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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 981. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the current vaccination programme and place carers who look after vulnerable persons in their own home as a priority. [12000/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I thank Mr. Moloney for his presentation. I also thank him and all of his staff for the work done in this area. As he outlined in his report, they have saved the State money. I want to raise an issue that is not referred to in the report. It is with regard to the mechanism for dealing with urgent decisions. When we faced into the pandemic urgent...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: Are there lessons to be learned from it? Do we need to have a better structure in place to deal with this kind of situation into the future? What lessons have we learned over the past 12 months in dealing with it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: On Brexit and the effect it has had on the tendering process, what difference has that made with regard to contracts? Has it made any difference or is there a situation where we need to be more careful because of the new rules that apply as a result of Brexit in dealing with contractors or suppliers from the UK?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: Has the OGP identified those challenges? Is there any particular one that has arisen since the changeover on 1 January?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: On the statement made by Mr. Moloney with regard to the €4.5 billion in contracts, is it possible to get a breakdown of the relevant Departments to which that relates? He spoke about savings of €570 million. There is nothing setting out where those savings were made and the area in which they were made. Is it possible for the committee to get some details on that particular...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: I am sorry but I have only one or two minutes left. Where contracts were entered into and additional costs subsequently arose, is it possible to get those figures also? If, say, we have a contract for a specific amount and the contract ends up costing more, is it possible to get details on contracts where the end-day costs were far more?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I wish to go through the challenges that are currently facing the health service. Many staff are very tired and drained because of the challenges they have had to face over the past 12 months. The information I am getting back from a number of them is that we may very well have far more people leaving the health service over the coming 12 months...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: On the issue of the challenges that staff have faced over the past 12 months, is it proposed that a process will be put in place to assess how they can be assisted? I have not heard of anything new being done in the HSE over the past 12 months. I know there were administration challenges in the same way as there are challenges with regard to front-line staff. Surely we should be putting in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: I raised this issue previously when the HSE came before the committee and I am still not happy with the reply. A comprehensive survey of people who are leaving, in other words analysing and finding out the various reasons they are leaving, is not done. My understanding is that in some places surveys are being done and in others they are not. Can we not set up a comprehensive survey so we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: Non-consultant hospital doctors from outside the European Union appear to have a particular difficulty at present because no structures are in place for them. There is also a lack of support in place for them. We have more than 6,000 non-consultant hospital doctors working in the healthcare system. A large number of these are not Irish and a large proportion are not European. Are the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (25 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering extending the help to-buy-scheme beyond the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10769/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the Blackpool flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10765/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be a review of the current restriction that prevents golf courses from reopening; if serious consideration will be given to the easing of restrictions in this respect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10760/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional supports will be made available for a tourist site (details supplied) which has experienced a huge drop in footfall in 2020 and 2021 but still incurs large maintenance costs to continue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10764/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (25 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supports will be made available to students of a course in a college (details supplied) to assist with the cost of their virtual Gaeltacht course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10763/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools built in Cork city and county from 2011 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10766/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (25 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the preparations being made by the CAO in advance of applications under a year of a non-traditional leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10767/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the HSE in Cork city and county per year from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10761/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise informal carers in the vaccination schedule as they provide an essential service for vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10762/21]