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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]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I was delighted to hear that construction of the new Forensic Science Ireland, FSI, laboratory is proceeding. What is the timescale for it to be completed and fully operational? I understand that tied into that is a proposal relating to, for instance, unidentified human remains. There is no central database within the Department or the forensic science area in that regard. In other...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: There have been cases in the past 12 months involving families that waited for 12 years in one case and 17 years in another to be notified regarding remains that had been identified. The bodies had been identified but the process of identification had not been completed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: In one of the cases, the person drowned in County Limerick but the remains washed up in County Clare. It took 17 years for the records to be matched up. The other case involved a person who went missing in County Dublin and was washed up in County Louth. It took 12 years for the records to be matched up. My understanding is that the delays occurred because there was no central database...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I am aware of that. The issue is that the DNA of missing persons is not checked against the DNA of remains that are found.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: This was an issue as recently as 12 months ago.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I would appreciate that because it is an important issue, especially in the context of the new laboratory being set up.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: Is there a specific reason for it being a seven-year period?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: What are the criteria in other jurisdictions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I know this is a challenging area and it has been even more difficult during Covid-19. I thank the witnesses for the care and assistance they gave to every person who came under their care. I want to deal with Dr. Russell's presentation and about the increase in referrals to colposcopy in year two. Regarding the capacity to deal with...