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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: The figures are higher for those local authority areas compared to others and there are other substantial local authority areas like Cork, Waterford and Limerick. To reduce the workload of An Bord Pleanála, should it not be identified why its workload has increased because of decisions taken by these four local authorities, in particular?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Walsh have figures on the percentage of decisions that have been appealed where An Bord Pleanála has upheld the appeal, in other words, has ruled that the appeal was valid? Is there a breakdown of those figures?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Is there a higher success rate on appeals for those four areas compared to other local authority areas?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: My question is on appeals from local authorities, of which there are quite a substantial number, and decisions made by An Bord Pleanála. How many of them have ended up with court applications for judicial review?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: No, I am speaking about appeals that came in as a result of decisions made by the local authority on which An Bord Pleanála then made a decision one way or the other, which subsequently ended up in judicial review.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Yes. I have the number of appeals received from local authorities, which is more than 2,000. An Bord Pleanála then made a decision one way or the other. What I want to know is how many of these decisions ended up being judicially reviewed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Mr. Walsh might give me a note on it. How many strategic housing cases that ended up in judicial review with decisions made by the High Court have been appealed to the Court of Appeal?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: No, if it was a High Court decision, the appeal would be made to the Court of Appeal. I want to know the number of judicial reviews in the High Court, on which decisions were made, that subsequently ended up in the Court of Appeal.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Could I also get figures as to the numbers currently awaiting decisions from the High Court and the Court of Appeal?

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I very much support what the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, set out. It is important to realise that the reason for the housing challenge in this country is that the number of people working here has increased by over 400,000 since 2011. The housing market does not respond immediately to demand. From the time of identifying a site to putting in planning and going through the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way room rental income is treated for those with a serious condition or disability when assessing a disability allowance application in circumstances in which the rent collected is entirely for the purposes of meeting mortgage payments and keeping a person’s home; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (18 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the initiatives her Department will take in order to assist young persons in returning to the workforce following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26128/21]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for bringing forward the Bill, which I very much welcome. I also join in paying tribute to all those working in nursing homes, the staff, care assistants, the people who provide the meals and the management in all the homes across the country. It has been a very difficult 18 months for everyone. The current scheme provides that 80% of the person's income goes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank both witnesses for their presentations and contributions. We have many older buildings which are providing vital services. I am on the board of a hospital that was initially built in 1741. While it has undergone considerable adaptation, it is still an old building. Likewise, many of our public facilities are old buildings. If the witnesses were doing a national plan on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Is Ms Hegarty saying that because of the way nursing homes and community facilities were constructed, we did not make provision for adequate ventilation? Does major work now need to be done to those nursing homes, even though many of them are less than 20 years old?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Who has responsibility for inspection? What level of change do we require on inspection of buildings to ensure they are compliant with the regulations?

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for all the work he has done on the UN Security Council over the past weeks. It is also important to acknowledge the work done by Ireland's UN permanent representative, Ms Geraldine Byrne Nason, for her work and the work of her staff. Gaza is a stretch of land the same size as a stretch of land from Cork to Youghal. Gaza is 41 km long and 10 km wide, with 2 million...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to making resources available in order that all farmers that have applied to the REAP scheme which opened in the past number of weeks for applications and had by its closing date 11,000 applications from farmers will be accepted into the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27026/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Relations (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of negotiations by his Department on accessing the South Korean market for Irish grass-fed beef produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27027/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be put in place for new technological universities which may have commenced during Covid-19, such as the Munster Technological University, to move to on-campus learning in the upcoming term if the circumstances surrounding Covid-19 allow for such a move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27029/21]