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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (27 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his latest engagement with the Russian ambassador in view of the recent presence of Russian commercial vessels in international waters off Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19748/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (27 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his Department is taking to assist new build property owners who are not eligible for the solar electricity grant; if consideration will be given to the provision of additional financial supports to assist new build property owners purchase and install solar PV systems, where the properties were built and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (27 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll out of the National Broadband Plan in Cork; the total number of premises falling under the NBP remit in Cork; the total number of premises that are now available to pre-order/order broadband and the total number of premises still pending survey; if these figures are on target...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 363. To ask the Minister for Health when all remaining eligible non-HSE and Section 39 workers who worked in healthcare settings during the Covid-19 pandemic who have not received the pandemic recognition payment will receive this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20104/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce successful projects under the Community Support Fund in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19400/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a Standards Working Group which was convened to examine the various guidance and standards documents (details supplied) which should be taken into account by local authorities when constructing new walking and cycling infrastructure to ensure that this infrastructure is designed safely and efficiently in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a Standards Working Group convened by his Department plans to examine the MacCurtain Street public transport improvement scheme, currently being implemented by Cork City Council as part of its review, to ensure that the local authority is in line with the various guidelines and standards documents (details supplied) which should be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for oxycodone as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date, in tabular form. [19580/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Colm Burke: There is a difference of €744 per bed per week between the cost of a nursing home bed in a public nursing home and the cost of such a bed in a private nursing home. This does not make sense. In County Laois, for instance, the average cost is €2,585 per public bed while the average cost of a private bed in a private nursing home is €1,039. That is a difference of 148%....

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Colm Burke: If I may come in, I wish to raise the issue of recognition and the grandfather clause. A problem arose before the Minister’s time on the specialist register in the medical profession. We had to do amending legislation to deal with it. Have we made sure that a glitch like that does not arise in this case?

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Colm Burke: The regulation came in where there was an obligation to go through a set training process to get onto the specialist register here in Ireland as a medical practitioner and there was an issue with people who trained under the old system. For argument’s sake, let us say that the regulation came in on 1 January. Anyone who was already in a consultant post on 1 January immediately got...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for the clarification.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Colm Burke: In fairness to the Department, there is a bit of work still involved in going through what has been produced and what needs to be dealt with, looking at all the different angles. I think a three-month period might be a bit too short. I am not sure of the Minister's view on it, even if the time was extended to allow the Department to deal with the issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Gleeson for the presentation. I will focus on expenditure on the bovine TB eradication programme. My understanding is that between 2021 and 2030, it is expected the programme will cost around €1 billion in real terms, not totally from the Department but between the contribution from farmers and the Department. This is a scheme that is in place for more than 60 years at...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: One of the problems is that farming units have got bigger. Where previously farmers might have had 45 or 50 cows, they could now have between 200 and 500 animals. Given that we are talking about locking up an entire herd, there are huge additional costs for the people affected. Therefore, we need to see how we can progress it further because it is having a detrimental effect.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: We seemed to have had a lower rate in the late 1980s and early 1990s but it has come back up again. Is there a particular reason for that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: There have been changes in that area as well. When this was raised with me I looked into it and I discovered that there is an issue in relation to genomic testing. If one does the analysis on breeding bulls, for instance, one can actually decide to take certain bulls out because the calves from those bulls can have a higher likelihood of getting TB if it enters the herd. What progress can...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Does Dr. Fanning think we can fast-track that and do a lot more work on it in order to improve the situation? We have been talking about TB for 60 years at this stage. If one takes brucellosis, for example, we seem to have been able to deal with it far more effectively. It was a huge challenge for the Department and the veterinary profession but it was dealt with effectively. We do not...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: In terms of planning, we had fires in the Killarney lakes area. As a result, deer travelled east and then there was a huge increase in TB in that stretch from Killarney to Macroom. What action did the Department take once that issue was identified? What did the Department do to try to control that?