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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will be put in place following the closure of Cork Airport to encourage tourism to County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47849/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to increasing the funding under the 2021 sports capital and equipment programme in view of the large number of applications received by her Department; when the funding is likely to be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47850/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department and the Department of Health are engaging at a European level to ensure reform of tobacco taxes across the EU including lobbying for equal tax treatment for reduced risks products and traditional cigarettes in view of the expected publication of the updated Tobacco Directive by the European Commission in 2021; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated value of cigarettes and tobacco products seized by Revenue Commissioners’ officials at Irish ports and airports to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48207/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coast Guard Service (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason contracts which were furnished over two years ago by the solicitors acting for Coillte to the State Solicitors Office that are acting for the Office of Public Works were not executed which relate to the transfer of lands which are urgently required for the erection of facilities for use by the Irish Coast Guard at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 673. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a comprehensive fracture liaison service to provide high quality, evidence based care to those who suffer a fragility fracture with a focus on achieving the best outcomes for recovery, rehabilitation and secondary prevention of further fracture as is recommended in the Trauma Systems for Ireland 2018 report; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2022 (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 674. To ask the Minister for Health if the required allocation will be prioritised in the upcoming health budget to facilitate the establishment of a fracture liaison service as per the recommendation set out in the Trauma Systems for Ireland report 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to implement the recommendations set out in the Trauma Systems for Ireland report 2018 to develop trauma centres and units in hospitals nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Office of Clinical Audit has developed a TARN dataset to collect functional and quality of life outcome data for all components of the major trauma care pathway as recommended in the Trauma Systems for Ireland 2018 report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 677. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE National Office for Trauma Services has established a formal trauma training committee and an appointed HSE lead for trauma education as is recommended in the Trauma Systems for Ireland 2018 report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 687. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department has been engaging at a European level and with the European Director General for Health on the need for a common position ahead of the next session of the conference of the parties to the WHO FCTC and of the meeting of parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Oct 2021)

Colm Burke: 688. To ask the Minister for Health the priorities for the upcoming session of the conference of the parties to the WHO FCTC and of the meeting of parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products as a signatory to the protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48206/21]

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I join the Minister and colleagues in conveying my deep concern in regard to what occurred with the disposal of perinatal organs and the hurt and upset caused to the families. It is difficult enough to suffer a loss without having to also deal with what occurred in this case. For most people, the birth of a baby is a happy event. It is also a time of celebration for an entire family....

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I am here.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: I missed some of the replies earlier so I am not sure whether the matter I wish to raise has been dealt with. It concerns the land sold for residential units. It was estimated 63,300 units could be built on the land that was sold. Was it ever considered that this land could have been sold by way of a licensing system, with certain conditions that particular targets would be reached? On...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: When NAMA was selling a portfolio of properties, was it right to put potential residential development in with commercial elements where there was no commitment? The focus may very well have been on the entire package but the real focus was on the commercial element, not the residential element. As a result, was there not a huge delay in progressing the development of residential property?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: There were individual residential sites sold off. I can even give an example. The site was being sold and an agreement had been reached. A builder wanted to go in and build but the property was taken off the market. There was a further three-year delay before anything happened with the site. I was dealing with the matter personally in a legal capacity.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: Looking at the delay in the turnover or progression of residential property, does Mr. McDonagh believe, with the benefit of hindsight, that we could have done a better job at managing land zoned for residential development to make sure certain targets could be reached in regard to it?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the lobbying efforts Ireland has undergone as a member of the United Nations Security Council to work towards peace between Palestine and Israel; if this issue was progressed as part of Ireland’s role as President of the United Nations Security Council in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2021)

Colm Burke: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution Ireland has made to the international community in terms of sending Covid-19 vaccinations to countries in need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47061/21]