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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: I know there are complications because of Covid-19 etc. I hope we can resolve those between now and the end of July or early August. Of the 544,000 premises to be connected, what number will be connected three years from then?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: I have another matter related to planning. An area in my constituency had more than 100 houses built but there is no landline or mobile phone access. It is only after a hard battle that we got some houses connected. Has there been any communication with local authorities? Construction of houses is not allowed unless there is access to roads, sewers and water, but access to the Internet is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: My thanks to all the witnesses for the work they are doing. My thanks as well to all the staff across the entire health service. It has been a singularly challenging time during the past ten months. I will open on the issue of messaging. I am concerned because there are several instances I have come across where people seem to be totally blasé about the issue of Covid-19. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: Can I come back in on the exit survey when staff are leaving without retiring? Why is a comprehensive exit survey not done? The stories I am getting back from nurses who walked away from the system describe situations where they feel that the issues they raised were not being taken on board. I am a bit concerned that we do not have comprehensive exit surveys because it is only by conducting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: I have a further question about private hospitals. We have agreed that the HSE can take over 30% of capacity in private hospitals. What happens in areas where there is greater demand? In Dublin and Cork, for example, there are quite a number of private hospitals whereas in other areas, there might be only one facility. Is there any provision whereby the HSE can increase the volume of work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: I will also ask about patients who are attending hospital on a regular basis, dialysis patients in particular. It is a considerable challenge because many of them are attending a medical facility three times a week and many of those patients and their families are extremely concerned. What additional mechanisms have been put in place to make sure that those vulnerable patients do not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT of 21% and duties of 10% apply to vehicles imported from Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4121/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT of 21% and duties of 10% apply to vehicles imported from Northern Ireland if the dealer in Northern Ireland has bought the car from England, Scotland or Wales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding circumstances in which cars which are imported from the UK or Northern Ireland but built within an EU country are not liable to the import tariff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4384/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Services (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding support for crèches in which they are providing care for children of essential workers but are now in a position of insufficient funding to keep the crèche open; if additional support will be provided for these key services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with chronic kidney disease will be given the same priority allocation as nursing home residents in the Covid-19 provisional vaccination priority list, as they are a vulnerable high-risk group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3665/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dental Services (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 857. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of orthodontic treatment in County Cork; his views on whether, due to the long delay in getting access to this type of treatment, those who are on the waiting list could attend for the treatment privately and receive reimbursement from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4381/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 858. To ask the Minister for Health if he will correspond with An Bord Altranais in respect of a 16-week delay in the registration of nurses who have trained and worked abroad and have now returned to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4382/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister, his Department and all of our front-line workers for their work and commitment during the pandemic. I have three questions for the Minister, the first of which is in regard to Johnson & Johnson. There is speculation that it is about to announce that it has a vaccine suitable for dealing with Covid-19. Has the Department of Health engaged with Johnson &...

Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: I am sharing time equally with my colleague, Deputy Pádraig O’Sullivan. In the first instance I thank the Minister and the staff in her Department, as well as all the staff throughout the country for the work they have done at a very difficult period in dealing with and delivering payments to people in a fast and efficient way. While there have been glitches in the system, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding support for crèches providing care for children of essential workers but are now in a position of insufficient funding to keep the crèche open; if additional support will be provided for these key services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who need to attend hospital in order to receive dialysis treatment will be given the same priority allocation as nursing home residents in the Covid-19 vaccination priority list as they are a vulnerable high risk group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4541/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 254. To ask the Minister for Health when the SouthDoc service in Blackpool, Cork is due to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4722/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: The Chairman has probably answered my question. Have we had any indication as to what is the view coming back? It is an important issue and I do not believe we should be stopped from going ahead and looking at this issue. Has any indication come back as to how it is going to be approached?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank all of our guests for the work they have done and continue to do. I also thank all of our front-line staff throughout the country, be they in GP practices or in hospitals or public health nurses. I would like to touch on one or two issues. The first issue is the people who have a particular illness, which has been touched on already by Deputy Hourigan. I refer in particular to...