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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: Blackpool suffered flooding damage in 2010, 2012 and 2013. It was agreed that a flood relief programme would be put in place. Environmental impact studies were carried out and presented by the Office of Public Works, OPW, to the Department of public expenditure. There was a judicial review in 2021, but the environmental impact study was left on someone's desk for 12 months in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: If the Minister of State is in Cork at any stage, he might come to my home parish of Inniscarra, which has 50 acres of sports grounds. The rugby club, the soccer club, the GAA club and the camogie club all have their own individual pitches, all of which were developed over the past 25 to 30 years. They are very well planned facilities and are all together in one area. We need to do that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that was spent by his Department in supporting sports clubs and organisations in Cork in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22679/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: Will the Minister outline the amount spent by his Department in supporting sports clubs and organisations in Cork in 2024?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister and fully agree with him there was a huge amount of funding provided last year and over the past ten years. It is a huge initiative for sports organisations. I find that for every euro the sports organisations get in grants, they raise another €5 through voluntary effort. The facilities provided have been superb. An issue I want to focus on is large-scale...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State very much for his reply. What we need to do, however, is to set out a clear plan to try to get the waiting time back to ten weeks. At the moment, there appears to be no plan. There is a plan to recruit people but targets do not appear to have been set. This is extremely important. It will probably take three years, and a clear plan should be set out now for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for driving test appointments at test centres in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22681/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: I had two people on to me this week. One person got their appointment for 22 December in Wilton, in Cork. The other person's appointment is for 5 January 2026. That is an outrageous period of time that people have to wait for a test. I have parents on to me. One parent's son has to be dropped to work at 4 o'clock in the day and his other parent has to collect him after midnight every...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 149. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken by his Department to diversify and increase tourism potential from other countries outside of Great Britain and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22678/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 192. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made to date in respect of the key recommendations set out in the Independent Review Group into the Defence Forces Report 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18007/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 202. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made to date in respect of the establishment of an independent external complaints system for serving members in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18006/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not permitted an additional junior infants class by the Department, despite prior assurances and demand within the local community; if this decision will be amended and the establishment of an additional class permitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22976/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: Drug and alcohol task forces play a key role in implementing the national drugs strategy at the local level. They assess the extent and nature of the drug problem and initiate appropriate responses, so that there is a coordinated approach involving all sectors to the problem of substance use in local communities and local communities are consulted in the design and delivery of services. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (1 May 2025)

Colm Burke: In rural and urban areas, support groups provide an important service, particularly for those living alone or who are elderly and need support. It is important that, in reviewing those supports, there is work done across the Departments of Health and Social Protection to ensure that those groups get support to help those who need care and assistance, be they in urban or rural areas. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (1 May 2025)

Colm Burke: I mentioned the growing population and people living longer, but there is the additional problem of people living alone, especially in rural areas. As the Minister will know, having come from a rural constituency, transport costs for someone living alone in a rural area is a matter we have not focused enough on and we need to look at. The cost of getting from A to B, be it ten miles, 15...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (1 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an examination of improvements to key ancillary benefits such as the fuel allowance, household benefits package and living alone allowance to support vulnerable groups has occurred as per the programme for Government; if not, when this examination is to occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21297/25]