Results 441-460 of 11,702 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 137. To ask the Minister for Health to set out of the total number of deliveries in each of the 19 maternity units, from 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025; the number of caesarean sections in each of the maternity units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24088/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 220. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the total number of the 19 maternity hospitals that are fully computerised/digitised, which can operate without paper files; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24087/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: In April, I announced an additional €1.89 million in recurring funding to further enhance community-based drug services through the Community Services Enhancement Fund. This additional funding will support drug services to meet increased treatment demand, with a focus on improving access to services in underserved communities, promoting evidence-based innovations in service design...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 429. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road traffic accidents that involved sleep disorders for each of the years 2015 to 2024 and to 30 April 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24364/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would support the creation of a national sleep programme; if he is aware of the role sleep apnoea can play in road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24365/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 431. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact of undiagnosed sleep apnoea on road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24366/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 457. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish legislation to bring in a tax on e-liquids of €500 per litre, per the Budget 2025 announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 458. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his officials have liaised with EU Commission officials as regards e-liquids tax, given that the EU Commission is expected to publish a revised tobacco tax directive by the end of June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23256/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 795. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the current status of a disability allowance application for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be reached in this case; if serious consideration would be given to granting them this allowance due to their circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23532/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1120. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to review the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include inflammatory bowel conditions, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, given that these are lifelong conditions which have a substantial impact on a person’s quality of life and necessitate continued medical intervention; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients undergoing treatment for sleep disorders in Ireland in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and as of 30 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting diagnosis for sleep apnoea in Ireland, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients undergoing treatment for sleep apnoea in Ireland in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and as of 30 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24361/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1190. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost burden of sleep apnoea on the health service in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and as of 30 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24362/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1191. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the creation of a national sleep programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24363/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1287. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that consideration would be given to granting and paying out the sum awarded to a club (details supplied) under the community centre investment fund, in spite of the fact that the works were undertaken prior to the notification of successful applicants in March 2025, due to the fact that these works were necessitated by...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: Blackpool suffered flooding damage in 2010, 2012 and 2013. It was agreed that a flood relief programme would be put in place. Environmental impact studies were carried out and presented by the Office of Public Works, OPW, to the Department of public expenditure. There was a judicial review in 2021, but the environmental impact study was left on someone's desk for 12 months in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: If the Minister of State is in Cork at any stage, he might come to my home parish of Inniscarra, which has 50 acres of sports grounds. The rugby club, the soccer club, the GAA club and the camogie club all have their own individual pitches, all of which were developed over the past 25 to 30 years. They are very well planned facilities and are all together in one area. We need to do that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that was spent by his Department in supporting sports clubs and organisations in Cork in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22679/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: Will the Minister outline the amount spent by his Department in supporting sports clubs and organisations in Cork in 2024?