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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I want to go back to an issue that was raised by Deputy Bríd Smith in respect of polling stations. I accept her point that everyone realises there is a clear rule in place. Over the past two or three general elections or local elections, I did not hear of a huge number of incidents where An Garda Síochána had to take action. I am not sure what the view of the witnesses is on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Moving on to the issue of private property, with particular reference to the dwelling of a medical practitioner, does An Garda Síochána have any concerns about safe protests outside a dwelling house in that respect? For example, a group may decide that because it cannot protest outside a hospital, it will protest outside the property of a medical practitioner working in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Ms McMahon believe it is an area that we should be examining?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: No. I am raising this matter because it is difficult for the Garda to intervene if it is uncomfortable about whether there is adequate legislation to deal with an issue. Would the Garda feel safer if there was appropriate legislation in place that gave the Garda a clear understanding of where the boundaries were when dealing with particular issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: There is already extensive legislation in place, for example, the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 and the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997. If the Garda feels that it cannot use this Bill to deal with an issue, is Ms McMahon satisfied that the current legislation gives it the security to deal with difficult protests? The Garda has wide powers under the 1997 Act, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: If there was a scenario where the Garda felt it was not able to use the new legislation, is Ms McMahon satisfied that the current legislation provides some security to deal with an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank Ms McMahon.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (8 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for her reply. When an amalgamation is going ahead it is about whether the Department makes sure that all the boxes are ticked especially in respect of consultation. I am concerned that there does not seem to be a process within the Department making sure that all the boxes are ticked particularly in regard to consultation. As I said at the start I received a letter...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (8 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: My colleague, Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan, has set out the matter clearly. It appears there has been very poor communication with the parents of the pupils of St. Vincent's Secondary School, particularly the parents of children with additional needs. There is a very good educational structure in place in the school for 24 pupils with special needs. It takes a bit of time for children...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to extending the quota for employment permit applications for the role of dairy farm assistant, in view of the fact that dairy farmers are having difficulty in recruiting employees, and taking into consideration that employment permit applications for this role have been returned since the quota was...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permit applications for the role of dairy farm assistant that have been returned, in view that the 100 general employment permits established under this quota for dairy farm assistants have now been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54604/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (8 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the budget provided to the National Transport Authority in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55550/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (8 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of whole-time equivalent positions in the National Transport Authority in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55551/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the allowances available under the household benefits package to assist those who cannot qualify for fuel allowance due to the cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55270/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost-of-living measures available to those living in congregated settings, in which all are over 70 years, to assist them with their energy bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55271/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm that her Department will give serious consideration to recognising Covid-19 as an occupational disease in health and social care and in domiciliary assistance and, in a pandemic context, in sectors where there is an outbreak in activities with proven risk of infection as advocated by the EU Advisory...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 973. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical consultants who are employed under the consultant contract who have applied for category C status, by speciality; the number who have received approval by the category C committee of the HSE; the number who are still awaiting; the length of time that each is waiting for a formal letter from the HSE CEO to confirm their approval for the...

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

Colm Burke: 997. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will put in place a strategy which will help to improve the time period where patients can get access to newly approved cancer medicines in Ireland, given that the average time period to the reimbursement decision following European Medicines Agency approval is in excess of two years, which is double the time for the EU-15 average; and if...

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

Colm Burke: 999. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy that his Department intends to put in place to improve the reimbursement timelines for new cancer medicines, in view of patient access to newer cancer medicines being lower and taking a longer time period in Ireland in comparison to other EU15 countries, and also taking into account that the provision of access to new, more effective...

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

Colm Burke: 1000. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reviewing the rigorous statutory assessment arrangements in Ireland, regarding the reimbursement process for new cancer medicines, given the five-year net survival rate for all invasive cancers averaged 65% for cancer patients diagnosed between 2014 and 2018, which is in the middle and lower end of survival rates across...