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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: We focused on front-line staff - nurses, care assistants, etc. - in nursing homes. The other cohort are those who deliver services to nursing homes. Have we focused on making sure that they had been vaccinated as well?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the HSE and all the staff for their work over the past 18 months. It has been a very challenging time. May I raise the issue of procurement and its management? A complaint I receive from people working at local level in IT, which relates to all areas of procurement within the HSE, is that those making the final decisions are very much coming from the administration side and that...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: The complaint made to me was that while people are asked to feed into the procurement process, they have no input whatsoever when the final decisions are made. Their concern is that the decision makers are not the people who have the expertise. They believe problems will continue to arise, particularly in relation to IT and new equipment, unless the structure is changed so people with...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: May I ask about the IT section of the HSE? It is a huge organisation. There are many big hospitals and the whole health service. Where are we in terms of a five-year or ten-year plan? What progress has been made? Have we clear targets set out for each year between now and 2026?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Yes, it is about upgrading IT and making sure that we keep up to date and make the whole health service more efficient in relation to patient records. We still have a whole issue relating to files which are manual. If someone, say in Cork, attends the Mercy hospital, then attends Cork University Hospital for something else and then attends the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Have we set targets for, say, a five-year plan in this area? We need to plan this out. I accept it cannot be done overnight. Have we clear targets setting out what needs to be achieved?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Can I ask about it in relation to the HSE? I know it is part of Sláintecare but is there a target for each year between now and 2026?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made towards the regularisation of pay, pension and terms of employment for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42633/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 963. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the National Hepatitis C Treatment Programmes into the Irish Prison Service as is set out in the HSE National Service Plan for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Incidence (9 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 964. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is still on target to reach the World Health Organisation goal of eliminating hepatitis C by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wastewater Treatment (9 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 1593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a grant scheme for farmers who will be required to put in place waste water tanks separate from effluent holding tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42850/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sports Funding (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in respect of the release of monies under the 2018 sports capital programme and in particular the monies due to a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43587/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an area (details supplied) is one of the few areas in the country not to have been prioritised to date in the implementation of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44059/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: My question relates to my constituency, Cork North-Central, one of the few areas in the country not to have been prioritised to date in the implementation of the national broadband plan. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter? The area is within a radius of 10 miles to 12 miles of Cork city.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: The report my office received from NBI in the past week suggested that Inniscarra, Kerry Pike, Clogheen, Tower, Blarney, Grenagh, Whitechurch, White's Cross and Carrignavar will not even be considered until 2025. I have seen the map, which was also made available to me, and it appears that about 80% of the constituency, which is within a radius of 10 miles or 12 miles of the city, will not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Part of the area to which the Minister referred is in Cork East and some of the Midleton area is coming into Cork North-Central. I wish to ask the Minister about targets for 2020, 2021 and 2022. I acknowledge that Covid had an effect and that the target set in 2021 as regards the number of connections will not be reached, but can changes be made to make sure that those targets can be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the implementation of the National Broadband Plan is on schedule for 2021; if not, the measures which can be taken in order to expedite it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the design of the new energy efficiency obligation scheme which will operate from 2022 to 2030; the envisaged targets for the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44313/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the introduction of legislation for the use of e-scooters and other such vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that will be provided to regional airports to build back routes and services following the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44312/21]