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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Colm Burke: Has it arisen that the Department has been reprimanded for not producing all the documents of discovery?

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for her presentation. I join with my colleague in congratulating the Minister for Justice and her husband, Paul, on the birth of their son this morning. I will raise my concern about the number of people who are bed bound. I was given figures at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health three weeks ago which indicated that 1,600 bed bound people had...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional supports will be put in place for businesses which are major tourist attractions and of economic, cultural and historical significance which have suffered over 90% loss in profit throughout the pandemic but still face significant maintenance costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21825/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspectors employed by local authority to inspect residential accommodation which is made available for letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22056/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties which are registered with the Residential Tenancies Board in each local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22054/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of landlords that have been prosecuted in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in each local authority area for failing to register their properties in which those properties are occupied by tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Data (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action proposed to be taken to deal with the non-registration of rented accommodation given that in some local authority areas as little as 40% of rented accommodation is registered with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22057/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will carry out a review of the payment made to participants under the community employment scheme in which the current scheme only allows an additional €20 per week on top of the unemployment benefit; if so, if consideration will be given to increasing the payment to €50 per week in addition to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Marriages (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to entitling qualified civil celebrants to solemnise weddings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21362/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Marriages (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those qualified as civil celebrants will be entitled to solemnise weddings in view of the fact that many marriage registrars are only available Monday to Friday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 887. To ask the Minister for Health the reason supports are not being provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21289/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that died with Covid-19 from 1 February 2020 to 15 of April 2021, by county; the number that died in private nursing homes, HSE nursing homes and congregated settings by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21654/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 1124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of funding of the €1.8 billion allocated to his Department announced in Budget 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21261/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 1125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason commonage lands and lands containing heather are excluded from the proposed results based environment agriculture pilot programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21262/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 1158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if as per the programme for Government, Our Shared Future, €1.5 billion raised from carbon taxes will be ring-fenced for use in environmental schemes in agriculture up to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22089/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 1159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to the inclusion of the poultry industry under the remit of an organisation (details supplied) which includes beef and sheep only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22102/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: 1160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to the establishment of a fund co-financed by industry and the Government for the Irish poultry industry, similar to the Dutch animal health fund (details supplied), in order to improve disease control and mitigate financial impacts on poultry farmers here; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: I apologise for joining the meeting so late. Some of what I will ask may have been covered. I thank the witnesses for the documentation we received on the presentation. The commercial income for RTÉ has, over the past number of years, experienced a downturn in certain areas and a lot more competition. How does Ms Forbes see commercial income progressing over the next four to five...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: In doing long-term planning and planning for the next five years, does Ms Forbes see RTÉ getting in a greater amount of income from that area or will it just stay static, which would result in the restriction of further development for RTÉ?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Colm Burke: In her opening statement, Ms Forbes said that a decision to be made soon by the Government on the future of media in Ireland will have far-reaching consequences. What in particular is Ms Forbes concerned about in that area that she feels could further restrict the development of RTÉ or the growth of RTÉ as an organisation, and restrict how it can bring in additional income?