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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be put in place for students returning to on-campus learning in the upcoming term; if the circumstances surrounding Covid-19 allow for such a move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27028/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the inclusion of a farm safety section in the agricultural science curriculum at secondary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the inclusion of a farm safety segment and presentation series for children at primary-school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department plans to implement revised definitions of good agricultural environmental conditions or cross-compliance proposed for the next CAP programme ensuring that a flexible approach is adopted when implementing good agricultural environmental conditions at national level in order to minimise the impact on farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Promotion (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way his Department is pursuing new market opportunities for Irish food produce in view of the fact Irish agri-food companies need to diversify their independence on the UK market in a post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27223/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a genuine farmer definition that must ensure that CAP payments are made to farmers that are actively farming which will be a requirement for all member states in the European Union under the next CAP programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27226/21]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for bringing forward the Bill, which I very much welcome. I also join in paying tribute to all those working in nursing homes, the staff, care assistants, the people who provide the meals and the management in all the homes across the country. It has been a very difficult 18 months for everyone. The current scheme provides that 80% of the person's income goes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank both witnesses for their presentations and contributions. We have many older buildings which are providing vital services. I am on the board of a hospital that was initially built in 1741. While it has undergone considerable adaptation, it is still an old building. Likewise, many of our public facilities are old buildings. If the witnesses were doing a national plan on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Is Ms Hegarty saying that because of the way nursing homes and community facilities were constructed, we did not make provision for adequate ventilation? Does major work now need to be done to those nursing homes, even though many of them are less than 20 years old?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Who has responsibility for inspection? What level of change do we require on inspection of buildings to ensure they are compliant with the regulations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Do buildings that are currently being built under current regulations now need to be reviewed to make sure that they can be adapted appropriately? Is it the case that any building that is under construction should be immediately looked at to put in the adaptations required?

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I very much support what the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, set out. It is important to realise that the reason for the housing challenge in this country is that the number of people working here has increased by over 400,000 since 2011. The housing market does not respond immediately to demand. From the time of identifying a site to putting in planning and going through the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way room rental income is treated for those with a serious condition or disability when assessing a disability allowance application in circumstances in which the rent collected is entirely for the purposes of meeting mortgage payments and keeping a person’s home; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (18 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the initiatives her Department will take in order to assist young persons in returning to the workforce following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26128/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for their presentations. I would like check the statistics in relation to the strategic housing planning permissions that were granted. In respect of the decisions made on planning permission applications, permission was granted in 68 cases. Under those 68 decisions, permissions were granted for over 16,000 residential units and over 5,000 student bed spaces. Does the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: It is the board that grants the planning permission. I know that the commencement notice has to be served on the local authority. Is there any process whereby the commencement notice is also being served on An Bord Pleanála?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: On the issue of appeals from local authorities, the annual report states that in 2019, 29,117 decisions were made by local authorities, of which 2,076 were appealed to An Bord Pleanála, equating to a percentage of 5.6%. My figures differ from that because 5.6%, which is 2,076 appeals, would add up to 36,000 applications to local authorities. I am not sure how the 5.6% figure was...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: The figures are higher for those local authority areas compared to others and there are other substantial local authority areas like Cork, Waterford and Limerick. To reduce the workload of An Bord Pleanála, should it not be identified why its workload has increased because of decisions taken by these four local authorities, in particular?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Walsh have figures on the percentage of decisions that have been appealed where An Bord Pleanála has upheld the appeal, in other words, has ruled that the appeal was valid? Is there a breakdown of those figures?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Is there a higher success rate on appeals for those four areas compared to other local authority areas?