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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: Have we done an analysis of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: Are we talking about 50% or 60%?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: Does that not prove the point that the prison system is not working, or while it is working in that the people are in custody, it is not working with regard to trying to make sure there is not a cost to the taxpayer into the future?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: It is the connectivity that is lacking.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: What is the number of people aged under 18 in prison?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: The Prison Service does not have any-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: Obviously, there are people who will have served time in Oberstown and then end up in the prison system. There is a need for connectivity. The smaller the number of people from Oberstown who end up coming back into the prison system, the better.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: Does Ms McCaffrey accept that between Oberstown, which comes under a different Department, and other Departments, there needs to be more joined-up thinking about how to work with people who are discharged from prison?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department in supporting sports clubs and organisations in Cork in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6818/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce appropriate measures, in partnership with industry, to ensure that over a five-year period, delivery is increased to an extent that 30% of all new dwellings are built to incorporate universal design principles to accommodate our ageing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6952/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it will be possible for a school (details supplied) to make a decision to go ahead with a tender for a school extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7163/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the current status of a person's (detail supplied) application for citizenship; when a decision is likely to be reached, in view of the fact that the application was submitted over two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7167/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 330. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the non-capital (current) Government expenditure on Bantry General Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7202/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (15 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in Bantry General Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7203/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: Earlier this week the new Dunkettle Interchange, which is a major project costing €215 million, opened. It is really important to have completed the project, and within budget. There are a number of important projects in Cork city, especially the north ring road, the Mallow bypass and the Cork to Limerick road. All commercial traffic travelling to the Port of Cork from the north...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take the necessary steps to fully implement and fund the outstanding recommendations from the 2019 Joint Policy Statement, Housing Options for our Ageing Population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7037/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a revised timeline for the implementation of the outstanding recommendations from the 2019 Joint Policy Statement, Housing Options for our Ageing Population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7038/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the housing allocation model in relation to the development of any future specific housing schemes for older people; if he will take steps to ensure that a partnership approach is adopted between the HSE and the relevant local authority to identify the most suitable residents for same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will work with other Departments and bodies to ensure that appropriate social and clinical supports programmes are put in place for older people within the private rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7040/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will liaise with the appropriate Departments for the purpose of establishing a distinct unit operating both within and across both the Departments of Housing Local Government and Heritage and Health to better plan for the growing needs of an ageing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7047/24]