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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (15 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses available to older persons to improve their digital skills by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43218/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I was a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Health when the Committee of Public Accounts was looking at section 38 and section 39 organisations. We have a problem in the sense that over 2,500 organisations are getting funding from the HSE. I remember raising an issue relating to an organisation that I wanted to invite before the Oireachtas Committee on Health but we were advised that we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: The point I was making is that over 2,500 organisations are getting funding from the HSE and the amount involved this year, for instance, is €4 billion. The Committee of Public Accounts at the time was focused on one organisation in particular which meant that the other 2,499 organisations could not be touched by the Joint Committee on Health, which was a problem. That should not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: Some people are saying that we need a change in legislation. Why not look for advice on what changes are required? Then the committee would be in a position to approach all parties to tell them that it has received legal advice to the effect that there is a need for legislative change here and to push for that change, if that is what is required.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I agree with Deputy MacSharry that Deputy Devlin should not be asked to step aside from the Committee on Procedure because he is a member of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for the work done over recent months. There are many more challenges in the months ahead. A few issues are coming up. The first relates to a certificate being issued to people who have received the vaccination. Can we get some clarification on that? Some people seem to be not in favour of this. The second concerns the records of people who have received the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: What is the estimated figure for vaccinations by the end of April if we have the vaccine available on 1 January?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: If it will be mid-February for that cohort, what about healthcare workers? Will they be vaccinated by mid-February as well? I am not trying to tie Professor MacCraith to specific times. The process will start on 1 January, assuming the vaccine is available but obviously if it is not available until 15 January, then everything gets moved forward by 15 days. I am just wondering about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I wish to return to the issue of certification. Will a certificate be issued for every person who gets the vaccine? This needs to be clarified.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Volunteering Strategy (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 13. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps her Department will take to implement the National Volunteering Strategy and the measures to support volunteering given its importance to communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43687/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Participation Networks (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the operation of the public participation networks; her plans for further developing this structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43688/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Preparations (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of Brexit preparations from his Department and its agencies for 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43684/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Farm Safety (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work that is underway in relation to farm safety including training and other assistance to farmers in order to help reduce the number of fatal farm accidents and non-fatal accidents each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41562/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the terms of the Irish Aviation Authority 1996 superannuation scheme were amended in 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44317/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Irish Aviation Authority members were not informed of changes to the Irish Aviation Authority 1996 superannuation scheme in 2012 and were not given mandatory notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44318/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to rescinding the 2012 amendment of the Irish Aviation Authority 1996 superannuation scheme given that his Department has now been notified that the rationale for its introduction was based on misinformation provided by the IAA and a subsequent admission by the IAA that the measures should only be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if pension in payment increases will be awarded as guaranteed under section 41(5) of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44320/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the authority under which the board of the Irish Aviation Authority decided not to award pension increases given that such authority is vested in the Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44322/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the authority under which the board of the Irish Aviation Authority instructed the trustees and actuary to make no provision for future pension increases when determining the fund liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44323/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions or supports have been put in place for persons who have contracted Covid-19 and as a result have been unable to work due to prolonged ill health and who require an indefinite period of work leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44298/20]