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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Grant Payments (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 888. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give due consideration to the provision of a grant directly payable to the Men's Sheds Association to enable them to best target individual sheds which are in danger of closure (estimated cost €250,000 per annum); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33655/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Grant Payments (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 889. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will set aside dedicated funding for the provision of a 'once off grant' for each newly established Men's Shed, in light of the essential role such groups play in promoting health and providing social support within our communities (€10,000 per shed), such a grant would ensure that sheds would have the funds to 'get...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 890. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will engage with the relevant authorities for the purposes of conducting an audit of all unused properties in their ownership which may be suitable for use as a Men's Shed, considering the essential role such sheds play in promoting health and providing social support within our communities; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 891. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will sponsor a national awareness campaign for the purpose of increasing social inclusion for younger men and refugees, considering the essential role such groups play in promoting health and providing social support within our communities, such a campaign would further ensure sustainability and succession planning; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the number of housing completions in Cork in 2022; the projected number for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the amount of people who availed of the help-to-buy-scheme, local authority affordable purchase scheme, first-home scheme and the local authority home loan scheme in Cork in 2022; the amount of funding provided under these schemes in Cork in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33126/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm whether her Department is investigating the possibility of linking the rate of maternity benefit to a woman’s pay or PRSI contributions; if so, the current status of these plans; when they are likely to be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32824/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, following an audit of all unoccupied properties previously used either to provide accommodation to members of An Garda Síochána or former Garda stations no longer in use, he will set out the number of these unoccupied properties which have been sold to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out in detail his Department’s future proposals for the building which was previously occupied as the main prison in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33292/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 206. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration would be given to the addition of a bespoke seasonal employment permit scheme for foreign workers for fruit-picking and other seasonal employments in the horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33296/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 207. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration would be given to increasing the number of physiotherapists under the critical skills occupations list in view of the shortage of physiotherapists in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33312/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to address increased concerns in the tillage sector with regards to the current tillage targets agricultural modernisation scheme (TAMS) in view that the pricing structures may not accurately reflect the cost of modern tillage machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33293/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an extension of the deadline for the submission of scoreboards under the agri-climate rural environment scheme (ACRES) in view of the large volume of farm walks required to be undertaken by agri-advisors within the very short timeframe before 31 August 2023 deadline, and also in view that Department officials have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to support the horticultural sector; if consideration would be given to the establishment of a targeted financial support scheme to assist with rising production costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline in tabular form the number of tree-falling licences issued from 1 January 2022 to 31 May 2022; the number issued during the same timeframe in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33299/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline in tabular form the total number of kilometres of road licences issued from 1 January 2022 to 31 May 2022; the total number issued during the same timeframe in 2023, and to clarify why there has been a significant decrease in road licences issued in 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the monthly targets for private licences with ecology input, excluding Coillte felling licences, were predominantly higher in series one in comparison to series two from January 2022 to January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what impact the low level of afforestation licences issued for 2023 will have on Ireland's environmental and climate targets; if his Department plans to increase the number of afforestation licences issued for the remainder of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 334. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the total number of people on HSE physiotherapy waiting lists in Cork from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022, and 1 January 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33306/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 335. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to address the current shortage of physiotherapists in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33307/23]