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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: We might raise that issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: It is a substantial portion of the budget.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: I wish to raise one issue. It is where one State company sues another State company. The best example I can give is where Inland Fisheries Ireland, which is a State company, takes the Department of Education all the way to An Bord Pleanála over a planning application. By the time the thing is dealt with, the cost for the Department has gone up by €2 million. Have we any idea...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: If one State agency decides that it is not happy with what the other State agency is doing and ends up in court, there is no mechanism to stop that from happening.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to confirm how much Government expenditure was spent on tourism supports and projects in Cork in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline what measures were included in Budget 2024 to support tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45754/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the supports that have been made available for third level students, those attending further and higher education and apprentices in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Immigration Policy (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on 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. [45895/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the current status and provide an update on an application for citizenship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45913/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (19 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the Ireland/New Zealand Joint Research Mechanism (JRM) pilot research initiative; what progress has been made to date on the four projects funded under the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45897/23]

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: The international community must support the call by the UN Secretary General for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The United States has an obligation, as Israel's main partner, to persuade it to stop the bombing of Gaza. The collective punishment of the people of Gaza is a gross violation of human rights. The people of Gaza are being killed, wounded and traumatised without respite....

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: First, we need to be careful about how we use statistics. One month's figures do not make a trend. We also need to be careful of using figures from unofficial sources. The CSO publishes quarterly reports on vital statistics, which include births and deaths. Quarter 1 figures for 2023 were published on 25 August. As regards death registration, they correctly point out that many deaths...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 303. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) to Pobal for funding for an additional full-time worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45759/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: If we were to remove that, could we still put in place a safe set of rules to make sure people would not exceed their jurisdiction in taking decisions? That is one issue that will be raised. If, for instance, a doctor does not in some way deliver a medical service, he or she can be reported to the Medical Council. Are the witnesses satisfied that, if we remove that criminal element, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: I might move on to the issue of fatal foetal abnormality and the definition of that, which Ms O'Shea touched on when she was replying to me earlier. I have come across a case in one large hospital, for instance, where the wishes of the patient were not dealt with. The person was going to the UK and was persuaded to check in with another medical facility. At that medical facility, their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: The smaller maternity units would not have access to that without referring the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: Turning to the three-day review, has sufficient research been carried out? The witnesses have produced a very comprehensive report, but I have received correspondence from people who believe insufficient research was conducted on that aspect in completing the report. Would it be helpful if additional research were carried out on that, especially relating to the numbers who did not come back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: But my question, really, is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: My question, basically, is whether Dr. Conlon believes that more research needs to be done on this before a final decision is taken on reviewing this aspect of the legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for taking time out of their busy schedules to be with us. That is very much appreciated. I thank Ms O'Shea for her work and all the people who assisted her in preparing her report. I acknowledge that the criminalisation issue did not come under the terms of the review in which they were involved. I am asking this, as someone who has a legal background, of someone...