Colm Burke

To make members of the Oireachtas aware of services provided by Sage Advocacy to survivors of institutional abuse in advance of any forthcoming Dail debate.

That the Minister for Agriculture should immediately pay all ACRES participants who have not received payment with an upfront payment from national funds to be rebalanced later,

To encourage the construction of critical public infrastructure

Understanding of the rare disease landscape and the priorities of people living with rare diseases.

Funding secured in Budget 2026

To raise awareness of available supports for businesses, including grant funding and other initiatives to support economic growth.

To update local representatives about the Cork Development Forum's priorities for the new Programme for Government

To demonstrate the issues with housing delivery in Cork and to ensure that the newly-elected TDs would prioritise this in the coming years in an effort to resolve the housing crisis and also support economic development

To establish regional development priorities in terms of industrial and economic progress for Cork.

Increased support for small businesses and SMEs, including tax relief and the establishment of a small business unit in the department to ensure that small business concerns are always included in policy development.

The introduction of tax relief on HVO use in commercial vehicles to encourage small businesses to opt for environmentally-friendly alternatives to traditional fuels.

To ensure that the development of Cork's docklands remains at the top of the government agenda but to also ensure that the redevelopment of the wider Cork city is also given fair consideration and funding support.

To establish support at senior levels of Fine Gael party for the development of day centres in Cork to respond to homeless crisis, and to establish essential healthcare facilities in the city centre for vulnerable people.

The establishment of policies to ensure multi-annual funding for major infrastructural policies, including housing, roads and light rail development, to ensure that projects can proceed quickly and avoid long delays in delivery

To seek political support for changes to the medical card means test so that it accounts for disability-related expenses, specifically in the case of aging polio survivors facing post-polio syndrome.