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Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Adult Education Provision
Colm Burke
677. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the action that will be taken to ensure that the rate of pay for adult educator tutors in the Cork Education and Training Board is in line with the rates paid in other education and training boards; if consideration will be given to include increments for qualifications or prior service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34385/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Adult Education Provision
Colm Burke
678. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all adult education tutors will be entitled to receive holiday pay in the same way as all other employees of the education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34386/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Colm Burke
697. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the full number of gardaí across all ranks attached to all Garda stations in the Cork city and county area in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33676/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Colm Burke
893. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of the completion of the new ophthalmology unit which has been built in Ballincollig, County Cork as part of the overall development in the south and south west HSE area; if funding has been provided to equip the building and to provide an adequate number of staff to provide ophthalmology services; the expected date when it will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34391/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Departmental Funding
Colm Burke
11. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding to local authorities for the adaptation of homes for older persons and persons with disabilities will be reviewed given the rising costs of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32889/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Housing Provision
Colm Burke
83. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social homes provided in County Cork in 2021; the way that the figure compares with the totals for each of the previous seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32890/22]
Wed, 22 Jun 2022
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Renewable Energy Generation
Colm Burke
35. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if community buildings will be included in the changes to planning rules making it easier to install solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32885/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Tourism Policy
Colm Burke
17. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a successor to the Tourism Action Plan 2019-2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32485/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Artists' Remuneration
Colm Burke
24. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; the details of the operation of the scheme; the geographical spread of the pilot scheme in order that all counties will benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32484/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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National Broadband Plan
Colm Burke
100. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a progress report on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the number of properties connected to 31 May 2022; the number of properties connected in Cork county, and the number of properties pending surveyed in Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32541/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Rental Sector
Colm Burke
247. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the compliance with the new requirement for landlords to register their tenancies with the Residential Tenancies Board annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32884/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Disadvantaged Status
Colm Burke
564. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given by her Department to reclassifying a school (details supplied) as DEIS 1 from its current status as DEIS 2 due to the fact that it is an inner-city school and this status would be more appropriate given the demographics of the students attending the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32279/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Defibrillators Provision
Colm Burke
940. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a grant available for community associations and groups to train volunteers and staff on how to use defibrillators; if not, if she will confirm that her Department will give consideration to providing such a grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31936/22]
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Colm Burke
19. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance the current position pertaining to the Covid-19 related tax warehousing given the impact of rising costs on businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31254/22]
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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Job Creation
Colm Burke
191. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance his views on the progress that has been made by Ireland at achieving full employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24913/22]
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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Grant Payments
Colm Burke
415. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration will be given by his Department to excluding the pandemic unemployment payments when calculating family income for the purposes of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31468/22]
Wed, 15 Jun 2022
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Departmental Strategies
Colm Burke
189. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of home support and homecare within the plans for Sláintecare; the timelines envisaged for the introduction of a statutory homecare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31041/22]
Wed, 15 Jun 2022
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Departmental Strategies
Colm Burke
190. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if an increased demand for homecare is foreseen as a result of the introduction of statutory homecare; if this has been included in the implementation plans for Sláintecare; the way these policies will be supported by any process carried out by the HSE to tender for the provision of services by provers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31042/22]
Wed, 15 Jun 2022
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Medicinal Products
Colm Burke
197. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the work that his Department and the HSE are undertaking in order that 35 children with cystic fibrosis whose age and genotype were not included in the initial deal with the drug manufacturer will now be included to provide access to the life changing medication kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31066/22]
Wed, 15 Jun 2022
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Healthcare Policy
Colm Burke
203. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the implementation of a national genetics and genomics medicine network as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31083/22]