Results 561-580 of 11,570 for speaker:Colm Burke
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Planning Issues (6 Feb 2025)
Colm Burke: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm when a project (details supplied), which has been granted planning permission can proceed; if this project has been advertised in order that tenders can be submitted; when it is likely that the tender process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3816/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Feb 2025)
Colm Burke: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if any further consultation has taken place between her Department and the Health Products Regulatory Authority on the matter of uromune becoming available for the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections, given that it is becoming more readily available as a treatment across the world; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3744/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Staff (5 Feb 2025)
Colm Burke: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to give retiring school secretaries access to public service pension schemes, and other leave schemes, in view of the fact that teachers and special needs assistants are in receipt of these schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2519/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Transport (5 Feb 2025)
Colm Burke: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a grant payment will issue to a school (details supplied) for bus escorts for the 2023/2024 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2601/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (5 Feb 2025)
Colm Burke: 1260. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to assist Irish physiotherapists with qualifications from European Union Member States such as the Netherlands in completing CORU required hours in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy in an acute hospital setting in Ireland, given that such placements are increasingly difficult to obtain for physiotherapists who studied abroad; and if she...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Feb 2025)
Colm Burke: 1261. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration could be given to approving all patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus to qualify for reimbursement for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) under the community drug schemes, as many type 1 diabetes patients require CGM but are being refused reimbursement as they have not required insulin from the outset of their disease; and if she will...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to reduce the waiting time for driving re-test appointments at a test centre (details supplied), in view that re-test appointments are extending beyond the ten-week wait period to 15 to 19 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1089/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: 446. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm when an appeals system for the power-up scheme will be established with businesses able to lodge appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1540/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position in respect of a building project; when it is likely that a response will issue in relation to a revised stage 1 report which was submitted by the school (details supplied) to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46326/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an additional accommodation project application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46328/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project by a school (details supplied) under the ADAPT 3 Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46889/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: 650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional accommodation project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1875/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: 977. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); when it is likely that same will be completed as it is over 55 months since the application was first lodged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46899/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: It is a strategic priority under the national drugs strategy to enhance access to and delivery of drug services in the community. There are five actions to support the implementation of the priority in strategic action plan 2023-2024. Drug-related health expenditure in 2023 was over €161m. The approximate breakdown of expenditure on addiction services is as follows: HSE addiction...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: As this refers to a service matter, I have sent this PQ to the HSE for direct response.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: It is a strategic priority under the national drugs strategy to enhance access to and delivery of drug services in the community. There are five actions to support the implementation of the priority in strategic action plan 2023-2024. In 2024, I launched an interactive map of publicly-funded drug treatment and drug-related family support services, which can be accessed ). The online tool...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1358 and 1361 together. People from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds face a higher prevalence of physical disease, mental illness, and substance use, and are more likely to die prematurely. These health inequalities are rooted in the social determinants of health, where social exclusion worsens physical and mental health and increases...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: It is a strategic priority under the national drugs strategy to enhance access to and delivery of drug services in the community. There are five actions to support the implementation of the priority in strategic action plan 2023-2024. The National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) is the national surveillance system that records and reports on cases of drug and alcohol treatment in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: The national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, is a health-led response to drug and alcohol use, which runs from 2017 to 2025. The strategic action plan relating to the strategy for 2023-2024 contains 34 actions across six strategic priorities. The Department of Health has commissioned an independent evaluation of the strategy which is expected to be completed in early 2025....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence (22 Jan 2025)
Colm Burke: As this PQ refers to operational matters, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.