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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (2 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 120. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has set a deadline for the finalisation of the design for the elective hospital in Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, Cork; the deadline for the planning application submission for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52405/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a neurorehabilitation unit in Cork to include 20 post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds, in 2026, in line with HSE proposals in order to address the lack of any existing service in the south-west region, given that the population has increased substantially in the past number of years; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 233. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the proposed reduction in pay of current Reserve Defence Force members for activities including marching drills and firing range practice, in particular taking into account the affect it may have on current members and recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52890/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total amount of funding allocated to the Reserve Defence Forces for the years 2019 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52889/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action his Department is taking to ensure that the budget for Reserve Defence Forces for the coming year is sufficient to ensure the continued payment of current RDF members and the increase in recruitment numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52891/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 235. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of new recruits to the Reserve Defence Force for the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52892/25]

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: Article 1 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which came into effect in 1951, is very clear: "The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish." It is now beyond question that Israel is guilty of committing war crimes in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for the work they are doing. I want to address a number of local issues in my own area of Cork. The issue of the elective hospital was raised last week. Cork has a rapidly growing population and the hospitals there also deal with people from outside of Cork. There are patients from throughout Munster in the Cork hospitals. Recently, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: Regarding rehab facilities, we built the new unit in Dún Laoghaire but people have been waiting for quite a long time. I know one person who has been in CUH for over five months while trying to get in there. We have not grown the number of beds for rehab.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: What I am saying is that we have the space. It is about having places available other than at Dún Laoghaire. There is a proposal that would cost approximately €7 million to get up and running. Can that be progressed in 2026?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: When is a decision likely to be taken on that? The population of the country has grown by 40% and the demand for rehab has likewise grown, but we have not grown the number of available beds. Therefore, people are occupying hospital beds because they cannot be transferred. For example, the patient I am referring to, a young person who suffered a stroke, has been in CUH for five months when,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: We are getting mixed messages. On the one hand, I am being told that the unit in Mallow is opening and, then, I am being told that, no, they are being transferred to the place in Blarney. I am not clear. There are 20 beds available in Blarney and 24 in Mallow, and there is also the ground floor at Mallow, which is to be developed as an outpatient unit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: I will move on to the issue of dental services. The number of EU dental students going through our universities is the same in 2025 as it was 20 years ago. We have not grown the number of dental places. I raised this three or four months ago and the Irish Dental Association also raised it. We now have a major problem. We had 1,452 dentists providing care for public patients but that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: The number of dentists providing public care has reduced from 1,452 to less than 700.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (30 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress to date regarding the N20-M20 Limerick to Cork motorway project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51598/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (30 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: Will the Minister give an update on the progress of the M20 Limerick to Cork motorway project and make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (30 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: The big challenge we have is the growth in businesses and in the number of people having to travel to work in Limerick, Mallow or Cork and the resulting huge volume of traffic on this road. The road was fine 50 years ago, in particular from Cork to Mallow and Mallow to the Limerick boundary, but it is now past its sell-by date. It is important that the project be expedited. For instance, I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (30 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: -----because there is still indecision about the final route.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (30 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: The Ryder Cup will take place in two years' time and work has already started on the roads there. It will have an effect on the area because a huge number of tourists will come to the country during that period. For them to see the road infrastructure without any evidence that we are trying to improve it will not be helpful. This issue needs to be prioritised because of the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the enhancement of commuter rail services in Cork, in particular when the new stations at Blarney/Stoneview, Monard, Blackpool/Kilbarry and Tivoli will be constructed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51599/25]