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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Colm Burke: This question is to ask the Tánaiste to provide an update on his engagement with PDFORRA and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a decision has now been made in respect of the wording of the contract for the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; if he will outline the date when work will commence on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22084/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State's comments. One of the problems we have now in respect of the tendering process is the long period from when the tenders come in to when they are signed off on. That has happened on quite a number of projects over the past number of years and costs continue to rise. It is really important that there is no further delay in awarding the contract. After that,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Colm Burke: In fairness, I think everything has been done by the Department. As the Minister of State outlined, the matter comes under the remit of Cork City Council. We must make sure that a timely decision is made by the council to award the contract and that the person who gets it accepts it in a timely manner in order that we will not have to go back out to tender at a later stage. This is a vital...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2024 (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I have raised this matter previously in the House. In fact, I raised recently with the Tánaiste the issue of the many vacant properties, and part of the reason they are vacant is because there is defective title. There is a need for local authorities to be more proactive in using compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, to assist the landowners to get good title in order that they can go and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Colm Burke: There is a difference of €744 per bed per week between the cost of a nursing home bed in a public nursing home and the cost of such a bed in a private nursing home. This does not make sense. In County Laois, for instance, the average cost is €2,585 per public bed while the average cost of a private bed in a private nursing home is €1,039. That is a difference of 148%....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I want to raise the issue of home school tutors. At the moment, they are regarded as self employed, yet they are paid by the Department of Education. They are on a category S stamp in relation to the social services. They are not entitled to get any benefits during the school holiday time period. It is my understanding that a number of cases are before the Workplace Relations Commission,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (25 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I agree with my colleague from Cork North-Central. I happen to have been chairperson of Blackpool Community Centre a number of years ago - in fact, when we applied for planning permission for a community centre in Ballyvolane. Unfortunately, however, there were so many local objections that it never got planning. I think the mistake that was made in Ballyvolane was about a site not being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I have been involved in a particular project with a number of community groups. The problem is that the route cuts across two local authorities. It is about getting co-operation. One is Cork City Council, the other is Cork County Council and the issue is whether it can be co-ordinated between the two. There must be buy-in by both authorities. It is a well-developed project by a small...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister. I very much welcome all the work that the Department is doing in town and village renewal to date but also that the Minister plans to have completed in 2023. I am wondering about the co-ordination between the Department and the local authorities because I have come across one issue recently in relation to the vacant property grant where an application was submitted...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: -----which would allow the local authority to buy and to sell again to the person who wants to develop because it would rectify the title issue.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I very much welcome the funding the Minister has outlined for Cork. As my colleague from Cork, Deputy Stanton, clearly outlined, it is a huge county. There are lots of towns and villages throughout the place. It is important, therefore, that there is co-ordination and that where communities have a real drive on to renew and revitalise their area, there is no hurdle put in their way which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 114. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when local groups in Cork will be able to apply for funding under the town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19401/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Since October, 219 cases of invasive group A streptococcus have been reported. There was extensive coverage on RTÉ and in theIrish Examinerat the weekend of the sad death of Vivienne Murphy in 2019 and the lack of a proper paediatric unit in Cork University Hospital, CUH. There is a paediatric unit there and the staff are working extremely hard. There is planning permission for a new...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland, or MS Ireland as it is more commonly known, has set out a clear business case for the employment of nine physiotherapists, one in each of the HSE community healthcare organisation, CHO, areas. It has done so as a result of research and work done in the CHO 2 area where a physiotherapist is working. It is clear that the employment of a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I fully agree with the Minister of State in this regard. In fairness, the project in the CHO 2 area is working very effectively. It clearly sets out that progress is being made. Let us look at the figures. The 9,000 people who suffer with MS will account for 54,000 GP visits, approximately 16,450 nights in hospital and approximately 1,544 emergency department attendances per annum. Their...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I join others in wishing Noel Murphy a long and peaceful retirement. I thank him for his contribution as a member of staff here in Leinster House. I wish to raise the issue of accommodation for members of the Defence Forces. Over the years, accommodation was available on site in Army barracks. Much of that was allowed to fall into disrepair. An announcement has been made in respect of...