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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Yes, it is about upgrading IT and making sure that we keep up to date and make the whole health service more efficient in relation to patient records. We still have a whole issue relating to files which are manual. If someone, say in Cork, attends the Mercy hospital, then attends Cork University Hospital for something else and then attends the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Have we set targets for, say, a five-year plan in this area? We need to plan this out. I accept it cannot be done overnight. Have we clear targets setting out what needs to be achieved?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Can I ask about it in relation to the HSE? I know it is part of Sláintecare but is there a target for each year between now and 2026?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the implementation of the National Broadband Plan is on schedule for 2021; if not, the measures which can be taken in order to expedite it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the design of the new energy efficiency obligation scheme which will operate from 2022 to 2030; the envisaged targets for the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44313/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the introduction of legislation for the use of e-scooters and other such vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that will be provided to regional airports to build back routes and services following the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44312/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tobacco Control Measures (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to ensure that Ireland benefits from the inaugural Leadership Summit on Tobacco Control as it provides a clear opportunity for Ireland to re-establish its tobacco control credentials on the international stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44314/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tobacco Control Measures (16 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to work with health ministries in other EU states to ensure that the conference outcomes will be progressed at a European level ahead of EU tobacco tax directive, the EU tobacco products directive, the EU cancer beating plan and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control conference of parties scheduled for November...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Professor Butler and Dr. Holohan and their committees for all of the work they have done over the past 18 months. It has been a difficult time for everyone. A letter was sent to the Minister on 25 August setting out the likelihood of the number of people contracting the virus over the next number of months. It set out peaks. I wonder about the increase in numbers. Over the past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: On the modelling, does Professor Nolan think the dates for the peak have changed? Does he think that the worst possible scenario is not likely to happen, given the information he outlined on the third level sector? On the number of people aged between 16 and 29 years who have received one vaccine, do we have any idea of the total number who have received both doses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I have a final question on nursing homes. There have been outbreaks in nursing homes. There is talk about doing further vaccination of residents in nursing homes. Can we include staff in nursing homes in that vaccination programme? There have been outbreaks which have had a detrimental effect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: We focused on front-line staff - nurses, care assistants, etc. - in nursing homes. The other cohort are those who deliver services to nursing homes. Have we focused on making sure that they had been vaccinated as well?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sports Funding (15 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in respect of the release of monies under the 2018 sports capital programme and in particular the monies due to a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43587/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made towards the regularisation of pay, pension and terms of employment for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42633/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 963. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the National Hepatitis C Treatment Programmes into the Irish Prison Service as is set out in the HSE National Service Plan for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Incidence (9 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 964. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is still on target to reach the World Health Organisation goal of eliminating hepatitis C by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wastewater Treatment (9 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 1593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a grant scheme for farmers who will be required to put in place waste water tanks separate from effluent holding tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42850/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1078. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that can be taken to accommodate the transfer of a fifth-year student (details supplied) to the leaving certificate applied programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41310/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Incidence (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1452. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to implement national hepatitis C treatment programmes into the Irish Prison Service as is set out in the HSE National Service Plan for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33396/21]