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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Is there a higher success rate on appeals for those four areas compared to other local authority areas?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: My question is on appeals from local authorities, of which there are quite a substantial number, and decisions made by An Bord Pleanála. How many of them have ended up with court applications for judicial review?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: No, I am speaking about appeals that came in as a result of decisions made by the local authority on which An Bord Pleanála then made a decision one way or the other, which subsequently ended up in judicial review.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Yes. I have the number of appeals received from local authorities, which is more than 2,000. An Bord Pleanála then made a decision one way or the other. What I want to know is how many of these decisions ended up being judicially reviewed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Mr. Walsh might give me a note on it. How many strategic housing cases that ended up in judicial review with decisions made by the High Court have been appealed to the Court of Appeal?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: No, if it was a High Court decision, the appeal would be made to the Court of Appeal. I want to know the number of judicial reviews in the High Court, on which decisions were made, that subsequently ended up in the Court of Appeal.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Could I also get figures as to the numbers currently awaiting decisions from the High Court and the Court of Appeal?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Council Meetings (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the role of the Defence Forces in combatting Covid-19 was a topic that was discussed at the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council which met in defence Ministers’ configuration in Brussels on 6 May 2021; if so, the outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25081/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress of refurbishment works in Collins Barracks, Cork, in line with the Defence Forces Built Infrastructure Programme 2020-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25080/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken by her Department to incentivise persons to pursue a career in special educational needs and measures being taken to retain current staff in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25084/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Colm Burke: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional special educational needs teachers in 2021 in Cork city and county; the number of additional special educational needs class places in Cork city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25085/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 May 2021)

Colm Burke: In 2016, I introduced the Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016. There is one part of the jigsaw missing in this area, namely, a central database for unidentified human remains that are found. We have had a number of cases in the past few years, such as the recent case of the late Denis Walsh in Galway. Mr. Walsh's remains were found in 1996 but the family was not informed until 2021 - 25...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for their presentation and the work they are doing in this area. I am married to someone who has worked in maternity services for many years, so I have for 25 years been getting a daily briefing on the challenges in the maternity services. To give an example of where we have come from, when my wife was applying for a job in Dublin many years ago, she was asked how she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I wonder is it a case that someone gives advice in the morning and whether there is a note put in? Is it a case that there are not proper follow-up notes put in place. For instance, that if nurse A or whoever is attending - whether it be a doctor or a nurse - giving advices, sets out on a chart what advice was given so that whoever comes on at 8 p.m. will know exactly the line that was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I have only one minute left. Pacify, which is a company based in the US, is looking to come to Ireland where it is offering 24-hour support to women who want to breastfeed. Obviously, it sees a gap in the market in Ireland if it wants to come in. In relation to support if a mother has a difficulty, say, at 10 p.m., and she is at home, what range of services are available for someone at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Should we strive for a 24-hour backup support service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Colm Burke: It is a simple question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Colm Burke: I agree with Deputy Catherine Murphy. I am concerned when something like this is allowed to drag on. I wonder whether the other side is just hoping the OPW will go away. This is what it sounds like to me. The OPW should be trying to put a timeline on this because there is no timeline here, which concerns me.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Colm Burke: We should ask it to come back to us within a specific period of time. Will we still be discussing this in December or this time next year? We should set out that the OPW would come back to us within a specific period of time.