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National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on the issues raised by the Deputies tabling the motion. I would like to begin by echoing my colleague, Deputy Butler, in her opening remarks, and to thank her for the constructive and positive contributions to this important motion on the issue of funding for the national cancer strategy. I apologise that the Minister for Health, Deputy...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sport and Recreational Development (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: I thank the Acting Chair. I thank the Cathaoirleach and Senator Lombard for their kind comments. I want to reassure people that this is not just for people from Cork. When I heard the Cathaoirleach earlier, I thought it was purely for people from Cork. I hope Senator Clonan did not feel excluded from the conversation.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sport and Recreational Development (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: I thank Senator Lombard for raising this matter. I am here on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, to respond and provide an update. The sports capital and equipment programme, SCEP, is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sport and Recreational Development (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: I note the Senator's comments. I will certainly pass them back. As I said, I am here on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne. I will certainly pass those comments back to them. I take on board the Senator's concerns about the non-availability of facilities. The Government recently agreed revised capital allocations under the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: I am taking it.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: I do.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: I thank Senator Clonan for raising this important matter today, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. The personal assistant service was developed to provide a service for adults with physical disabilities that enables them to live their lives as independently as possible and take decision-making control. Persons with a disability determine the support they...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: I thank the Senator. I, too, have come across very similar cases to those he mentioned, so I very much understand the challenges there. Finally, I thank the Senator for raising this important issue for discussion today. It is acknowledged that there are differences in the delivery of personal assistant services around the country. The Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 commits...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: I thank Senator Hoey for her contributions in the Joint Committee on Health. I enjoyed being on that committee with her. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, has asked me to deal with this Commencement matter. I thank the Senator for giving me this opportunity to address the House on the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. The Act was...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: It is worth noting that the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 is of relatively recent provenance and has been in operation for just over five years. For much of that time its operation was affected by the challenges resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, it is recognised that the service has embedded well into the health sector, as outlined. We now have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: This is a very important matter. On behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, I thank the Senator for raising it and giving me the opportunity to provide an update. The central objective of the programme for Government is to deliver increased levels of integrated healthcare, with service delivery reoriented towards general practice, primary care and community-based services to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (16 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: It is a very important issue and these are very important developments in the area. On behalf of the Minister, I thank the Senator for raising this issue. The primary care centres provide important primary care infrastructure and can support the delivery of integrated care by facilitating closer co-ordination and co-operation between health professionals across different disciplines. They...

Anniversary of the Introduction of the Smoking Ban: Statements (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and the Members here today for their kind comments regarding my new role as Minister of State. I look forward to working with all Deputies. As Deputy Shortall knows, I have served a long apprenticeship in the health committee. I think I am one month short of 13 years on the health committee, so I have served a long apprenticeship. I hope it can be of benefit to...

Anniversary of the Introduction of the Smoking Ban: Statements (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: Thank you.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes completed in Cork in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of money spent in Cork on housing adaption grants in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15654/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that the family of a child (details supplied) on a HSE waiting list for an occupational therapist since 2022, who requires assisted technology for their exams and requires rest breaks, will be permitted to request this assisted technology from SENCO for their Junior Certificate if referred by their teacher; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a review being undertaken by her Department in respect of a Stage 2B submission will be finalised and the school (details supplied) contacted about the outcome of this review, as it has been confirmed that it has been near completion for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15806/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it will be possible for a school (details supplied) to make a decision to go ahead with a tender for a school extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15807/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of teams for each of the national clinical programmes in mental health, namely ADHD, dual diagnosis, early intervention in psychosis (EIP), eating disorders, perinatal mental health, self-harm/suicide, the current staffing levels of each of these teams and the shortfall in staff within each team as per the required number in the...