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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Regarding that allocation and getting value for money, I have seen projects in a number of countries and there are significant differences. For instance, over 4,000 children were in schools and being provided with a meal every day. I saw a comparable project in the same area where a small number of children were being looked after for the same cost. What mechanism do we have to adjudicate...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: We have not actually seen any results. For instance, if Irish Aid decided to provide €10 million in funding for a particular country or area, we do not see how that money was used in real terms or what the end of that project was. Whether it was trying to assist with a food or an educational programme, none of that information is fed back to us. How is the selection of the NGO...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes, it was.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Can that annual report be made available to us because I am not sure if we have received that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Have any specific difficulties arisen with projects in the last five years? Were they identified when the reviews were carried out? A number of years ago we had a problem with a particular organisation. On any occasion in the past five years has Irish Aid had concerns about projects where Irish funding was provided?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: It is a huge amount of money.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: The international proposal was that we would provide 0.7% of gross national income on development aid. I believe we are at 0.3%.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Do we need to do more work on that issue? Mr. de Búrca seems to be happy with the projects being delivered and getting value. What is the Department's approach to try to get additional funding for projects where it sees major progress being made?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: That is being reviewed constantly, I imagine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Is Mr. de Búrca satisfied we have sufficient structures in place?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the results of the focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines relating to minimum setback distance for wind turbines from homes and residential areas will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34696/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank our witnesses for their presentations here. It has been a very difficult time for everyone involved. I wish to address the issue of treatment abroad. There is an issue with regard to treatment abroad and the cross-border healthcare directive. I was involved at European Union level with the cross-border healthcare directive. My understanding of the cross-border healthcare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: There is quite a clear directive providing for when there is lack of access or, alternatively, undue delay. The undue delay mechanism could be used in relation to use of the cross-border directive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: My view on this issue is that the cross-border directive was specifically designed at a European level. They started it in 2007 and it went through and came into Ireland in 2012 eventually. It was transposed into Irish law. It is an effective way of using that mechanism. If the funding is refused, I believe it is a judicial review issue to get an overall decision on that. That is one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: We have approximately 160 obstetricians and gynaecologists in this country. Surely it is an easy mechanism to get information out to them and that they would be aware of these special clinics. Is Ms Martin saying that women are not being referred, either by GPs or by consultants under whose care they are, to these specialist clinics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Ms Martin accept that if we are talking about a figure of 750 who had this treatment-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: How many did Ms Martin say? Apologies, I did not get the figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Colm Burke: In relation to the collection of data, as I said, there are approximately 160 or 170 obstetricians and gynaecologists in the country. Surely the number of obstetricians carrying out this procedure would have been quite small in real terms. Would it have been 15 or 20?