Cork. A simple example is that while planning permission has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: That is what is in place at the moment. The South/Southwest Hospital Group has put forward its proposals on the new elective hospital, paediatric unit and ophthalmology unit, but we still find getting funding involves an extremely slow process. Is Mr. Kearns saying there will be a separate finance structure for each of the RHAs? Salaries are all paid from a centralised service at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Let me deal with management. Since December 2014, the HSE’s number of whole-time equivalents has increased from 103,000 to 135,000 or 136,000, which means 150,000 or 160,000 people overall. There has been a huge increase in the number of administrative staff across the board. Does Mr. Kearns feel we will end up with another round of administrative staff increases? How do we deal...