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Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: I welcome the announcement this morning by the HSE that it has acquired a hotel in Blarney to convert into a 60-bed community nursing home. This is a very welcome decision and I very much support it. On the issue of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, I refer to the commitment given at the health committee several weeks ago that more than 400,000 doses of the vaccine would be made...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in Cork city and county in each of the years 2011 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13716/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to ensure lower interest rates for Irish mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13715/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons from Cork city and county who have availed of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13714/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will conduct anonymous exit surveys with staff to assess the reasons for staff leaving the health service and systems that could be put in place to support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department has put in place to support non-consultant hospital doctors from outside Europe who are working or wish to work in Ireland and who can assist in reducing staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13708/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to address the mental health strain that Covid-19 is taking on health staff well-being; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13709/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address staff fatigue as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13710/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET has considered if all cohorts will receive a vaccine (details supplied) if approved by the EMA; if not, if the vaccine will be limited to certain cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated phone and email line will be instituted by his Department to answer queries from those with serious and underlying conditions seeking clarity as to which cohort they fall under in the Covid-19 vaccination schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13712/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 231. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has assessed the value of genomics and the role it can play in diagnosing rare conditions and diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13713/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consultations will take place with an organisation (details supplied) in order for it to consider the provision of electronic payment facilities for farmers who are selling stock given the absence of an electronic funds transfer arrangement which will put farmers who do not have easy access to lodgement facilities for cheques at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (10 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the work of his Department to support households in maintaining warm homes, important for reasons of good health in particular through retrofitting and energy efficiency measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1496/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (10 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of engagement with the review in late 2020 of Ireland’s long-term renovation strategy as required under the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; if the submissions have been examined; the steps he plans to take in 2021 to progress the implementation of the strategy given the way in which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process for the setting up and distribution of community dividend and benefit funds associated with wind and solar energy projects; if there is a public record available of the community dividend and benefit funds allocated to date for such developments in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (10 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to revising the current procedure in which transgender persons who wish to have their names changed and recognised in organisations, for example, the National Driver Licence Service, are require to enrol their deed poll to do so, thus allowing for this information to become accessible to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Status (10 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for Irish citizenship by a person (details supplied) will be progressed to decision stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13178/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Black for his presentation. Some of my colleague have raised the issue of Bibby Financial Services Ireland. My understanding is that the SBCI is involved in providing and supporting lending to Irish companies. However, with regard to Bibby Financial Services Ireland, my understanding is that its accounts in 2019 show €299,000 lent to Bibby Line Group, a British shipping...

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: This particular entity is a British shipping and finance company and it received €299,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: My understanding is that it is a British company. This is Irish money which was given to the company here and which was then lent on to the British company.