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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Dr. Henry and Professor Butler. I very much appreciate the work that is being done by them and all their back-up support teams and the progress that has been made to date. I will raise a number of issues, the first of which is with regard to the roll-out of the vaccine and the approach now being adopted in Denmark in administering the vaccine. My understanding, and I may not have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: The suggestion made by Dr. John Campbell, one of the people on the radio show on which I appeared - I am not a medical expert so I am not holding myself out as such - was that his experience was if there is a connection to a vein, the vaccine then reacts to something which may then contribute to the clotting mechanism. This is what was suggested by him. I am not sure what the witnesses'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: Does Dr. Henry believe that Denmark is overreacting on this issue? This is the approach now in Denmark.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: As I understand it, the only way of indicating whether a person has hit a vein is by drawing back on the syringe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: I will move on to another issue regarding the roll-out of the vaccine for people who cannot access a GP because they are bed-bound. I am aware of a number of cases and know of one man, for instance, who is 90 years old. My understanding is that his GP has notified the HSE and to date, there has been no return contact. Is there a particular problem with the roll-out of the vaccine for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: The families are not getting any feedback from anyone. I know they are contacting the GP directly, who then contacts the HSE. There is, however, no feedback directly to the families and there is huge anxiety. This 90-year-old person is bed-bound and has carers who come to him. His family feel he is very exposed in the sense that he has not been vaccinated and still needs that level of care.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: I have a final question that will only take a few seconds. It relates to maternity hospitals. My understanding is that the Rotunda has introduced a new system for visits. Would it be possible to have one policy for all maternity units across the country? There is a big concern that partners or husbands are not being allowed into maternity hospitals. Is the policy going to be reviewed?

Mental Health Surge Capacity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for her presentation this morning and I thank all my colleagues who have contributed to the debate. It is extremely important that we have a detailed debate on this issue on an ongoing basis because mental illness is not like any other illness. It is something that can continue on for people and it is not easily resolved. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give consideration to granting bookshops permission to offer click and collect services to their communities once public health guidelines allow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18616/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to putting in place a new loan facility scheme for SMEs in order to reflect current challenges posed by the pandemic to small and medium-sized businesses by which the scheme would be independent of the main commercial banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20300/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to putting in place a new loan facility scheme for SMEs in order to reflect the current challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic by which loans would be made available over a ten-year period with interest rates of 1% in years one to five and no higher than 3% for the remaining period with a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a monthly update of the Eircode system will be put in place in order to speed up the allocation of Eircodes to new postal addresses in order that they can connect to fibre broadband (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20354/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if National Broadband Ireland will hold discussions with Eir in order to provide broadband to premises in cases in which Eir fibre broadband infrastructure is bordering an amber area under the National Broadband Plan and in which there is sufficient capacity to accommodate more premises on this line; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Environmental Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to assist companies to replace their car fleet at the earliest possible date given that it has been established that by removing all cars in excess of 15 years old off the roads it will deliver 20% reduction in emissions from cars by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20297/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Environmental Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 427. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he plans to take in order to achieve the target of 51% given that the Climate Action Plan 2019 sets out emission reduction targets of 35% from transport which is seen as very challenging and totally reliant on hitting an electric vehicle target of 1 million by 2030 which has now been set to be achieved within that timeframe;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Environmental Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 428. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to have the reduction of 51% in the use of private cars given the target is now set for a 51% reduction in transport and it has been established that private cars account for 75% of all journeys and 79% of all journeys by private cars are made outside of Dublin in which there is little or poor public transport; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 556. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason contracts relating to the transfer of lands which are urgently required for the erection of facilities for use by the Irish Coast Guard at Castlefreke, Rosscarberry, County Cork which were furnished over two years ago by the solicitors acting for Coillte to the State Solicitors Office, who is acting for the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding community funding allocated by local authorities; if such funding can be allocated by a local authority to a sports or community group including for capital works in circumstances in which all the members are residing in that local authority area but the sports grounds or premises which they own are in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department treated a home loan account amounting to €178,000 from a financial institution as a deposit account in calculating the eligibly of a person (details supplied) to disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20716/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 1487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if some or all aspects of an initial proposal (details supplied) sent to her Department in 2018 are being considered for implementation to aid the modernisation of practices regarding the way unidentified remains are being dealt with in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20423/21]