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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: It is welcome that the Minister has made the announcement today setting out clear guidelines in regard to how different groups will get the vaccine and the priority that has been decided. It is important that we acknowledge the work of everyone involved in this matter, in particular the National Immunisation Advisory Committee for its recommendations. I agree with my colleague about...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I very much welcome the Minister of State's statement and the statement by the Minister earlier today. I again raise the issue of the record keeping and how that will be completed. It is important that clarification on that is given at a very early stage. Whether people do or do not have medical cards, across the board we need to have careful records kept of who is getting the vaccine and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (8 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department is working with Teagasc on research activities with particular reference to research aiming to assist farmers and agri-food businesses to reduce their carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41563/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I was delighted to hear that construction of the new Forensic Science Ireland, FSI, laboratory is proceeding. What is the timescale for it to be completed and fully operational? I understand that tied into that is a proposal relating to, for instance, unidentified human remains. There is no central database within the Department or the forensic science area in that regard. In other...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: There have been cases in the past 12 months involving families that waited for 12 years in one case and 17 years in another to be notified regarding remains that had been identified. The bodies had been identified but the process of identification had not been completed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: In one of the cases, the person drowned in County Limerick but the remains washed up in County Clare. It took 17 years for the records to be matched up. The other case involved a person who went missing in County Dublin and was washed up in County Louth. It took 12 years for the records to be matched up. My understanding is that the delays occurred because there was no central database...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I am aware of that. The issue is that the DNA of missing persons is not checked against the DNA of remains that are found.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: This was an issue as recently as 12 months ago.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I would appreciate that because it is an important issue, especially in the context of the new laboratory being set up.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: Is there a specific reason for it being a seven-year period?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: What are the criteria in other jurisdictions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I know this is a challenging area and it has been even more difficult during Covid-19. I thank the witnesses for the care and assistance they gave to every person who came under their care. I want to deal with Dr. Russell's presentation and about the increase in referrals to colposcopy in year two. Regarding the capacity to deal with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: We had a presentation that talked about an additional number of oncology nurses. Do we have enough people there? Do we need more people to be trained up in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: Do we have sufficient a sufficient level of training available to provide the nurses we need in this area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: Could we be given a presentation on the reduction level of cervical cancer as a result of the screening programme? We are not getting that message out there to the media. Since much of the focus has been on the negative side, it is important that we get out a message about the positive side as well. It would be helpful for the committee if we could get the up-to-date figures for reductions...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to deal with white-collar crime including the resourcing of State agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41561/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I congratulate the Minister and wish her well over the next number of months. My question relates to dealing with white-collar crime and the plans the Minister has to resource State agencies and the Garda Síochána properly to deal with this growing issue.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: While I welcome the Minister's statement on this matter, a recent RTÉ programme outlined where over €8 million was taken from people over a number of years, but it is only in the last two to three years that a successful prosecution was brought. That is what concerns people, that something has gone on for ten to 15 years with little or no action taken and a reluctance or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister. I hope we do not have to look at a repeat programme like the one broadcast on RTÉ recently. The sum of €8 million disappeared and action was taken only at a very late stage. I hope we do not see that in future.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I understand it has.