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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 543. To ask the Minister for Health the way he is ensuring there will be an availability of Covid-19 antiviral drug stock in Ireland over the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been reached by his Department and the HSE to join several other countries in pre-ordering Covid-19 antiviral drugs to avoid delays in getting this product to Irish patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60061/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has engaged with the antiviral Covid-19 drug companies approved by the European Medicines Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60062/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 656. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new beef sector forum will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59949/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (7 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I support going ahead with the meeting today. As was said, we can fix a date for resuming the business of this meeting. In other words, we would not conclude consideration of this issue today because we do not have sufficient time and we would resume consideration of it on a date to be agreed.

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: We did take action on rare diseases.

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank my colleague from Cork North-Central for introducing this Bill, which follows on from the Bill that had been originally published by our former colleague John Brassil. Deputy Pádraig O’Sullivan has outlined the extensive work he has done in this area. It is important we give recognition to that and that we acknowledge the commitment he has made. I also thank the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: 14. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need for a career structure to be put in place for staff in the childcare sector in recognition of their vital work and the value of such work not only to the economy but to the development of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59202/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I will follow on from the earlier debate on the career structure to be put in place for staff in the childcare sector in recognition of their vital work and the value of such work, not only to the economy but also to the development of children. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter? I raise this issue from the point of view of the survey that was done which shows the lack of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I believe that the Minister will agree there is a very high turnover of staff in this area. Has the Department done research on this? What areas has the Department identified? What must we do now to ensure we do not have such high turnover? In his response to me, the Minister referred to people who are highly qualified. They are moving on to other jobs. I have come across people who...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: On the joint labour committee, which was set up by the Minister of State, Deputy English, will the Minister update the House on the engagement with that at this stage?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (2 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I am concerned that the Minister has spoken about the first half of 2022. It was my understanding that planning for this project was to start in January 2022, in other words, the route would have been identified by that time. Consideration has already been confined to two possible routes with regard to bypassing Mallow and so on. The Minister is now talking about the first half of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (2 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I am seeking confirmation that the N20-M20 road project from Cork to Limerick will proceed with urgency in view of the fact, as reported in The Irish Timesrecently, that 62 people have died on this road in the past 25 years. Between 2016 and 2018, 87 collisions were recorded on the N20, seven of which involved the death of road users, and a further 13 collisions led to serious injuries, with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for the presentation today. I want to raise three issues. The first is in regard to second-hand cars being imported and the assessment for relevant duty that is payable. I have received a number of complaints from importers of second-hand cars where the assessment was carried out when the cars arrived and the money was paid to Revenue. They have obviously sold on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: No, in this case-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: These vehicles all came through the normal channels. They did not come through Northern Ireland. The importers dealt with Revenue regarding when they were imported and paid various taxes. They then sold the cars and now, six months later, they are getting totally new assessments. It is not just one importer but a range of importers who have been affected by this. One company told me it...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: People providing home tuition are being paid by the Department of Education yet they are classified as PRSI class S. Deputy Munster raised the issue of people deemed to be self-employed. Here we have a Department paying people to provide a service for it but these people are still classified as self-employed. Should this be reviewed by Revenue?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: These people are being paid by the Department of Education. They are providing a service on behalf of the Department yet they are regarded as being self-employed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Colm Burke: The point I am making is that we cannot go after the private sector by having these people deemed to be employees, while a Department decides it can do whatever it wants, these people are self-employed and in PRSI category S and it has no responsibility, even though the individuals are providing a service for that Department, which is paying them and making tax deductions from their pay.