Colm Burke — Watch Them Work

Rental / letting

Washington House, 33 Washington St., Cork: Cork City sheriff rented ground floor until July 2025, now vacant. Floor 1 & 2 vacant. Floor 3 let to Byron Wade BL, Kate Brosnan BL. Other Information Provided: Kate Brosnan BL…

13 related bills:

Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 Govt (Housing) ↗ — ta ×2 nil ×2 (4 stages, latest 2026-02-11)
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025 Govt (Housing) ↗ — nil ×3 (3 stages, latest 2025-06-18)
Vacant Council Housing — nil ta ×2 (3 stages, latest 2025-06-11)
Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023 Sinn Féin PMB ↗ — nil (2023-12-13)
Eviction Ban Bill 2022 People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ — nil (2023-09-27)
Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023 Sinn Féin PMB ↗ — ta ×2 (2 stages, latest 2023-03-29)
Eviction Ban — ta ×3 nil (4 stages, latest 2023-03-22)
Housing and Evictions — ta (2023-02-22)

5 more

State contract

Ground floor of Washington House, 33 Washington St., Cork, let to city sheriff up to July 2025, now vacant. Floor 3 let to Byron Wade BL, Kate Brosnan BL: Colm Burke to Court Services: Court Services, Dept. of Justice. O…

Who's been in their ear 456 lobbying returns filed · 34th Dáil

Most recent lobbying returns

2026-04-02 Education and Training Medical Emergency Response — Medical Emergency Response Ireland (MER) provided written communications to members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health in advance of a meeting on health services for allergies. The communication introduced the organisation and its objectives, and shared findings from a report on emergency preparedness in schools, including access to emergency medicines, training, and identified gaps in resources.
2026-03-11 Health Health Research Charities Ireland — Support for the asks contained in the HRCI Position Paper 2026
2026-03-04 Health Vape Business Ireland — Legislation on vaping
2026-02-12 Finance Retailers Against Smuggling — Tackling illicit trade
2026-01-21 Health Irish Council for Psychotherapy — ICP concerns & recommendations re: the proposed CORU Standards of Proficiency & Criteria for Education & Training Programmes for Psychotherapists.
2026-01-21 Health Vulcan Consulting Limited — Rare Disease Policy in Ireland
2026-01-21 Health Vulcan Consulting Limited — Strategic Operations in Ireland & Healthcare Priorities
2026-01-21 Health Vulcan Consulting Limited — Diabetes Policy in Ireland

Other declared interests 1 · dail-2025

Committees 6

Recent divisions

Date	Pos	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2026-04-15	ta	Question put	Tackling Soaring Energy Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2026-04-15	ta	Amendment put	Tackling Soaring Energy Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2026-04-15	ta	Question put	Fuel Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2026-04-15	ta	Amendment put	Fuel Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2026-04-15	nil	Question put	Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Labour Party PMB ↗	Lost
2026-04-15	ta	Question put	Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages Govt (Foreign Affairs) ↗	Carried
2026-04-15	ta	Question put	International Protection Bill 2026: From the Seanad Govt (Justice) ↗	Carried
2026-04-15	nil	Amendment to amendment put	International Protection Bill 2026: From the Seanad Govt (Justice) ↗	Lost
2026-04-15	ta	Seanad amendment put	International Protection Bill 2026: From the Seanad Govt (Justice) ↗	Carried
2026-04-15	ta	Seanad amendment put	International Protection Bill 2026: From the Seanad Govt (Justice) ↗	Carried
2026-04-14	ta	Question put	Financial Resolution No. 2: Natural Gas Carbon Tax	Carried
2026-04-14	ta	Question put	Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax	Carried
2026-04-14	nil	Amendment put	Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax	Lost
2026-04-14	ta	Question put	Confidence in Government: Motion	Carried
2026-04-14	ta	Question put	An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	Carried

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Top departments

1,510	Health
325	Education
300	Agriculture
237	Justice
200	Transport
200	Social
184	Finance
169	Housing

Most recent

2026-04-16 Public Expenditure Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of progress on the Blackpool River Bride flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27643/26]
2026-04-15 Climate Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm when the Climate Action Plan 2026 (CAP26) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27681/26]
2026-04-15 Climate Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the support document being prepared by the biomethane implementation sub-group will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27682/26]
2026-04-15 Justice Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when an IRP renewal application will be processed and the IRP card issued (details supplied) given it is over 17-weeks since the application was submitted which is five weeks over the current processing timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27486/26]
2026-04-14 Finance Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if self-employed sole-traders are included within the cycle to work scheme; if not, whether serious consideration would be given to expanding the scheme to include these sole-traders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27327/26]
2026-04-14 Education Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an emergency works scheme application for a school (details supplied) will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24608/26]
2026-04-14 Justice Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action being taken by his Department to improve the processing timeline of long stay D join family visa applications; if consideration would be given to the allocation of additional staff to deal with these application and reduce current timelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27355/26]
2026-04-14 Justice Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a person (details supplied) will be considered for the upcoming citizenship ceremony on 14 and 15 April 2026, given that their citizenship application was finalised recently after 41 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24110/26]
2026-04-14 Justice Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason applicants for Irish Citizenship through the INIS online portal are only given one opportunity to submit requested additional documentation/information during the application process, given that applications where a query is raised and the requested documentation submitted and which are subsequently refused are not given another opportunity to submit additional documentation and there is no appeal process in relation to applications for naturalisation under the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24896/26]
2026-04-14 Justice Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action being taken by his Department to ensure that working holiday authorisation holders who enter the country and who are waiting for first time registration of permissions appointments, the temporary measures or guidance that are in place to support them during this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25675/26]

Colm Burke Fine Gael · Cork North-Central

Declarations & votes of note

Who's been in their ear 456 lobbying returns filed · 34th Dáil

Other declared interests 1 · dail-2025

Committees 6

Recent divisions

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