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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1255. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the management of hospitals to abolish car parking charges for patients attending hospital for cancer treatment, such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1256. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence dedicated funding for the establishment of a treatment abroad fund to cover non-medical expenses incurred when travelling abroad for medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28240/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1257. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure current parking concessions offered to cancer patients are highlighted through the HSE website and hospital websites and publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28242/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence funding to expand the catch-up programme for HPV vaccination between the ages of 15 to 24 years, as recommended by the national immunisation advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28244/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reduce the threshold of the drugs payment scheme to a maximum of €50 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28245/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1260. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure greater take up of the HPV vaccine, including a review of the current information campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28247/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1261. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence funding to ensure that the provisions of the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 are implemented, in light of the fact that it is the most common cancer in Ireland; if he will engage with the relevant authorities to launch a public information campaign regarding skin cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1262. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that environmental health officers are adequately resourced to ensure that sun bed operators comply with current legislation, in light of the fact that it is the most common cancer in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28249/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1263. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence multi-year funding dedicated to implementing all outstanding recommendations from the National Cancer Strategy to 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28250/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the HSE and other relevant bodies to develop education and awareness campaigns on the dangers associated with e-cigarettes usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1265. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate more funding towards targeted QUIT campaigns and support initiatives tailored towards sectors of the population more likely to smoke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28252/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1266. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set aside funding to implement the National Cancer strategy 2017-2026 recommendations in relation to genetic services, by reducing genetic service wait times in order to optimise health benefit advancement in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1267. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence funding for the implementation of the Genomic Strategy, to ensure that all child, adolescent and young adult (CAYA) patients aged between 16-25 years have access to genome sequencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1282. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to implementing a bursary of €5,000 per annum for the training of radiation therapists, similar to the scheme which is currently in place at UCC for the training of diagnostic radiography students and where the participants are required to work for a period of two years after graduation with the HSE South/Southwest...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1283. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken by his Department to increase the number of training places that can be allocated to radiation therapy students in the HSE, in view of the current crisis in recruitment and retention of radiation therapists in the health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28370/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1284. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken by his Department to increase the number of training places that are allocated to radiation therapy students in each of the HSE hospitals where radiation treatment is being provided for cancer patients, in view of the current crisis in recruitment and retention of radiation therapists in the health sector; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action his Department is taking to attract people into agricultural and heavy vehicle mechanics apprenticeships, in view that there is a growing shortage of qualified mechanics in the farm machinery industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27578/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason universities that are providing courses in radiation therapy have not increased their student capacity (details supplied); if consideration will be given to increasing the student capacity for this course in the two colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28221/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how second level students could be further incentivised to consider a career as a radiation therapist, given that in Ireland 54% of the population have attained a third level education, which demonstrates that the majority of the current second level students will consider attending third level education; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 1387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a change of circumstances of reckonable income was not taken into consideration for a student's (details supplied) SUSI application as the student's father's pension increased year-on-year and the family requested for their application to be re-assessed under a change in circumstances of reckonable income; and if he will make a...