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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I agree with Deputy MacSharry that Deputy Devlin should not be asked to step aside from the Committee on Procedure because he is a member of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for the work done over recent months. There are many more challenges in the months ahead. A few issues are coming up. The first relates to a certificate being issued to people who have received the vaccination. Can we get some clarification on that? Some people seem to be not in favour of this. The second concerns the records of people who have received the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: What is the estimated figure for vaccinations by the end of April if we have the vaccine available on 1 January?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: If it will be mid-February for that cohort, what about healthcare workers? Will they be vaccinated by mid-February as well? I am not trying to tie Professor MacCraith to specific times. The process will start on 1 January, assuming the vaccine is available but obviously if it is not available until 15 January, then everything gets moved forward by 15 days. I am just wondering about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I wish to return to the issue of certification. Will a certificate be issued for every person who gets the vaccine? This needs to be clarified.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (15 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: It is important to emphasise the size of this new technological university. It will have over 18,000 students and 140 different courses and obviously it will expand over time. It is important that we promote it as a university and get that message across to students in the Cork and Kerry region.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (15 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of the Munster technological university; his views on the areas in which technological universities will fit in the further and higher education landscape in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43219/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (15 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: The Minister has dealt with many of the questions I have relating to the Munster technological university. He has already outlined to my colleague, Deputy Griffin, views on the areas in which technological universities will fit in the further and higher educational landscape, but will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (15 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister. I also thank the people involved in ensuring this merger can go forward, and I very much welcome the work that the Minister and his Department have done over recent months and years in bringing this together. It is important that we also organise and ensure we get out information to students in primary and secondary schools about the area of science and technology....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (15 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses available to older persons to improve their digital skills by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43218/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I apologise for being late. I was at the convention centre earlier because the Minister for Justice was before the Dáil. I am sorry for not being here for our guests' presentation. I wish to quickly raise three issues. The old prison in Cork has been closed and a brand new one built. It was a very good project and well delivered. What is the plan for the old prison? Are plans...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: Could we have a list of the number of claims in each category over a five-year period?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: What we have is only a guideline. We have figures for only two years. It might be helpful if we were given a full list of the number of claims over a five-year period.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I agree.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: Any premises that is decommissioned and left vacant for a considerable period of time is likely to deteriorate. Is now not the time to look at a possible purpose for that building? It is a substantial building.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: Perhaps the witnesses might come back to me on that matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I raise the matter of tackling rising incidence of knife crime and the seizure of knives in communities across Ireland. Will the Minister outline the plans that are in place to deal with this and the changes that will be put in place to tackle this growing problem?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I welcome the reply. The figures I have received indicate a 10% increase in hospitalisation cases arising from knife crimes such as stabbings over the past two years. It is also my understanding that in 2019 over 2,000 knives were seized by gardaí but it is interesting that in the first six months of 2020, part of which involved the Covid-19 lockdown, there were 1,200 knives seized, an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State. It is important that I acknowledge the work being done by gardaí and all the youth organisations in dealing with the matter. They are contributing to the efforts to deal with the problem.