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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Yes, thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: We need some kind of response from the Department. I am getting concerned as I have come across an Office of Public Works contract recently where five tenders were sent in and the job was offered to the lowest bid and then to the next lowest. The four contractors with the lowest tenders all walked away from the project and the company with the highest tender has accepted that contract....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Agreements (21 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to resolve the issues being experienced by importers of used cars from the UK in respect of proving the preferential origin of cars manufactured in the UK prior to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44950/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Part of the area to which the Minister referred is in Cork East and some of the Midleton area is coming into Cork North-Central. I wish to ask the Minister about targets for 2020, 2021 and 2022. I acknowledge that Covid had an effect and that the target set in 2021 as regards the number of connections will not be reached, but can changes be made to make sure that those targets can be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an area (details supplied) is one of the few areas in the country not to have been prioritised to date in the implementation of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44059/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: My question relates to my constituency, Cork North-Central, one of the few areas in the country not to have been prioritised to date in the implementation of the national broadband plan. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter? The area is within a radius of 10 miles to 12 miles of Cork city.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: The report my office received from NBI in the past week suggested that Inniscarra, Kerry Pike, Clogheen, Tower, Blarney, Grenagh, Whitechurch, White's Cross and Carrignavar will not even be considered until 2025. I have seen the map, which was also made available to me, and it appears that about 80% of the constituency, which is within a radius of 10 miles or 12 miles of the city, will not...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the HSE and all the staff for their work over the past 18 months. It has been a very challenging time. May I raise the issue of procurement and its management? A complaint I receive from people working at local level in IT, which relates to all areas of procurement within the HSE, is that those making the final decisions are very much coming from the administration side and that...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: The complaint made to me was that while people are asked to feed into the procurement process, they have no input whatsoever when the final decisions are made. Their concern is that the decision makers are not the people who have the expertise. They believe problems will continue to arise, particularly in relation to IT and new equipment, unless the structure is changed so people with...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: May I ask about the IT section of the HSE? It is a huge organisation. There are many big hospitals and the whole health service. Where are we in terms of a five-year or ten-year plan? What progress has been made? Have we clear targets set out for each year between now and 2026?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Yes, it is about upgrading IT and making sure that we keep up to date and make the whole health service more efficient in relation to patient records. We still have a whole issue relating to files which are manual. If someone, say in Cork, attends the Mercy hospital, then attends Cork University Hospital for something else and then attends the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Have we set targets for, say, a five-year plan in this area? We need to plan this out. I accept it cannot be done overnight. Have we clear targets setting out what needs to be achieved?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Can I ask about it in relation to the HSE? I know it is part of Sláintecare but is there a target for each year between now and 2026?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the implementation of the National Broadband Plan is on schedule for 2021; if not, the measures which can be taken in order to expedite it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the design of the new energy efficiency obligation scheme which will operate from 2022 to 2030; the envisaged targets for the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44313/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the introduction of legislation for the use of e-scooters and other such vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that will be provided to regional airports to build back routes and services following the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44312/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tobacco Control Measures (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to ensure that Ireland benefits from the inaugural Leadership Summit on Tobacco Control as it provides a clear opportunity for Ireland to re-establish its tobacco control credentials on the international stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44314/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tobacco Control Measures (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to work with health ministries in other EU states to ensure that the conference outcomes will be progressed at a European level ahead of EU tobacco tax directive, the EU tobacco products directive, the EU cancer beating plan and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control conference of parties scheduled for November...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Professor Butler and Dr. Holohan and their committees for all of the work they have done over the past 18 months. It has been a difficult time for everyone. A letter was sent to the Minister on 25 August setting out the likelihood of the number of people contracting the virus over the next number of months. It set out peaks. I wonder about the increase in numbers. Over the past...