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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Peter Burke: Yes. It is quite a short paper. It was a submission to the General Affairs Council. It re-presents the argument that, in the accession process, so many thresholds require unanimity. Take North Macedonia for example. It had to change its name. That process took a long time. Now Bulgaria is raising issues with minorities, which again took a huge amount of diplomatic pressure. Citizens...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú for his intervention. He has detailed the situation in Gaza and the challenges we face in a European context. We are not a federal union but a collection of democracies. That presents a challenge when trying to get unanimity. The huge advantage is when we get unanimity we are exceptionally strong. Unfortunately, we have not reached that threshold yet....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Peter Burke: We raised it firmly and the Taoiseach raised it at the European Council. Unfortunately, there is no agreement on it as of yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Peter Burke: I acknowledge Deputy Haughey's contribution to European affairs. Every time I have been in the Dáil to talk about the European Council, he has been there asking pertinent questions about the European context and the issues facing Europe. I wish him well, although I hope there is a long time to go yet in this current Dáil and look forward to working with him into the future. On...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator for her questions. With regard to the operability of the asylum and migration pact, the date of June 2026 applies throughout the Union but individual states will deal with it in their own right prior to that. The Senator will have heard various announcements as to what the State is doing in regard to its processes, which are not in line with this pact and, in fact, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Peter Burke: I think we should put forward the best person for the job. I know a lot of water will have gone under the political bridge by the time we face that hurdle. I understand and always feel in politics that the best person for the job should go forward. I think we have to get more women into politics. During my previous role as the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Peter Burke: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a school extension (details supplied) will be considered favourably; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (1 Feb 2024)

Peter Burke: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he could advise on a driving licence (details supplied). [4745/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (31 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the well-being element of the secondary school curriculum, as advocated by Cycle Against Suicide; if she will reshape and resource it to improve the outcome for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4334/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (31 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional space by a school (details supplied) for a special unit providing leaving certificate applied tuition can be considered in light of increased roll numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4446/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (31 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a building project will be progressed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4464/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (31 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: 64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will advise when the sports capital grants that were submitted in September 2023 will be allocated. [4453/24]

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank all the Senators across the House for their contributions, all of which I identify with. It is important to hear everyone's views, with which I concur. I welcome the members of the brave and courageous Women of Honour to the Public Gallery and support them in what they have had to endure at a very stressful and emotional time in their lives, when the State has let them down. That...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (30 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance when the qualifying criteria for the primary medical certificate will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4207/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise if a project for a second ASD unit in a school (details supplied) will continue to progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3733/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (30 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for registration for the Teaching Council will be considered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3964/24]

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank all Members for their work on this Bill to date and their contributions in the House this evening. I reiterate the sincere thanks of the Minister for Health to the advocates who have been highlighting the issues raised in this Bill over the past number of years. On behalf of the Minister for Health and the Government, I recognise the importance of the issues raised in this Bill and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: I again thank Deputy Buckley for raising this very important matter on behalf of his community. I outline that the steering group is due to meet again in the next week or so and local elected representatives will be part of that. I assure the Deputy that the funding is in place for the relief scheme. It will be taken from the €1.3 billion that is available for flood risk management...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (25 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: I commend the Deputy on raising this issue. I agree that Dáil Éireann is the forum to raise infrastructural issues and indeed issues that really impact on people in the Deputy's locality like the elderly gentleman that he referenced in his opening contribution and the effects on his life of having no power and water for a protracted period of time. It is important that Uisce...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. He is absolutely right about the fear that people feel when they see horrific events like very serious flooding coming towards their property. I know that as I come from a constituency which has suffered extreme levels of flooding in the past. The catchment flood risk assessment and management programme provided the Government with...