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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: The ICGP has not had any engagement with the banks on this issue at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: But it believes it is something that needs to be dealt with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Looking what has happened in recent years, and given the number coming out next year is 285, what percentage of those who qualify is likely to go to another jurisdiction to work for a period of time? Is that a particular challenge at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: My final point is on the whole issue of the task force. One of the problems I have when committees or task forces are set up is the timescale involved. Has the ICGP talked to the Department about setting out a clear timescale as to when the task force will deliver and set out a clear plan for dealing with the challenges we have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I return to the issue of postgraduates who go to college and have to pay full fees because they already have a university degree. I have had this argument with the Department of Finance over the past three to four years about how they cannot write that loan off against tax once they qualify. Has ICGP had any engagement with the Department of Finance on that? It is a challenge if someone is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Will it be possible to go back and see what progress has been made by the Department and the task force?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Visa Applications (13 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Regarding the amalgamation of both application processes, the Minister of State is saying it will take six months. Going back to the original question, which is about the amalgamation of the permit application and the visa application, does the Minister of State believe we can have one system in place? I know this will take some time between the Departments to work out. Farmers are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Visa Applications (13 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to merging the employment permit and visa application processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62109/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Visa Applications (13 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Will consideration be given to merging the employment permit and visa application processes?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Visa Applications (13 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for the work he has done in this area and for improving the service dramatically. We had a huge problem with junior doctors coming in. It has been agreed that 1,000 permits will be issued as general employment permits for those who want to come in as home care workers. How will that be fast-tracked? There is a huge shortage of home care workers. We need to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (13 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new plans for the metropolitan rail network proposed for Cork; if he will outline the plans for infrastructure improvements and frequency for the Blackpool, Blarney, Rathduff, Mallow, Banteer and Millstreet stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61763/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will carry out a review of the fuel grant for disabled drivers (details supplied) in view of the fact that no such review has been carried out within the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61732/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to assigning additional staff to the citizenship division in her Department given that there is a three-month delay in acknowledging receipt of applications and over 20 months before a decision is made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61779/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 8. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place a new mechanism to fast-track the process for the design application for planning permission for the building of the new elective hospital for Cork, in view of the fact that over 12 months have already passed from the time the HSE made its submission to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61133/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for the announcement yesterday identifying the sites for the new elective hospitals in Cork and Galway. Is it possible to put in place a new mechanism to fast-track the process for the design, the application for planning and the building of new elective hospitals? This project, from the time the HSE lodged the documentation with the Department of Health, has already...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I very much welcome the decision. The Cork site is the right one. The fact that it is over 100 acres means that even if it is started with a small step, there can be expansion in the next ten, 15 or 20 years. I therefore very much welcome the decision by the Minister and the Cabinet. However, the issues are how long it will take to get a design done, then go through the planning process...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I welcome that, but there is also a need at a very early stage for the HSE to engage with the local community. Sometimes the way we do planning is such that incorrect information gets out. I ask that this be taken on board because I do not want any delay on this. It is important that we work with the local community in Glanmire as well. There has been a huge increase in population in the...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I apologise for not being here earlier but I was in the Dáil for questions with the Minister for Health. On corporate tax, how it has grown in the last years? For the final expectations for 2022, we see the increase for 2022. How will the proposed changes at European Union level affect the intake of taxation in the foreseeable future? To what extent will this taxation be adversely...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: With corporate tax, are we talking about another €1 billion or €2 billion?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Okay, so we are talking about around €23 billion. Going forward with the changes, are we talking about increasing corporate tax to 15% on the one hand while on the other hand there is the downsizing because of the location where profits are allocated? What do we need to start planning for to take this into account? Have we any idea what we should be planning for?