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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: Chair, it is about forward planning and how we work with all the different organisations

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I accept that and I fully accept that the HSE in Cork has done a huge amount of work in improving all the community hospitals but I am concerned about how fast we can deliver the replacements needed. We also need to remember that the population has increased by more than 170,000, from 410,000 to 580,000 in Cork alone. There is a large demand there. The question is how we respond to meet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: In relation to the structural management in CUH, there are more than 320 consultants there so it is a huge hospital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: My question is about the decision-making process. Hospitals in Dublin have a direct link to the decision-makers regarding the provision of finance whereas in Cork it has to go through a series of hurdles before anything can be signed off on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: No, Limerick has a direct link.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: CUH does not have a direct link

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I know but it still has to go through a huge series of hurdles before-----

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 131. To ask the Taoiseach if he will include a young carers section on the Census form, to ascertain and enumerate the level of care provided by young carers relating to their role in providing physical or emotional support to family members with a long-term illness, health issue, or issue related to old age or disability [13744/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 342. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the granting of enhanced tax credits specifically targeted at young adult carers, to enable them to remain in the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13745/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 347. To ask the Minister for Finance the quantity of cigarette packs containing 20 cigarettes sold in each of the past ten years; and the quantity of cigarette packs sold containing more than 20 cigarettes, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [13963/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will arrange for his Department to request all local authorities to carry out an audit of their housing stock in respect of all three, four and five bedroomed properties which are occupied by one person only; if a more progressive plan will be put in place to facilitate those who wish to downsize to smaller houses or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all properties currently being managed by local authorities which are three, four and five bedroomed but which are occupied by one person only, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12371/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the necessary regulations will be put in place in respect of planning for the owners of property who operate short-term rentals (details supplied), given that local authorities are applying a different set of rules in their respective areas in view of the fact that no policy directive has been issued by his Department;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in cases in which a property owner has operated a short-term rental service (details supplied) and was previously advised that they did not require planning permission and are now required to apply for planning permission given each individual local authority is applying a different set of rules, with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of plans for the modification of a mainstream classroom to a special educational needs classroom in a school (details supplied), given the school has received approval for a special educational needs class commencing September 2023 from the National Council for Special Education; if an official in her Department is assigned...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sponsor a campaign for the purposes of raising awareness among teaching and related professionals of the challenges facing young carers, such as extra responsibilities, the need for more academic support and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of PPS numbers issued in Ireland from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022, the breakdown by nationality that each of the PPS number was issued to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13954/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 979. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will give consideration to the establishment of a cross-departmental working group for the purposes of examining, assessing and coordinating the needs of young carers, to be carried out under the auspices of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 1017. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of beds which are available in purpose built student accommodation in Cork, Dublin, Limerick and Galway, in particular, in tabular form; the number of new beds which have been made available in each of the years 2019 to 2022; the number of units currently under construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pharmacy Services (21 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: 1020. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will actively engage with the three third-level institutions which offer pharmacy degree programmes, namely University College Cork, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland and Trinity College Dublin, to increase the number of places available to study same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12937/23]