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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Moving on to the issue of hubs, it was admitted earlier that there is a delay in the roll-out in quite a number of areas. We have connected 200 schools. Because of Covid, many people now work from home. In my constituency, areas that are less than 5 miles from Cork city cannot get broadband, yet there are community facilities that, if a central hub was provided, would be of benefit to a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I have been contacted in respect of three communities. In one parish, there are more than 900 children in primary school, which gives a sense of the number of people in the parish. About 50% houses in the parish do not have broadband connectivity. I am advised by Cork County Council that it has spent all the money it has received and it is not prepared to engage further in respect of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I have sent details of the three areas to the Department and I have not got an answer. The county council has told me it is not its problem and it does not have the money.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I have sent them to Mr. Mulligan's Department and I will send them to the Minister.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes, I will. This is about trying to help areas where it will now be 2026 before they are connected. We can take action to assist families in those areas. There are 900 children in primary school in one parish, another 900 in secondary school and probably a further 300 or 400 students in third level. This is the area I am talking about where less than 50% of households have connectivity....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on IDA Ireland’s employment results for 2021; the regional spread; the factors behind the level of job increases; the level of job creation anticipated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6853/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on Enterprise Ireland’s employment results for 2021; the regional spread; the factors behind the level of job increases; the level of job creation anticipated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6854/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Mental Health Services (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to raise awareness regarding mental health and well-being of farmers and others working in the agri-business sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6882/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Promotion (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the work undertaken to secure new markets for Irish agri-businesses in particular new markets overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6881/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken to ensure that patients and carers are involved in the health technology appraisal process of new treatments for rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7126/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made an assessment of the impact of the Patient Organisation Submission Process in the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics in achieving its aims of improving patient involvement in the health technology appraisal process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7127/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken to develop rare disease data registries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7128/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 393. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on an all-Ireland network of rare disease registries as called for in the National Rare Disease Plan for Ireland 2014-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7129/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there were 641 children and young persons waiting for CAMHS services by the HSE in Cork as of December 2021; his plans to reduce this waiting list; when it is anticipated that this list will be eliminated entirely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7200/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 78. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to announce the site of the proposed elective hospital in Cork; if a site been identified; when planning will be applied for and construction work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7678/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I agree with my colleague from Cork North-Central with regard to an elective hospital for Cork. The South/South West Hospital Group made a presentation to the HSE more than three years ago. An advertisement was put in place almost 12 months ago now looking for sites to be identified and here we are. Even if we identify a site in the morning, we have to get a design team in to design it, go...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I agree we need long-term planning. One of the things about long-term planning is making sure we do not identify a small site and then say we do not have adequate space in five or ten years’ time. It is important we identify a site and get on with the planning process. The planning process is going to take us a minimum of 18 months. This is now a priority. There is not sufficient...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (15 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 93. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of all projects involving hospital extensions in the Cork area in view of the large increase in population and the lack of an adequate number of hospital beds in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7679/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 399. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of passports issued for each month from 1 January 2021 to 31 January 2022, by the number of passport renewals and the number of new passports for each month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (15 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 695. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the benefits of the participation of five Irish hospitals in the European Reference Network on Rare Diseases; if participation will help further national plans to support persons with rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7647/22]