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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Coverage (25 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. We are in a situation where flood relief programmes have been put in place and property owners are still having difficulty in getting flood insurance cover. The Minister of State might ask why they need it but they need it because if one is drawing down a loan or mortgage from a bank, the bank will look for that insurance. The same...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Coverage (25 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: Everyone in this House is aware of what has occurred in respect of flooding in the past ten days. We have a major problem in that an awful lot of premises, both commercial and private, cannot get insurance cover. I am looking for the establishment of a centralised fund for properties where the owners cannot get damage cover due to flooding. It would be similar to the Motor Insurers Bureau...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new system to enable long-term carers to qualify for a State pension will take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46186/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: In August of this year, the Taoiseach was in Sarsfields Hurling Club and saw the facilities it has available. Over the past few days, over €500,000 worth of damage has been done as a result of flooding. At the same time, there is an organisation which has received the lease of over 30 acres from Cork County Council. Those 30 acres have not been used for the past ten years. Will the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes she is making to her Department’s free travel scheme to support people with epilepsy and other medical conditions who cannot drive but are not in receipt of a social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46185/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the results of the focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines relating to minimum setback distance for wind turbines from homes and residential areas will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46395/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider providing additional funding next year to the treatment benefit scheme, to increase optical benefit payments claims by dispensing opticians and optometrists under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46536/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give consideration to the establishment of the position of a Victims Commissioner to represent victims of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46643/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Advertising (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the funding of a public information campaign to promote knowledge of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46644/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give consideration to increasing the number of refuge places to 470 from the current target of 280, to ensure that Ireland meets its obligations under the Istanbul Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46645/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ring fence dedicated funding to fully implement her Department’s Zero Tolerance Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46646/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give consideration to the expansion of her Department’s Community-based CCTV grant aid scheme in order that small- and medium-sized businesses can avail of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46647/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ring fence dedicated funding to support an alarm grant scheme to be made available for small- and medium-sized businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46648/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set aside dedicated funding for the purposes of community rejuvenation and diversion programmes to support young people who are at risk of going into crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46649/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support mandatory trauma-informed training for all of those who engage with victims/survivors of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46650/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the highlighting pathways to empower rural women to have sustainable and equitable livelihoods in farming, HER-SELF, research project; when it is envisaged same will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46501/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application for a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital’s, for a communication device to the children's disability network team assist with their communication, given their previous device broke; when a decision is likely to be reached in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will be seen by a speech and language therapist in Cork from the children's disability network team to assist with their communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will be provided with a wheelchair, as it is urgently required by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will receive respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46068/23]