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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action taken by his Department to monitor the progress of young people who leave the youth diversion programme after their supervision period ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36372/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I come from an area where I was involved in a youth project where young people would have dropped out of school. That is where the problems start arising. We worked very closely with the Garda where we had the young people on a training programme. The people we took in were over 15. It is important to note that in a lot of these cases there is no family support. This is what I am saying...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The work being done by all those people involved in the youth diversion programme is fantastic. They work very hard, also liaising with the Garda. That is what I have found in my experience of working with the local gardaí as regards trying to help people who have dropped out of the education system. One of the problems you find with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process in place within the Irish Prison Service system to co-ordinate services for the person being released, both in respect of their housing needs and the financial aid they require from the Department of Social Protection to ensure they have adequate supports in place when released; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to ensure the TB eradication programme is fully resourced, in view of staff shortages in regional offices which in turn leaves staff unable to carry out thorough investigations in to the cause of breakdowns and to implement a wildlife programme around all TB breakdowns; and if he will make a...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Deputy and very much welcome this debate. As my colleague, Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan, has set out, a major plan, the Cork metropolitan area plan, has been set out and was published on 18 June. Public consultation is currently taking place and it is important that people engage. We are not just planning for the next five or ten years but for the next 50 or 60 years. One of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I know that the vast majority of people in the HSE work extremely hard and are committed to delivering a service for the population. I notice a lot of focus on moving from five days to seven days. One of the issues that came to my attention about two years ago is about use of operating theatres in the HSE compared to the private sector. For instance, I know of one hospital where no patient...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Regarding everything finishing at 5 p.m. in outpatient day clinics, has the HSE looked at where it can roster staff in such a way that some people work from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. and others work from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m.? Has that been looked at to make the system more efficient? We have the manpower to do it but the organisation of said manpower seems to be a problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Have we actually increased the volume of people? The figures show that we have not done so in real terms, taking into account the huge increase in the workforce.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: There was a consultant running a clinic in a particular hospital four years ago and then an additional two consultants were appointed. There are now three consultants dealing with the particular area. The question then is about support staff. Have we done enough to make sure that the backup support staff are there to work with the consultants? That is one of the issues coming up; that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: We have not got the figures on treatment abroad. In the Cork area, we have a huge number of people still travelling abroad for ophthalmology. What have we done regarding increasing the volume? I know we have opened the new unit in the South Infirmary and there are two new theatres but have we seen an increase in the numbers going through the system as a result of this development? A new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Regarding forward planning, one of the issues I have raised in the last two weeks is that of dental treatment. We do not appear to be doing forward planning for key areas. For instance, with the ophthalmology service in Cork, it took us eight or nine years to get it up and running. Are we now looking at forward planning for a number of key areas where we will have an increase in numbers?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I want to go back briefly to the issue of closing down at 5 p.m. and many services being closed on Saturdays. It is fine to say we will get consultants and registrars to be available, but will we have the backup staff that they require to operate those clinics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: What percentage increase does Mr. Gloster see with regard to trying to improve the service? We are paying quite a lot of money to outsource work. We are dealing with the treatment purchase fund and the treatment abroad fund. We have a lot of money going there, whereas if it were spent within the hospitals, we would get continuous service and a better outcome for patients in real terms.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Artificial Intelligence (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation that will criminalise individuals who use artificial intelligence to produce and distribute deepfake images and videos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36381/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for processing of Irish citizenship applications via Irish association, in particular those who submitted additional requested documentation as per the new guidelines published by his Department in April 2025, taking into account that no timeframe has been given and many applicants have been waiting over five...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of deer management units (DMU’s) nationally; the current number of staff employed in each DMU; the current number of vacancies in each DMU, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36364/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (2 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies currently in each departmental local office; whether the number of FRS operatives across all regions has been reduced in the past 18 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36365/25]