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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: 107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions his Department has taken since the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces was published in February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29522/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: I will follow on from that regarding the recommendations being put in place. Are there target dates for having all the recommendations fully in place? The Tánaiste referred to transformation. We also have challenges in retaining people in the Naval Service. Does he believe that in the next three to four years the current difficulty with retention will be resolved with the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: The Tánaiste has already announced funding for accommodation for members of the Defence Forces. Are we likely to see the roll-out of a five-year plan dealing with accommodation? While there are certain restrictions on what changes can be made, substantial change can be made in the area of accommodation to make it attractive for people to come into the Defence Forces and stay in them....
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: 81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department plans to offer healthcare benefits to members of the Defence Forces and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29521/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: 411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the income means threshold for carer’s allowance given the cost-of-living increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29277/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his Department will actively engage with community pharmacists regarding the review of dispensing fees in advance of the upcoming 30 June 2023 deadline; if he will fully consider the introduction of a flat fee model of care of reimbursement of €6.50 per medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: 570. To ask the Minister for Health if he will actively engage with the community pharmacy sector to ensure that the highly complex nature and operation of community pharmacy schemes is recognised and that community pharmacists are reimbursed appropriately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29094/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: 571. To ask the Minister for Health to take the necessary steps to ensure that community pharmacists achieve pay parity with other health care workers, who have seen their pay increased on average by 14% per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29095/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his Department will actively engage with community pharmacists to begin contract discussions with them, as was pledged under the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29096/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the restoration of community pharmacists pay is in line with public service pay agreements, prior to FEMPI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29093/23]
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: I welcome the witnesses. I thank them for their presentations and for dealing with the questions earlier. I want to focus on the issue of funding for sports capital projects and the co-ordination between the various Departments and local authorities. One of the issues we are focusing on is the building of additional housing and apartments. Is there a policy within the Department to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: FAI officials have written to the Department saying that they are not going ahead with it but they still have a lease on the land. Has the Department had any communication with, say, the county council, to know what it is proposed will be done with this 30 acres? We have a problem now in that the city boundary was extended. The urban development has been within the city, not in the county....
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: Since the Department got that letter from the FAI in May, has there been engagement with the local authority?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: This goes back to the issue of co-ordination with the local authorities. That is an engagement with the FAI, but we now have a problem in that a huge number of houses are being built in this area. On one site alone, 600 new houses are being built. The local schools are bulging at the seams with the number of students that they have to accommodate. I am wondering about facilities then....
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: Could I ask the Department to communicate with local authorities? I am talking about both local authorities, because this land is on the boundary between the city and county. The main benefits would actually be for people living in the city whereas the land is in the county. I ask that this communication would take place.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: With regard to forward planning where there are large-scale apartment complexes and housing projects, what level of engagement is there with local authorities once the planning process has been dealt with? In a lot of cases, sports complexes are developed ten, 15 or 20 years after the housing is built, instead of doing it all together. What level of communication has been established with...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: Do the witnesses think we could do more forward planning in that area? This committee is about getting value for money for the taxpayer. Having seen what has occurred in many areas around the country, that co-ordination is coming at a late stage. Could we get better value by having it at a far earlier stage?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: I return to the refurbishment of the National Gallery. There was funding of €32 million. The OPW, the Department and the National Gallery of Ireland were involved in that. There were issues to be resolved and there was an arbitration process. What was the outcome of the arbitration process? I know it was spread over a number of years but what was the final cost of the project?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: What was the original planned cost when the project started?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: Sorry, what was the figure at the start? What was the projected cost when the project started.