Results 201-220 of 11,246 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 310. To ask the Minister for Finance whether those who exceeded their group A capital acquisition tax threshold of €335,000 under their prior threshold rules are enabled to avail of the €400,000 group A threshold introduced as part of Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9556/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a person (details supplied) who is currently working as a kindergarten teacher in the United Arab Emirates and hopes to return to Ireland to work in July summer provision this year, whose request for an extension of their Teaching Council registration has been refused, will have their registration renewed as they wish...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will update legislation and or provide further guidelines or funding to assist local authorities in the taking in charge of housing estates and residential developments from private developers, in particular with reference to legacy estates built between 2005 and 2008 which have not been taken in charge and are in a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); when the application will be completed given it is over 53 months since the application was first lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when ACRES-Cooperation payments will be issued to persons (details supplied) for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9629/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to ensure that all successful applicants of ACRES and ACRES-Cooperation schemes receive outstanding payments for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9633/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in respect of the employment of occupational therapists in the Mayfield area of Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9108/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration could be given to awarding a person (details supplied), who is a type 2 insulin-dependent diabetic with renal failure on dialysis, a diabetic sensor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9539/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: As this is an operational matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that there will be an increase in dental training places at University College Cork dental school, in view of the substantial increase in population and need for additional dentists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9642/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that there will be an increase in dental training places at Trinity College Dublin dental school, in view of the substantial increase in population and need for additional dentists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9643/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 793. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when applications for the next phase of the town and village renewal scheme will open; when the next tranche of funding under this scheme is likely to be allocated; the last time funding was made available under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9053/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 794. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the scheme outline for 2025 for the local improvement scheme will be made available to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9059/25]

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister and wish her well in her role in the Department of Health. It is appropriate that I thank the former Minister, Stephen Donnelly, who I served for a brief period of time in the Department. I liked working with him. He achieved a great deal in the time in which he was in the Department. Tonight, it is important to welcome the roll-out of the health app. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (26 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Professional Masters of Education refund scheme is not available to those who graduated from the course prior to 2024; if consideration would be given to including this cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8557/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (26 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a citizenship application will be completed for a person (details supplied) in view that it is over 26 months since the application was first lodged; if clarification will be given regarding the application status "Application advanced" in view that the status has remained the same since December 2023; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (26 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 328. To ask the Minister for Health when the expansion to publicly-funded IVF scheme announced in Budget 2025 will come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8523/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: On 29 November 2022, the Cabinet decided that Sarsfieldscourt would be the site of the new elective hospital in County Cork. More than two years have passed and we have still not seen the design plan for hospital. In addition, the planning application has not been submitted. The former Minister, Stephen Donnelly, was very much in favour of the development of elective hospitals, not just in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 320. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to increasing the small gift exemption for capital acquisitions tax from €3,000 to €5,000 from each person per year given it has not been increased for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7998/25]