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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I apologise. I should have taken down my hand from the last time. I am sorry about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Human Rights and Mental Health: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Looking back over the past 14 months, are there any regulations the witnesses would not have put in place or that they feel were totally unnecessary? My second question concerns the announcement of changes. When new regulations came into place was sufficient time given for people to become aware of the change that would occur, such as, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Human Rights and Mental Health: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Could I get a response on the issue of mental health because it is important?

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for all the work he has done on the UN Security Council over the past weeks. It is also important to acknowledge the work done by Ireland's UN permanent representative, Ms Geraldine Byrne Nason, for her work and the work of her staff. Gaza is a stretch of land the same size as a stretch of land from Cork to Youghal. Gaza is 41 km long and 10 km wide, with 2 million...

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Dr. Sweeney for his presentation. Dr. Sweeney made a point about 2012 and 2013. Obviously the big problem around that period was access to funding but at the same time there was a huge demand to deal with the housing issue. There was not a huge amount of choice at that stage. If one had put funding into capital one then would not have had Ministry funding to support people who...

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: The graph contained in Dr. Sweeney's presentation has a figure of 17,025 given for HAP. What is that? Turning to social housing output from 2005 to 2019, a figure is given for local authority completions and acquisitions of 4,479, while the figure given for completions and acquisitions by approved housing bodies is 3,041. Yet, the HAP figure is listed as 17,025. Is that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Therefore, the total number of people availing of HAP in 2019 was 17,025.

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: This figure, then, is the total number of people availing of HAP for the entire country, which is 17,025 households.

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Would it not be appropriate for us to have the figures for those availing of HAP each year, rather than simply a figure for new applicants? I state that because what is being presented distorts the figures. On the one hand, the total number of local authority and approved housing body completions are included, but on the other hand, we do not see total numbers of those availing of the HAP...

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Regarding the approved housing body and local authority completions and acquisitions, has a comparison been done of the average cost per unit? Are the approved housing bodies getting better value for money or are the local authorities? Has a detailed comparison been done in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Chair.

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

Colm Burke: 36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to making resources available in order that all farmers that have applied to the REAP scheme which opened in the past number of weeks for applications and had by its closing date 11,000 applications from farmers will be accepted into the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27026/21]

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

Colm Burke: 71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of negotiations by his Department on accessing the South Korean market for Irish grass-fed beef produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27027/21]

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

Colm Burke: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be put in place for new technological universities which may have commenced during Covid-19, such as the Munster Technological University, to move 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. [27029/21]

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]