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

Colm Burke: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be put in place for students returning 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. [27028/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the inclusion of a farm safety section in the agricultural science curriculum at secondary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the inclusion of a farm safety segment and presentation series for children at primary-school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27225/21]

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

Colm Burke: 349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department plans to implement revised definitions of good agricultural environmental conditions or cross-compliance proposed for the next CAP programme ensuring that a flexible approach is adopted when implementing good agricultural environmental conditions at national level in order to minimise the impact on farmers...

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

Colm Burke: 370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way his Department is pursuing new market opportunities for Irish food produce in view of the fact Irish agri-food companies need to diversify their independence on the UK market in a post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27223/21]

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

Colm Burke: 371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a genuine farmer definition that must ensure that CAP payments are made to farmers that are actively farming which will be a requirement for all member states in the European Union under the next CAP programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27226/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Dr. Sweeney for his presentation. Dr. Sweeney made a point about 2012 and 2013. Obviously the big problem around that period was access to funding but at the same time there was a huge demand to deal with the housing issue. There was not a huge amount of choice at that stage. If one had put funding into capital one then would not have had Ministry funding to support people who...

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: The graph contained in Dr. Sweeney's presentation has a figure of 17,025 given for HAP. What is that? Turning to social housing output from 2005 to 2019, a figure is given for local authority completions and acquisitions of 4,479, while the figure given for completions and acquisitions by approved housing bodies is 3,041. Yet, the HAP figure is listed as 17,025. Is that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Therefore, the total number of people availing of HAP in 2019 was 17,025.

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: This figure, then, is the total number of people availing of HAP for the entire country, which is 17,025 households.

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Would it not be appropriate for us to have the figures for those availing of HAP each year, rather than simply a figure for new applicants? I state that because what is being presented distorts the figures. On the one hand, the total number of local authority and approved housing body completions are included, but on the other hand, we do not see total numbers of those availing of the HAP...

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Regarding the approved housing body and local authority completions and acquisitions, has a comparison been done of the average cost per unit? Are the approved housing bodies getting better value for money or are the local authorities? Has a detailed comparison been done in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Chair.

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

Colm Burke: Do buildings that are currently being built under current regulations now need to be reviewed to make sure that they can be adapted appropriately? Is it the case that any building that is under construction should be immediately looked at to put in the adaptations required?

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for setting out in detail the reasons new legislation is required to deal with Covid-19. In March and April 2020, legislation had to be introduced to give powers to the Government and the Minister to bring forward the necessary regulations. This legislation was required to have careful and planned management of how we would deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. At that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Colm Burke: CIT has been amalgamated with the Institute of Technology Tralee. There is very much a new team in place. The person who headed CIT has retired and the new institution has a new president and board of management. I have no problem with bringing in representatives but I wonder whether we will be able to get all of the information we require in that scenario.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Colm Burke: It went through on 1 January. The new president is in place, although she has not taken up her position yet. I believe there is an acting president. The new board of management has also more or less been in place since 1 January. The previous head of the college retired at the end of November. There has been a fairly substantial changeover in management but that does not necessarily mean...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I apologise. I should have taken down my hand from the last time. I am sorry about that.

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister and all those who are involved in the roll-out of the vaccine. It has been most successful. First, I have received quite a number of emails from pregnant women who are attending Cork University Maternity Hospital, some of whom have been advised that it will be at least six to eight weeks before they receive the vaccine. I understand that those who are 32 weeks'...