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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: We are talking about Dublin, and it is very much focused on Dublin, but can Galway, Limerick and Cork be included the same process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Is Ms Hardiman saying that there is no plan long term for converting the current systems in all the other units outside Dublin into electronic records?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: We need to do a long-term plan for the whole area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Why not do it on the basis of it being extended out? Why not plan for a target of extending it out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Cork, Limerick and Galway paediatric care would not be in small wards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Could CHI not target a number of units that have in excess of a certain number of patients per annum? I am concerned that more than €2 billion is being spent on a paediatric hospital and €800 million on a maternity unit in Dublin. We are saying to the rest of the country that they can sit and wait until we get around them in 20 or 30 years. That is not the correct approach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: We have been able to do it with the maternity services.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (6 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to ensuring that home tutors governed by the home tuition scheme will be afforded the right to pensionability for their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (6 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who receive income under the home tuition grant scheme by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36394/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (6 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to applying a different PRSI class to the emoluments paid to home tutors governed by the home tuition grant scheme due to the fact that these tutors are essentially employees of her Department and their current PRSI status puts them at a serious disadvantage as a result of their lack of eligibility for...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Dr. Wall and his team. I appreciate the work being done by the HEA. Regarding governance and governing bodies in third-level institutions, I was on a governing body for a short period of time. Regarding the review of structures, is a review of structures taking place and does Dr. Wall accept that some of the structures that are there are not adequate if we really want to progress...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: I accept what Dr. Wall is saying but I found that some of the governing bodies are extremely large. What is really needed is a board of management. I know governing bodies delegate powers. Is the best way forward with regard to developing our third-level institutions? Has the way it has been structured restricted development? A smaller structure allows decisions on developing policy to...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Does Dr. Wall think this can be implemented in a timely manner or will it be dragged out for another number of years while at the same time, our third-level institutions lose out?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Can I move on to the issue of-----

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Beausang. I move to the issue of pensions and pension funds. I understand there is a deficit in some pension funds. What action is being taken to deal with that? With the return on investments now, it is a different world from what it was even three or four years ago.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: How is that now being planned out for the higher education institutions? What is the total workforce in higher education, between all the colleges where we must ensure adequate pension funds are in place?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: On the management of the pension funds, how is that structured within each individual university?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: All right. I thank Dr. Wall.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (1 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of recent power outages in the Rush and Lusk areas of north County Dublin; the frequency and reason for these outages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35498/21]