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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether his Department has engaged with the HSE with a view to increasing the funding that can be provided to private nursing homes that provide contracted beds to care for patients who require a higher degree of care than that which is normally required in a nursing home setting; the number of additional contracted beds that will be put...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current position in respect of Clonakilty Community Hospital; if there are sufficient staff in place to enable all beds to be occupied; the number of beds that have remained vacant for more than four weeks at a time over the past 12 months; the action being taken to ensure that all beds are fully utilised throughout the year; and if...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of farmers who have availed of TBESS to date; the total number in Cork, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21525/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of individuals who have benefited from the help-to-buy scheme in Cork; if there are plans to extend the scheme beyond 31 December 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21526/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park-and-Ride Facilities (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that his Department will engage with Cork City Council with a view to developing a park-and-ride facility on land the council owns at Monard, Cork, taking into account that these lands also adjoin the Cork-to-Mallow rail line, where it is proposed to build a railway station in the long term; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position in respect of the payment of instalments to builders who have contracts for the building of new schools, in view of the fact there appears to have been a delay over the past three months in the making of such payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21043/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all payments due under the contract for the erection of a new school (details supplied) will be brought up to date in view of the fact the most recent request for payment was submitted in January 2023 but has not been paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a modular unit will be provided at a school (details supplied), given that it has been sanctioned for a third ASD class and will require this additional space in order to accommodate these students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21639/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action his Department is taking to reduce the eight-month waiting time for the processing of visa application appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21133/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to remedy the situation in which a person who has forestry land and the Forestry Service has refused to grant them a forest road licence in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21134/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to assist forestry owners who now find themselves in the position where they have been granted a felling licence but are having issues being granted a forest road licence as a result of changes to environmental policies, in particular with regard to watercourses; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to ensure that forestry owners who have made financial investments in forestry will not encounter issues in future with regards to the issuing of forestry roads licences, in view of changes to environmental policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21136/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider setting up a working group to examine the feasibility of introducing a prescription card to record all medications issued within a particular time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21612/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for codeine as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility, or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date, according to age group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21613/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data regarding the number of deaths recorded as a codeine-related overdose from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21614/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 May 2023)

Colm Burke: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Covid bonus payment for a group (details supplied). [21693/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Gleeson for the presentation. I will focus on expenditure on the bovine TB eradication programme. My understanding is that between 2021 and 2030, it is expected the programme will cost around €1 billion in real terms, not totally from the Department but between the contribution from farmers and the Department. This is a scheme that is in place for more than 60 years at...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: One of the problems is that farming units have got bigger. Where previously farmers might have had 45 or 50 cows, they could now have between 200 and 500 animals. Given that we are talking about locking up an entire herd, there are huge additional costs for the people affected. Therefore, we need to see how we can progress it further because it is having a detrimental effect.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Colm Burke: We seemed to have had a lower rate in the late 1980s and early 1990s but it has come back up again. Is there a particular reason for that?