Results 10,201-10,220 of 11,348 for speaker:Colm Burke
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: If we go back over a five-year period, what kind of numbers are we talking about for the three years prior to 2022 and 2023?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: There is a perception out there that the numbers coming in are far higher than 13,000. I know it is slightly exaggerated because of the number of people who came in from Ukraine, but that is a different issue. As I understand it, there were 103,000 Ukrainians and 80,000 are currently still here. The perception out there is that far more than 13,000 a year are coming in. How many of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: Was it 38% in 2023?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: Do we have any evidence on where the other 62% are based whose applications we did not approve? Are they still in Ireland?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: If an applicant is in accommodation that is funded by the State and has gone through the entire process, including an appeal, at what stage does the State step in?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: Is the Department satisfied that we have done everything possible to expedite the whole process, including the appeals process? It was being dragged on for quite a period of time because of judicial reviews, JRs, and all the rest of it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: What kind of numbers are we talking about for judicial reviews?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: We are still talking about a considerable period from the time a judicial review starts to when we get a final decision.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: If I can, I will just move back to the prisons issue. Ms McPhillips referred to overtime and taking prisoners into hospital for care, and other such matters. I raised HIV treatment in the health committee. If someone has HIV, as I understand it, the programme takes 12 weeks. In some cases it is available within the prison so the prisoner does not have to be taken into a hospital setting....
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: Yes, I am sorry - my apologies - it is hepatitis C. It is a huge cost if we have to take a prisoner into a hospital setting for 12 weeks in a row, whereas I understand in one of the prisons in Dublin they have a comprehensive programme whereby all of the care is within the prison.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: Does Ms McCaffrey accept that there would be huge savings if we do not have to take prisoners to hospitals?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: Is it now going to be available in every one of the prisons?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: I will move on to prison accommodation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: Can I just ask-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: There is now great pressure on accommodation. We also have to accept that the population of the country has increased by 40% and that there will therefore be more demand. Is there a programme within the Prison Service to develop additional facilities because of this pressure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Colm Burke: What kind of time period are we talking about for the delivery of those projects?
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (15 Feb 2024)
Colm Burke: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department in supporting sports clubs and organisations in Cork in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6818/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Feb 2024)
Colm Burke: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce appropriate measures, in partnership with industry, to ensure that over a five-year period, delivery is increased to an extent that 30% of all new dwellings are built to incorporate universal design principles to accommodate our ageing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6952/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2024)
Colm Burke: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it will be possible for a school (details supplied) to make a decision to go ahead with a tender for a school extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7163/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Feb 2024)
Colm Burke: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the current status of a person's (detail supplied) application 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. [7167/24]