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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister. I welcome that budget 2023 provided the largest amount ever for the defence sector. We are now in a very competitive employment market. The role the Defence Forces play is extremely important. When they are abroad, they provide a very good service to the UN, as well as part of an EU peacekeeping project. It is important that we provide the level of support and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Colm Burke: A number of people will automatically retire from the Defence Forces. Is the Minister satisfied that we will attract a sufficient number of new people into the Defence Forces over the next three to four years? It is of concern that numbers have decreased. We need to make sure that we not only maintain numbers but increase them.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has set out a five year-plan to acquire or build apartments or houses that would accommodate members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21031/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Colm Burke: The Minister mentioned the availability of 4,500 bed places. I wonder how many of those are currently occupied because in many cases, as he outlined earlier, accommodation was left not maintained over the years and not improved and brought up to modern-day standards. In my question, I asked had the Department put in place a five-year plan setting out clear goals annually for the next...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I very much welcome what the Tánaiste has outlined with regard to projects that are up and running at the moment, particularly for Haulbowline and Collins Barracks in my constituency. I know the Tánaiste has set out what is planned for Collins Barracks and what is going ahead but is that going to be added to over the next number of years? Is there a plan to add to that? It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is proposed to release the Environmental Impact Statement which has now been completed with regard to the Blackpool flood relief scheme, and which is required to be made available for public consultation before the project can proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21897/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current waiting times for the processing of general employment permits; the number of permits issued per month since 1 January 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22145/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new regulations will come into place which will allow local authorities and approved housing bodies to enter into negotiations with builders for the building of new apartment complexes which will qualify for the incentives under the cost rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22217/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (10 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify whether the recently approved amendment to the Finance Bill 2023 to apply a zero per cent VAT rate for the supply and installation of solar panels is applicable to trade installers of solar panels or individuals who wish to purchase and install solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21988/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the number of places that are available in the ASD class in a school (details supplied) for the 2023-2024 school year; if there are plans to build capacity in the number of places available in ASD classes in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21899/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a HSE nursing home bed costs €2,585 per week in County Laois, a cost far greater than nursing home beds in any other HSE facility in the country; the reason there is such a difference of over €1,500 from the cost of nursing home beds which are provided by private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21981/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the increase in the cost of nursing home beds is 10% higher in 2023 compared to 2022, and in view of the fact that private nursing home beds are only 3% higher between 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21982/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether his Department has engaged with the HSE with a view to increasing the number of contracted beds in private nursing homes in order to expedite the transfer of patients from hospital to private nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21983/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether his Department has engaged with the HSE with a view to increasing the funding that can be provided to private nursing homes that provide contracted beds to care for patients who require a higher degree of care than that which is normally required in a nursing home setting; the number of additional contracted beds that will be put...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current position in respect of Clonakilty Community Hospital; if there are sufficient staff in place to enable all beds to be occupied; the number of beds that have remained vacant for more than four weeks at a time over the past 12 months; the action being taken to ensure that all beds are fully utilised throughout the year; and if...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I want to raise the issue of the discrimination that is occurring in the moneys being allocated for private nursing homes compared with public nursing homes. As the Minister of State is aware, we have a situation in Cork where a nursing home with 73 beds has decided to withdraw from the fair deal scheme. It is interesting to go through the figures on this. The average cost of a public...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: Those are the figures and I have a full table for every county. Unless this matter is tackled we will have fewer beds available for people. In the past three months I have been trying to get people out of Cork University Hospital. People were in that hospital three to four months longer than they should have been because they could not get an appropriate bed in a step-down or nursing home...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (17 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I fully accept the Minister of State's commitment to this area, and that of the Government, but there now is a problem. In the Cork area, for example, the amount paid for public nursing home beds is one of the lowest in the country. I fully accept that. However, the increase allowed in Cork for public nursing home beds was 10.4%, whereas the increase for private nursing homes was 2.7%....