Results 4,141-4,160 of 11,602 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the hourly rates of pay for full-time and part-time tutors in the ETB for those who commenced tutoring prior to 2011 and since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1961/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1042. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the granting of interest-free loans to students entering a graduate programme in medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1328/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1043. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to allowing graduate students entering medicine to be treated as undergraduate students in order that they may be eligible for the SUSI grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1329/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1044. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to increasing the number of places in third level institutions for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1330/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1099. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeframe for the processing of citizenship applications; the number of applications processed in each of the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1098/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeframe for the processing of citizenship applications in view of the fact that it is over 35 months since an application (details supplied) was first lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1182. To ask the Minister for Health when the routine eye examinations and glasses for persons with medical cards under the community ophthalmic services scheme fee increase will come into effect; the amount of an increase that there will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63295/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1183. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed start date for the implementation of the proposals in the National Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology; and the start date for the transfer of care of children aged 8+ years to local private optometrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63305/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1184. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is in place for the development of the community model for eye care, which covers cataract assessment, paediatrics and macular disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63306/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1185. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for access to ophthalmology services in respect of each HSE division; the total number currently waiting for an appointment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63307/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1269. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeframe for the addition of adult ADHD services in HSE area CHO 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63631/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1270. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in respect of the approval process for Oxycontin and drugs containing oxycodone by the HPRA; if the guidance has changed since it was first approved on the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63635/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of opioids licensed for use in Ireland that have been dispensed as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63636/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1272. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether clinical guidance and licensing guidance should be reviewed on oxycontin in the context of litigation in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63637/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1273. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of new medications licensed in the State for dealing with depression, stress and anxiety medications since 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63638/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1274. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe to move the HPV programme from a two-dose programme to a single dose programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63639/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1275. To ask the Minister for Health the way that it is intended to monitor the HPV programme for effectiveness in view of the intention to move the HPV programme from a two-dose programme to a single dose programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63640/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1276. To ask the Minister for Health when the HPV programme will be reviewed for clinical effectiveness in view of the intention to move the HPV programme from a two-dose programme to a single dose programme; if it is intended to return to a two-dose programme should this prove negative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63641/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1278. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the move of the HPV programme from a two-dose programme to a single dose programme may affect the target date for the elimination of cervical cancer in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63643/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 1277. To ask the Minister for Health the way that is it intended to reach the 90% coverage rate for the HPV vaccine given that NIAC has advised that this is essential for an effective single-dose programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63642/22]