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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister. I very much welcome the changes because anyone who is providing care to his or her elderly parents is saving the State a huge amount of money in real terms. This is about cases where caring stops after a parent has passed away and carers are coming back into the system. I ask the Minister to examine this so that people can come back into the system and not be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: Once a person finishes providing care, he or she should not be penalised further. I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: This week there was announcement in Cork by a company that it intends to carry out a €350 million development in the docklands area. Part of that development comprises a 130-bed rehabilitation hospital. We have been looking for an elective hospital in Cork for a number of years and we still have not identified a site for that hospital. This year, we have 200 fewer beds available in...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for bringing forward the Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021, which I very much welcome. Given the comments made here earlier on the crisis, it is important to understand that yes there is a crisis in housing and we have faced difficulties over the past number of years, but there have been good news stories too. The...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: I apologise for not being available for all of the meeting. Perhaps the issues I want to raise have been raised so I hope our guests will bear with me. I thank the Department for the work done in a very difficult 24 months and for the progress it made in retaining jobs and helping to create new jobs. With regard to a review of jobs over the last five years, we spoke in the last meeting...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: Has Dr. Quinn any idea in regard to the jobs created? For example, for any year of the last five years where grants were provided, what percentage of those jobs are still in place and what percentage have not lasted more than 12 months, two years or three years? Have we any kind of detailed analysis of that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: From Dr. Quinn's own knowledge of the Department, what is her understanding? Is there an 80% or 90% retention, or is it less than that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: I want to follow up on the point made by Deputy Verona Murphy about permits for people coming in from abroad. There are certain key areas where we have difficulty in filling jobs. I know the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment was involved with the meat industry through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In the healthcare sector, for example, we have a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: I know nurses and doctors come in but what about care assistants and people who may work in the background in kitchens and cleaning facilities etc.? My understanding from nursing homes is that they have had a very poor response from the Department of Health on this type of assistance. We have seen an increase in nursing staff and doctors but not in care assistants or in other areas.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: Is the Secretary General saying the Department of Health has not come to her Department on the matter?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: I spoke earlier about value for money. Do any substantial changes need to be made in view of the fact that Covid-19 has brought huge changes? There is also the issue of the UK no longer being part of the European Union. Should we be exploring new avenues as a result? As we are the only English-speaking country within the European Union, are there further opportunities to grow jobs that we...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (24 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider intensifying the current laws in place against littering and dumping, in particular with the use of CCTV for the gathering of evidence and if local authorities are entitled to use this in court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57863/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be awarded to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of disciplinary proceedings taken against individual members of An Garda Síochána in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of these cases which are currently pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57862/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (24 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Afghan nationals who have been granted political asylum here to date since the fall of the democratically-elected Government in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish prisons that do not currently have comprehensive hepatitis C treatment programmes in place for which prisoners can receive treatment within the prison facility and without having to attend a hospital setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57873/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the programme the Government is developing to have a structure in place for dealing with hepatitis C and infectious diseases amongst the prison population and within the clinic setting in the prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57874/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has considered the key issues identified in an assessment by a company (details supplied) of the reimbursement of medicines for rare diseases process which hinder access to rare disease medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: 163. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government will consider the reimbursement of orphan medicinal products to feature as part of the work programme of his Department for 2022; if he will consider Rare Disease Day 2022, which is the week starting 28 February, as an optimal time for a discussion and renewed focus on the topic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57865/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Nov 2021)

Colm Burke: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the review of the governance structures regarding the HSE drug reimbursement process by a company (details supplied) still remains under consideration by his Department despite being submitted to his Department in January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57866/21]