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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: I understand what Mr. McCarthy is saying, but I would be very concerned that this would be a route that in the modern day environment a Department would go down. I think it is very serious. In addition there is an issue relating to tendering. That is also raised in this article which is now public. No tender process was entered into for this expenditure. That would concern me. Does it...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: I am very surprised that on foot of a risk assessment we would decide to lend money to a structure that has no security and in addition it did not go out to tender for the money. That is a very poor move by the Department.

Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 2017 CLÁR programme will open for applications; her views on the benefits this scheme can bring to rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11418/17]

Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: On 6 October 2016, The Minister of State, Deputy Ring announced the opening of the CLÁR programme. It had been closed for business since 2009. We are all aware that he also presided over the sports capital programme. He re-opened it in 2012, as that programme also then was closed for business. Rural areas have had a huge benefit from this funding and CLÁR has been especially...

Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: I welcome the additional €5 million for 2017. The critical aspect of this funding is that it makes rural Ireland an attractive place to live. It provides key infrastructure into areas where there has been a deficit. In my constituency, County Westmeath received an allocation of €214,000 last year while County Longford received €237,000 for key infrastructure projects....

Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: We have had a huge amount of schemes such as the sports capital programme, the town and village renewal scheme, the REDZ programme and the rural recreation scheme that have been targeted at rural Ireland. This is very welcome and we need to continue with this progress to ensure that we are delivering for these areas. It is amazing to go through small villages such as Multyfarnham, Moate,...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to launch stream 3 of the arts and culture capital scheme for smaller-scale projects following the recent announcement of the successful applications under stream 1 and 2 of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11357/17]

Other Questions: Arts Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: After the success of streams 1 and 2 of the arts and culture capital scheme, I would be grateful if the Minister would outline when she intends to open stream 3 of this funding. It is very important to look at the smaller areas that we can fund under arts and culture, especially in rural areas.

Other Questions: Arts Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: The Minister may remember when, on her visit to Moate with Councillor John Dolan last year, she stopped at a number of locations including Dún na Sí, met the Moate performing and visual arts group and Moate Action Group and saw the great work that was done in the town in recent years. The town has been benefiting from funding from this Government. During the Minister's visit to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Turf Cutting (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when legislation governing peat extraction is due before the Houses of the Oireachtas to provide clarity for the EPA to monitor same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11923/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons here that avail of group water schemes; if there is a breakdown by county of these numbers; the number of families that have private wells by county; the amount by which these costs are subsidised in comparison to Irish Water customers; the amount these private supplies cost; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order a review of the decision made by the NCPE not to fund a licensed drug which targets a genetic disorder (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11290/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 487. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend free general practitioner care, especially to children over six years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11296/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the financial arrangement with a State agency (details supplied) in the interests of transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11196/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Retirement Scheme (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reintroduce the farm retirement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11301/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (8 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 35. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on intern health care assistants pay discrepancies in the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar and nationally which was the subject of negotiation with trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11901/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (8 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 76. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the major capital plan for the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, which includes four new operating theatres, a new endoscopy unit, a new stroke unit and a new Intensive care unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application by a person (details supplied) for a wheelchair. [12262/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan (8 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 278. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address the need for broadband by two significant employers on the Longford-Westmeath border (details supplied); if grants may be available to cover such businesses in the interim time in view of the fact that these businesses threaten to close while the NBP is being progressed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (9 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of GLAS payments which were due for payment in 2016 that have been received by applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/17]