Results 61-80 of 993 for cork speaker:Colm Burke

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: As the Minister will know, Cork is doing very well in the pharmaceutical industry. Nine of the ten top pharmaceutical companies in the world are based in Cork. The people I am referring to are essential to that area, such as pipe fitters and mechanical apprentices. It is extremely important that we have that number. At the moment, there is up to a 21-month period from the time the person...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 19. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of progress toward a new elective hospital for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1927/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 67. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the current position in respect of the transfer of ophthalmology services from Cork University Hospital to South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, in view of the fact that a new outpatient's unit and two new theatres have been built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1928/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to address road safety challenges in Cork, in view that Cork in most instances is in the top two counties for most road traffic fatalities in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2153/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: We have a particular problem in the Cork-Kerry area, for instance, which has been there for quite some time.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Colm Burke: ...to the LAGS and the acquisition of land, I will give two examples. Naas Town Council acquired 5 h of land for over €8 million, which works out at around €2 million per hectare. Likewise, Cork County Council acquired land at a cost of over €700,000 per hectare in 2001. There did not appear to be any accountability at that stage. Is there sufficient accountability in...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Colm Burke: There are 50 alone in County Cork.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Dec 2023)

Colm Burke: 472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that will be put in place to assist parents in the Kerry Pike area in Cork who depended on afterschool services in view of the fact that the current operators have decided to withdraw; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55925/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Colm Burke: ...to put surgical hubs in place in a number of centres and hospitals around the country. One issue that came up at the Oireachtas health committee yesterday was that of elective hospitals for Cork and Galway. We learned that the design team has not even been appointed yet. I am concerned about this in the context of our growing population, which is up by over 40% in the last 23 years....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2023)

Colm Burke: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all approved housing projects for both Cork City Council and Cork County Council from 1 January 2020 to today’s date; the number that have now been fully completed and are occupied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53372/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Dec 2023)

Colm Burke: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to improve a bus route in Cork city in view that there are recurring issues with reliability of the service (details supplied); if Saturday has been removed from the route; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54367/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Colm Burke: I will raise one specific point with regard to South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in Cork. There are two new theatres for ophthalmology and a new outpatients clinic, but there is still no agreement about the transfer of ophthalmology from Cork University Hospital to South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, and no progress has been made. As a result, the theatres and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Colm Burke: ...from the issue of getting people out of hospital and into step-down care facilities to the issue of providing home care when patients no longer need to be in such facilities or in hospital. In the Cork and Kerry region at the moment we have the longest waiting list for home care hours in the country. Why is that the case? What mechanisms are being put in place to make sure that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to arrange for Cork City Council to put in place temporary flood defence barriers in an estate (details supplied) in view of the fact that over 25 houses recently suffered severe flooding and this is the second occasion on which it occurred; if the necessary funding will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Meetings (28 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to arrange for her Department to appoint a liaison person to deal with the residents in an area in County Cork (details supplied) which suffered severe flooding recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51911/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: ...of years and there has been no increase in numbers. Recently I had a meeting with the Department about radiation therapists. There are 30 places available in Trinity and 12 postgraduate places in Cork and that is it. We have a significant shortage. Has the Department had an overall look at the number of courses available? The population of the country has increased by 40% in the past...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: ...issue. I want to touch on another issue, which is a joint approach between third level institutions in the Republic and Northern Ireland. I can go back to 20 years ago when I was Lord Mayor of Cork. The then ambassador from China based in Dublin was very anxious that there would be a link with universities in Shanghai. One was established whereby people can study for three years in Cork...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: In Cork city, we now have more than 8,000 purpose-built student units. They have all come onstream over the past ten years. Between the last six months, and in the coming 12 months at least 1,500 more spaces will come onstream. The problem is that the ownership and control of a lot of the student accommodation is with a small number of companies. The rent, therefore, that students are...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: If I were to rent some place in Cork now, I will be charged somewhere around €250 per bed per week. I am saying that is extremely high. It is the same in Dublin. These units are purpose-built student accommodation. I do not think any restriction is being imposed on rent.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: ...possession of land which has being lying vacant for over ten years. Other organisations are not being allowed to use it even though it is urgently required in the growing urban area of Glanmire in Cork. All of these issues, especially those raised by Deputy O'Connor, are of serious concern. The Department is providing funding but on the basis that it would be used effectively to deliver...