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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Dublin Fire Brigade was 148,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: It is over 500,000 calls in real terms.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: That is nearly 10,000 calls per week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: What proportion of the 379,000 calls required an ambulance to be dispatched? I am not sure we are getting the full figure for the demand for the service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: On clinical redesign and elderly patients discharged from hospital who come back in within a time period, have we done an analysis of that timeframe? I have seen figures, though not recent ones, indicating quite a large number are back in hospital or calling services within six weeks of discharge. Has having the appropriate level of support once they are discharged from hospital been looked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Morton believe we could be doing more?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I have come across a number of cases. In one instance, a person was in hospital for 12 weeks in total, before being discharged. However, no nurse called to the person and the person ended up back in hospital approximately four weeks later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Mr. Burke identified the progress CUH has made. There are other areas where we can make progress. In the Dublin scenario, does Mr. Morton see progress being made on that issue? In fairness, all of the staff in the HSE, the NAS and the Dublin city fire brigade are extremely dedicated and committed. However, we can get a more efficient service in the next six to 12 months and not have any...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (21 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the likely timeline for the next sports capital and equipment programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8531/23]

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

Colm Burke: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional funding that will be provided to local authorities to enable them to take in charge housing estates which were partially finished prior to 2008, and which require additional work to be carried out before they are taken in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8770/23]

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

Colm Burke: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing estates including the number of houses which were completed prior to 31 December 2008, and which have still not been taken in charge in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8772/23]

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

Colm Burke: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will put in place a regulation which will require local authorities to take action within three years from the date that a commencement notice is submitted to them in respect of the completion of housing estates, in particular where a substantial portion of the houses have been completed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is engaging with stakeholders (details supplied) with regards to the establishment of a nationwide teacher transfer system for post primary teachers, in view that the devising of an appropriate online portal on which teachers seeking voluntary redeployment/transfer could enter their details to seek a direct swap with a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (21 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to permitting students who do not hold a H4 grade in Leaving Certificate Irish to undertake the Professional Masters in Education for primary teaching and gain the necessary qualifications in Irish within this programme, in order to address the shortage of primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I understand a review of the 2006 wind energy guidelines has been going on for two and a half to three years. It has not been published. This deals with the issues of noise levels, set-back distance, shadow flickering and community obligation. When will those guidelines be published, in particular with regard to set-back distance from private properties? I understand the current...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Will we see it before St. Patrick's Day?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the progress to date under the €363 million strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence announced in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7739/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Will the Minister clarify the progress to date under the €363 million strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence from 2022? Will he set out what progress is being made on this five-year programme? I know it is only eight months on but I would like to know what progress has been made as a result of the programme announced in 2022.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I know my colleague referred earlier to the figures. Some 41% of Irish women know someone in their circle of family or friends who has experienced intimate partner violence. I have figures from the Courts Service showing that applications for orders increased by 12% in 2020 to 22,970 from 20,501 in 2019. The other frightening figure in the recent report is the finding that in 2020, 25% of...