Results 121-140 of 11,945 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (23 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 593. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether there is a need for a cross-departmental approach in respect of rare disease policy in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49732/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget and respective amounts allocated to expanding/enhancing immunisation programmes in 2024 and 2025; the plans to increase this figure in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49735/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 595. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision was made by her Department or the HSE to halt expansion and/or enhancement of immunisation programmes in 2024 and 2025; the reasons for such a decision; the plans to expand or enhance immunisation programmes in 2026; if a related budgetary increase is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49736/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (23 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 631. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the special leave with pay scheme (SLWP), and that some form of long term support will be put in place for these workers, particularly given that approximately 166 employees of the HSE are affected by long-Covid since 2020 as a result of working on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: I have a letter in my hand from Dr. Derville O'Shea, consultant haematologist, in respect of a constituent of mine, Aishling Thornhill, who, unfortunately, has relapsed refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. It is a complicated condition. My understanding is that treatment would be available to her if she was under 25 but because she is over 25 it is not being made available. I...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures being taken by his Department to create new accommodation for military personnel in Collins Barracks, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49090/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department's property in Collins Barracks, Cork which is currently vacant will be refurbished to create accommodation for military personnel; if so, the timeline for this refurbishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (18 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider expanding the SEAI warmer homes scheme eligibility to all those over 70 years, regardless of whether they are in receipt of fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49103/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Development (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: My concern is that it would be delayed further, given that we are already over 350 days in government. Even if we set up the task force in the morning, it would take 12 months to get the report and further time to set up an implementation mechanism. I am concerned about the timeframe in which this task force will be set up. It is also important that the task force is inclusive. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Development (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: As the Minister of State will be aware, the programme for Government sets out quite clearly that a task force will be set up to deal with the challenges that exist in Cork city centre. There is a need for major redevelopment and for an overall plan to deal with those challenges. In real terms, a lot of progress has been made in Cork city but we need to work through how we can grow and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. On the issue of a 40% reduction in claims between 2019 and 2023, in real terms it is really far more than 40% because employment in that period increased by over 450,000. Therefore, we are talking about a far greater reduction in claims because the more people one employs-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: -----the more an insurance company will demand from the employer. In real terms, then, the reduction is probably far greater, around 60% to 65% in claims, if we look at it from that point of view. If we look, for instance, at employment claims - accidents at work - and do a comparison with the position ten years ago and the number of claims per employee in the country, there is a huge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: One of the problems with exclusions is that every time you get a policy now, there are additional exclusions, especially if you have a business where the people who are in charge or are under pressure do not realise that every line in a policy counts and, unfortunately, when the policy comes back after paying the premium, do not examine it in detail. I have gone through policies myself where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: There is also a need for employers to make sure that employees are aware. One example I have involves a builder who is asked whether he uses blow torches for removing paint and says no. If he is on a building site, someone offers an employee a blow torch to remove paint and the building goes on fire that night, his insurance company will say that it will not cover him because when he filled...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: One of the other issues that I think there is a huge lack of knowledge of is that when one has an insurance policy and, say, €6 million cover, that €6 million cover is for any one event. If 20 people are injured, the limit of the claim for the 20 people is not €6 million each but €6 million between the 20. I hope that never arises, but a lot of people are not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 325. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing tax relief for club memberships of sporting clubs for the parents of children who join clubs to support more children getting involved in sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date toward the construction of new premises at a school (details supplied); when the project will progress to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48174/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 1216. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1099 of 13 May 2025, the position regarding the status of the 732 (15%) of applications which were returned for more information or were previously approved of the 4,813 applications between December 2023 and December 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48192/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 1217. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative supports available to an individual diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aside from insulin tablets and injections; the likelihood of access to real-time continuous glucose monitoring devices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48193/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Colm Burke: 1218. To ask the Minister for Health the projected growth in type 1 diabetics using CGM sensors under the community drug scheme; the estimated future monthly expenditure of this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48194/25]