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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tobacco Control Measures (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to ensure that Ireland benefits from the inaugural Leadership Summit on Tobacco Control as it provides a clear opportunity for Ireland to re-establish its tobacco control credentials on the international stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44314/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tobacco Control Measures (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to work with health ministries in other EU states to ensure that the conference outcomes will be progressed at a European level ahead of EU tobacco tax directive, the EU tobacco products directive, the EU cancer beating plan and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control conference of parties scheduled for November...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: On the issue of vacant properties, would it be possible to get an up-to-date report on what progress has been made on dealing with that issue? This arose during our discussion of this issue, given that many properties had been vacant for a number of years.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Yes, thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: We need some kind of response from the Department. I am getting concerned as I have come across an Office of Public Works contract recently where five tenders were sent in and the job was offered to the lowest bid and then to the next lowest. The four contractors with the lowest tenders all walked away from the project and the company with the highest tender has accepted that contract....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Agreements (21 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to resolve the issues being experienced by importers of used cars from the UK in respect of proving the preferential origin of cars manufactured in the UK prior to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44950/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 183. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45323/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 184. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for a national diabetes register; the reason there is no current register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45324/21]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider instituting a change in the tendering process which would facilitate further submissions to be made after a closing date, similar to the recent changes in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45570/21]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: My question is on the tendering process and when a tender is submitted, where there is a variation between tenders one and five and a 16% gap in the amount being tendered. There is no process or provision for further engagement if there is a sudden increase in the cost of delivering a project between the time the tender is submitted and the time it is accepted by a Department. Can the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tobacco Control Measures (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Will the Government consider implementing laws that would restrict the importation of tobacco products into the country exclusively to those with plain packaging that includes both pictorial and text warnings in both the Irish and English languages? A similar system that was introduced in Finland requires health warnings to be provided in words and pictures in both Finnish and Swedish. I am...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tobacco Control Measures (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I accept the Minister of State's reply in respect of tobacco products that are sold in Ireland, but my question referred to products being brought into the country. We allow people to bring in 800 cigarettes, compared with a limit of 200 in Finland. There is not the same requirement in respect of products being brought back by people returning from holidays or a business trip that the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Reid and all the people in the HSE for their work over the last 18 months. It has been a very difficult time for everyone. I want to touch on the last issue Mr. Reid dealt with. With regard to the funding for SouthDoc, I note from my notes that in 2019 the funding for SouthDoc was €8.3 million, my figure for 2020 was €12.3 million and for 2021 it is €7.5...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: It sounds like a huge increase, in particular when facilities were closed. Another issue is in regard to facilities that closed. For instance, Blackpool, which is on the north side of Cork city, was closed down. With regard to access to the facilities on the south side, there is no public transport, so a facility was closed down that people on the north side of the city and the rural area...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I know that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Could we have a reason for the substantial increase in funding and how that funding was allocated during that period? Those are the figures I have. I know the witnesses may not be able to give that to me now but they might give it to me subsequently in writing. I want to move on to deal with the issue in regard to the value for money report in regard to nursing homes. We have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: The question I am asking is what additional funding was then provided to the public nursing homes at the same time and what additional supports had to be put in place.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: What is the difficulty with the value for money report? This has been going on for over three years and costs have increased in the meantime. There are complaints from the private nursing homes about having difficulty retaining staff, but part of the problem is funding. The other issue with funding is this. When people go into a private nursing home, they are assessed as regards the level...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: In fairness, it was to be published in quarter 2 of this year. We are now into quarter 3 and we will soon be into quarter 4. Is it going to be published by the end of quarter 3?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Can the Department respond to the Committee of Public Accounts setting out a guide as to when is likely to be published?