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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: I think Inland Fisheries Ireland are in for 7 March. Is that the provisional date?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: One of the amendments concerns the substitution of the words "surrogate mother" with the word "surrogate". I know the Minister touched on this but is there a particular reason the words "surrogate mother" need to be put in as opposed to "surrogate"?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: One of the groups - Deputy Shortall has raised this point as well - has submitted that the words "surrogate mother" be substituted with the word "surrogate".

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: My understanding is that the regulations would be valid once the legislation provides for them. If they conflict in any way with the legislation, then the legislation will take precedent.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: If the legislation provides for that, that is fine. If it in any way conflicts with the legislation, then the legislation is what a court will rely on.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: If we delete section 16, how can the amendment state: "In page 24, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following". It does not make sense. Are we deleting all of section 16 and replacing it with this amendment?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his recent meeting with the British Foreign Secretary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2633/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what progress has been made to date in respect of the key actions aimed at tackling rising waste generation and to improve the management of waste being generated in Ireland, as set out in the EPA 2021 National Waste Statistics Report in view that Ireland is on course to miss EU waste recycling targets in 2025; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what action his Department is taking to reduce Ireland's reliance on exporting our waste for final treatment overseas, that consideration would be given to the development of national capacity to treat residual non-hazardous and hazardous wastes to reduce our dependence on treatment facilities in Europe; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has ever made an exception to increase the funding available through the housing adaptation grant in exceptional circumstances, particularly where there are multiple children with special needs living in the one house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3477/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be received, as this has been pending for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3436/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be received, as this has been pending for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3437/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Websites (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to address the issue with the AgFood Portal during December 2023 wherein key features in BISS were not accessible including the correspondence, in view that applicants who may have received correspondence from the Department in respect of BISS, CRISS and CISYF applications during this time did...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Websites (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what assistance, if any, his Department is providing to those effected by the technical issue with the AgFood Portal which occurred during December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3534/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Websites (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to ensure that applicants who use the AgFood Portal are aware that there was a technical issue with the portal during December 2023, in view that time-sensitive correspondence may have been issued during this timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3535/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (25 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 342. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the current position in respect of asylum seekers who can be accommodated in centres (details supplied) in view of the fact that Cork City Council approved each of the centres with a higher number than his Department is prepared to allow; the total numbers of places therefore available between each...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how much financial support has been provided by her Department to community and voluntary groups and sporting organisations in Cork in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4013/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: Will the Minister of State set out in detail a breakdown of moneys provided by the Department to community and voluntary groups and sporting organisations in Cork in 2023?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: I very much welcome all of the grants that were announced last year. I hope the same will be provided again this year. In fairness, when moneys are provided to community organisations, they use the funding very effectively and deliver very good services. One of the areas that needs some focus is new communities where there is a huge growth in housing. We are not doing enough forward...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: I very much welcome the Minister of State's response. It is not a criticism of the Department; it is just about the need for joined-up thinking. In that regard, I have a situation in Glanmire, for instance, where a total of 30 acres has been lying idle for ten years because it is owned by one organisation, which has not commenced any development yet it is not prepared to hand it back,...