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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: On the issue of the elective hospitals and where we are with them, I know that it is with the design team. We are under pressure in relation to services in Cork. Where are we with the elective hospital issue in Cork? We have identified a site and a design team was appointed. Where are we with it now? The second issue I want to touch on is that of HSE staff with long Covid. I know that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: Is the Department looking for an extension?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: Can Mr. Watt come back to us on whether or not the Department has looked for an extension?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: Is there a timescale for when the design will be finished? Is it going to finished be by the end of October?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: It is a priority because we are running out of accommodation in Cork and we are under a lot of pressure. I am wondering what kind of timescale we are talking about before we go to planning.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 20 September 2023, the reason that her Department refers to the fact that a maximum amount of home tuition hours for primary school pupils has been allocated to a pupil, as the student in question (details supplied) is a secondary school student; if further hours could be allocated on this basis and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (28 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: 220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of an application (details supplied) for citizenship; when a decision is likely to be reached, in view of the fact that the application was submitted over two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41958/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Colm Burke: For a review of surgery, and this is quite complex surgery, is there any referring back to make sure? For instance, we identified quite a number of operations with a high incidence of infection. At what stage does CHI start investigating why that is arising?

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Department and the Minister, and indeed Bus Éireann, for the work they are doing in trying to resolve the difficulties. The question I have to ask is why it takes until the schools go back after the summer holidays to deal with this. The schools return in September but we are still dealing with problems right up to October and November. We surely should be able to announce...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will be provided with SEN school transport, in view that it is now over 4 weeks since the school term commenced, and the child still has no transportation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42306/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (3 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm when the revised wind energy development guidelines will be published; when they are expected to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42214/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm that consideration would be given to increasing the small gift exemption for capital acquisitions tax from €3,000 to €5,000 from each person per year, due to the increase in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43079/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: Will the Department consider increasing the small gift exemption for capital acquisitions tax, CAT, from €3,000 to €5,000 from each person per year? This was introduced in 2003 and it has not changed since. Will consideration be given to this? It is about the redistribution of wealth. If people find that when they give money to someone, there is going to be a liability for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: I fully accept what the Minister said about the exemptions that are available but it was 2003 when this was last changed. It is 20 years on and it is the time to look at this again, particularly in respect of CAT. Generally, the exemptions that were there prior to 2008 were greater than what they are now. As the Minister will appreciate, the value of property has gone up substantially and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: The Minister will accept, though, that there is a need for some change in CAT in view of the fact that the value of property has increased substantially. The exemptions were higher going back 15 or 18 years ago than what they are now. There have been changes in a whole lot of areas in the meantime. I am asking that consideration would be given to this.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the State has taken in for tax receipts for income tax, corporation tax and VAT to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43078/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: I ask the Minister to outline the tax receipts for income tax, corporation tax and VAT to date in 2023 and to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: Is the increase in income tax receipts a reflection of the increased number of people in employment? I understand that approximately 80,000 more people are in employment compared with this time last year. Alternatively, is it a reflection of increases in wages and salaries? VAT receipts have increased by 9.5%. Is that a reflection not necessarily of an increase in the volume of sales...