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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Can we look at fast-tracking the project to building stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: In 2021, funding was made available for the building of two new theatres. Everyone expected they would be finished by November 2021. It turns out that a contract for the building was not signed until November 2021 and we are now talking about July or August of this year before those two new theatres are built. Can we not deal with the type of delay occurring in the healthcare sector? Why...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will prioritise the enactment of the Family Court Bill 2020; the progress being made in the development of the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8671/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make changes to the law on guardianship and parentage in relation to children born through international surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8670/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current position in respect of the release of funds under the 2018 Sports Capital Programme; the status of the funding due to a club (details supplied) given that all of the legal issues which were raised by the Office the State Solicitor were resolved more than six months ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work his Department is undertaking in order to eliminate the use of materials which can neither be recycled or reused in keeping with the Circular Economy Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9375/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the support provided under the Circular Economy Innovation Grant Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9376/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail the level of funding support that has been allocated to local authorities to combat dumping in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9377/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of engagement that has taken place with energy providers in respect of the cost of energy for households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to address delays to the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9379/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of upgrades completed under the warmth and well-being scheme, by county, in each of the years 2016 to 31 December 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9380/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the way the warmth and well-being scheme will be incorporated into new schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given by his Department to engaging with other stakeholders on building capacity to achieve the key measures of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the grouping of homes together, for example neighbours, for the purposes of delivering significant energy upgrades under the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff working at the National Cybersecurity Centre in each of the years 2011 to 31 December 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of submissions received as part of the public consultation process on carbon budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9385/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in respect of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied) in which an additional requirement of Garda vetting is required; the impact this process has had on the application to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9552/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 805. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE provides peer support workers in the mental health services in Cork; if so, if the HSE will provide the number of posts available in Cork, the locations of such posts and the work involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9665/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for their presentation. I wish to discuss an issue I have raised previously, that being, student accommodation near third level institutions and residents groups being unable to file complaints about a large number of unregistered properties that they have surveyed. A complaint about each property has to be filed individually. My point has to do with making efficient use...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: The letter I received from them is dated Tuesday, 22 February of this year and states that properties surveyed in 2017 which were not registered and had tenants still have tenants and are still not registered. That is a large number of properties in the immediate area of University College Cork. Why has nothing happened in the past four years? It raises questions about the effectiveness of...