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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
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
Vote 21 - Prisons
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
Vote 21 - Prisons
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
Vote 21 - Prisons
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
Vote 21 - Prisons
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
Vote 21 - Prisons
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.

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

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister. I hope we do not have to look at a repeat programme like the one broadcast on RTÉ recently. The sum of €8 million disappeared and action was taken only at a very late stage. I hope we do not see that in future.

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

Colm Burke: I understand it has.

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

Colm Burke: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to deal with white-collar crime including the resourcing of State agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41561/20]

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

Colm Burke: I congratulate the Minister and wish her well over the next number of months. My question relates to dealing with white-collar crime and the plans the Minister has to resource State agencies and the Garda Síochána properly to deal with this growing issue.

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

Colm Burke: While I welcome the Minister's statement on this matter, a recent RTÉ programme outlined where over €8 million was taken from people over a number of years, but it is only in the last two to three years that a successful prosecution was brought. That is what concerns people, that something has gone on for ten to 15 years with little or no action taken and a reluctance or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the reform of the family law system including the Courts Service; her wider plans to reform this important area of law which impacts on many; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41560/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals in place to increase the number of public health nurses in view of the fact that the numbers have increased by less than 5% over the past five years while there has been a 20.9% increase in all other areas across the healthcare sector across the same time frame; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41273/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of identifying a suitable site for the elective hospital in County Cork; if the process for identifying the site has been delayed; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41271/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE have entered into discussions with the voluntary hospitals in County Cork, the Mercy University Hospital and the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in respect of the building of the new elective hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41272/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be made available to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital Group to upgrade to four operating theatres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41274/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: 382. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated for the building of an extension to Heather House, St. Mary's Campus, Cork which will provide for an additional 60 beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41275/20]