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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2019)

Colm Burke: ...this will happen by July of this year. The Bill is important for the families of missing persons. I initially introduced the Bill in 2014. I reintroduced it in 2016. The Leader of the House, Senator Buttimer, worked with me to get the Minister for Justice and Equality on board in order that the Department would accept the Bill. The Department has made some amendments to the Bill, but...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Colm Burke: ...could proceed where there was a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother. Two decades passed before the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 was passed. At the time, I and the Leader, Senator Jerry Buttimer, were members of the Joint Committee on Health and Children which debated this issue for a significant time. The 2013 Act did not provide for the changes proposed...

Seanad: Justice Matters: Statements (22 Nov 2017)

Colm Burke: I will be brief as a lot of what I had intended to say has been said by Senators Boyhan, Buttimer and Conway. The Tánaiste has served this country well whether in opposition or in government. She has always been above board in every action that she has taken.On this matter it was quiet clear she had no role whatever in what is now being alleged against her. I think it is wrong that we...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Colm Burke: ...by way of a compromise and for taking on board the concerns raised by Senators. He was prepared to sit down and deal with the issues relating to segregation. I refer back to the work of Senator Buttimer and the health committee, of which I am a member and which looked at this matter comprehensively during the lifetime of the previous Oireachtas. The committee brought in all of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colm Burke: ...of hospital services for Cork. I note the last line of the report I received. As I have said, the population of Cork city and county has increased by 130,000, from 410,000 to 542,000. Senator Buttimer and I had a meeting with the Mercy Hospital group a few months ago. Last year, they had to cancel 40% of their elective surgery because of admissions through the accident and emergency...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Colm Burke: ...on the nursing issue. It is important and can easily be resolved. I fully support what she said about nurses where that difference has arisen, and it is not that costly to resolve it. Senator Buttimer and I attended a meeting with the management of Cork University Hospital and of 50 nurses who graduated this year in Cork, 48 are now employed in Cork University Hospital. That is the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2016)

Colm Burke: ...colleagues, the former Senators John Crown and Jillian van Turnhout, and the three of us were probably the best attenders of the committee that was then chaired by the current Leader, Senator Buttimer. I do not understand why Senators are now being excluded from this strategy group and it is important the matter is clarified. I understand the committee has already elected a chairperson...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Colm Burke: .... I compliment him also on his role as Leas-Chathaoirleach in the last Seanad. He was always fair to everybody in every debate. I congratulate also another colleague from Cork, Senator Jerry Buttimer, and wish him well in his new role as Leader of the House. I look forward to working with both of them. I wish to raise an issue with regard to health care.There is a perception that...