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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: On the numbers, we are talking about one in ten women who are adversely affected. Can a mechanism be put in place to get basic information out there? I mentioned the Irish College of General Practitioners earlier but are there other ways to get a lot of useful information into the public domain so that women can follow up with their GP who can then refer them on to the appropriate clinic?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I fully accept that the one in ten figure is only an estimate. A percentage of that one in ten need specialist care and a percentage can be carefully managed. What percentage will need not only careful management but also surgical intervention? Are we talking about a very small number? Is it a very small percentage or is it higher than previously understood?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I have one final question in relation to GP surgeries. Many GP surgeries have five or six doctors now, one or two of whom may focus on women's healthcare. Is there a need to identify those surgeries to see if additional training, help and support can be provided to those GPs who are focusing on women's healthcare? In that way, we would have a wider spread of specialist caregivers, rather...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of employment permit applications which have been received by his Department since 1 January 2023 to 31 May 2023; the total number of applications which have been approved during this timeframe, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31608/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the current position of the Blackpool flood relief scheme; when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31046/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for driving tests; what progress has been made to date in reducing the five-month waiting time for driving tests experienced by applicants earlier in the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31235/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the current position with the An Post pension fund which was set up in 1983, wherein there has been no increase in payment since the economic downturn in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status for an application for emergency works (details supplied) for toilet facilities; when a decision is likely to be made in this case in view of the fact that these are urgently required to accommodate 42 children enrolled for September in the school which has recently become co-educational, that a delay in this project could...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the Ireland-New Zealand Joint Research Mechanism pilot research initiative; the progress that has been made to date on the four projects funded under the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 636. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that funding will be put in place to enable the new dental hospital to be built in Curaheen, Cork, given planning permission was granted for this project over three years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30600/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific timeline which he and his Departmental officials have given to HIQA to complete its HTA regarding the provision of an enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s age cohort; if he will outline the scope of this HTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30830/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 671. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expediting the conducting of a HTA to be carried out by HIQA into the provision of an enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30831/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify if he has engaged with the universities with a view to increasing the number of Irish students who can access dentistry courses in view of the fact that there is a substantial increase in the population and also taking into account the number of dentists who will be retiring over the next five years; and if he will make a statement...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: I welcome the witnesses. I thank them for their presentations and for dealing with the questions earlier. I want to focus on the issue of funding for sports capital projects and the co-ordination between the various Departments and local authorities. One of the issues we are focusing on is the building of additional housing and apartments. Is there a policy within the Department to...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: FAI officials have written to the Department saying that they are not going ahead with it but they still have a lease on the land. Has the Department had any communication with, say, the county council, to know what it is proposed will be done with this 30 acres? We have a problem now in that the city boundary was extended. The urban development has been within the city, not in the county....

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Since the Department got that letter from the FAI in May, has there been engagement with the local authority?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: This goes back to the issue of co-ordination with the local authorities. That is an engagement with the FAI, but we now have a problem in that a huge number of houses are being built in this area. On one site alone, 600 new houses are being built. The local schools are bulging at the seams with the number of students that they have to accommodate. I am wondering about facilities then....

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Could I ask the Department to communicate with local authorities? I am talking about both local authorities, because this land is on the boundary between the city and county. The main benefits would actually be for people living in the city whereas the land is in the county. I ask that this communication would take place.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: With regard to forward planning where there are large-scale apartment complexes and housing projects, what level of engagement is there with local authorities once the planning process has been dealt with? In a lot of cases, sports complexes are developed ten, 15 or 20 years after the housing is built, instead of doing it all together. What level of communication has been established with...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Do the witnesses think we could do more forward planning in that area? This committee is about getting value for money for the taxpayer. Having seen what has occurred in many areas around the country, that co-ordination is coming at a late stage. Could we get better value by having it at a far earlier stage?