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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I fully accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Colm Burke: It was €86,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Coming back to my initial question, is the Department satisfied that local authorities have made progress in recent years in advising utility companies beforehand or does further work need to be done on this? I have come across cases where the local authority has carried out major resurfacing or major drainage work and six months later, I have seen the same roadway being excavated again.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Colm Burke: The witnesses may not be able to answer my question immediately. If so, they can drop me a line afterwards. I note that the Department is responsible for the Coast Guard and search and rescue services. My question is about an agreement in Castlefreke, west Cork, that Coillte would transfer land for a new base to be established there. Contracts were furnished to the Chief State Solicitor's...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Colm Burke: The State's solicitor's office is not the problem, it is the Office of Public Works, OPW, which has not responded.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Spratt.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Okay. I refer to the timeframe from when a local authority identifies a site and makes a submission to the Department for housing. For instance, I am aware of a situation where a local authority secured approval for approximately five housing projects to proceed. When it received tenders for the building of the houses, the tenders were far higher than anticipated, but then there was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: I will, and I thank our guests not only for participating in this meeting, but for all the work they have done over the past 15 months. It has been challenging for everyone in the healthcare sector, especially those on the front line. We have had to deal with the cyberattack recently and with Covid on an ongoing basis, but if the IHCA was in charge over the next six months, what would it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: If Professor Landers were setting out bullet points for the HSE, what would they be? Where could immediate action be taken? I know we have to deal with the computer issue first and that has to be resolved, but what five or six other issues would the IHCA highlight to assist in dealing with the backlog? Has the association communicated to the HSE what needs to be immediately prioritised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: My final question relates to elective hospitals. I am very unhappy with what Sláintecare has proposed, namely, a day facility, six days a week, 50 weeks a year, with no reference to beds. Do our guests and others on the front line believe that what is being proposed in Sláintecare is adequate if we want to expand those services?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: 337. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional supports will be provided to small traders who rely on imports from outside the EU in view of the decision to apply VAT on items imported from outside the EU valued under €22 from 1 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30763/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: 577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made in respect of the review of guidelines governing the erection of wind turbines in particular, the restrictions which apply with regard to their distance from the nearest dwelling house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30701/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: 569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount due to each local authority in respect of arrears which are currently due from residential tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30640/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: 740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to reinstating the schools library grant which was abolished in Budget 2008 given the support would be of enormous benefit to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31086/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: 1038. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pandemic unemployment payment will not be taken into account when assessing a student’s eligibility for SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30738/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for all the work that has been done on this area. I wish to focus on two areas. The first is elective hospitals. My understanding is that the South/South West Hospital Group was a bit surprised with the presentation made to it on 4 March because it set out that it would be an elective hospital, which would be open six days per week, 50 weeks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Is Ms Magahy saying that the new elective hospital will have inpatient beds, because that is the issue. What is being said to me is that if one takes hip or knee operations, people with diabetes or other underlying health conditions would not be suitable candidates for a day hospital. Is Ms Magahy saying there are going to be inpatient beds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Does Ms Magahy accept that we are confining ourselves to a very low number of people who can use the facility? This facility will not be a suitable place for anyone with an underlying condition who wants to go for minor surgery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: If the person is going in for minor surgery that is not related to diabetes, he or she is still not considered a suitable candidate. The same is true of a person whose body mass index, BMI, is above what it should be, he or she is a not a suitable candidate for a day facility. The day facilities will be managed in two different ways. Surgical procedures will be done in the elective surgery...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: The point I am making is that those with an underlying health conditions are not suitable candidates for a day hospital that is doing surgery. For example, if they are going in for a minor surgical procedure, that facility will not be able to accommodate those people.