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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: There is a mechanism in place for the building to be handed over without any undue delay by the contractor because of the processes that are in existence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: One other advantage - whether we criticise the cost and everything else – is that we are very lucky that a significant amount of the work was done prior to the real inflation period hitting it last year. If we were only starting the project last year, the price would have gone completely through the roof. That is important as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: In fairness, we had Covid in between.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes, and given the amount of steel gone into it, as the price of steel has gone very high. All of that work was done before the increase.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: In some areas, they are having difficulties getting GPs to work nights and weekends. In fairness, these are all people who are working from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. Then, they would have to face another 12 hours of being on call. That is one of the difficulties we are having in many areas. There is another problem that was raised by the Irish College of General Practitioners, which...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: Following up on what Deputy Catherine Murphy said about young people not being able to get access to GPs, I know of one company that, because its employees were having difficulty in getting GPs, decided to employ its own GP on a full-time basis. This is going to happen more, where a company that has young employees who cannot get access to GPs will have a full contract with a GP who will be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to reduce the NCT test wait time backlog, given the average wait time for an NCT test has now passed five months in 31 centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1951/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details in respect of the newly launched local hackney pilot programme; the number of rural areas this programme will operate in; if consideration will be given to extending the programme to other rural areas going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1952/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position of the Blackpool flood relief scheme; when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1916/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if serious consideration will be given to a proposal (details supplied) in relation to the €1,000 fee reduction for undergraduate students in view of the huge additional cost incurred in repeating or changing courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update as to the agreements that have now been reached following his recent meetings with the fishing industry in respect of the EU-Norway negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2498/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. O'Connor for his presentation. I will be brief. Is the Department satisfied that, if someone decided to challenge the constitutionality of the legislation, we have covered all angles as regards the issue of public areas and the constitutional right to protest and that the legislation would stand up to such a challenge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: Is there any previous legislation of a similar nature dealing with something else where we had to go through the constitutional angle carefully? I am wondering about the previous experience of the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: If we are happy with the constitutional issue and that the legislation is effective, people will always look for alternatives. For example, they might protest outside the houses of staff members or where their children go to school or where a member of their family is working. Are we satisfied that protection against that can be incorporated into this legislation?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action his Department is taking to accommodate homeowners in the conversion of existing domestic heating systems, that is, oil burners and boilers to hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel, in view of the fact that it would assist homeowners in retrofitting their homes more feasibly and the conversion to HVO fuel would...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Banking Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the establishment of a new local community banking system in conjunction with An Post, similar to the successful model of community banking as developed in New Zealand, in view that it would allow all rural post offices to remain viable into the future; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Banking Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to combining credit union services and An Post services in certain rural communities where post offices may not be sustainable on their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify, as part of the new plans for the metropolitan rail network proposed for Cork, the timetable frequency changes that will be required from Mallow to Tralee stations to coincide with increased frequency proposed from Cork to Mallow stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 334. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reclassifying hydrotreated vegetable oil as a home heating fuel, in view of the fact that it is currently rated as a transport fuel and is therefore more expensive to purchase than kerosene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1240/23]