Results 261-280 of 4,594 for speaker:Colm Burke in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who need to attend hospital in order to receive dialysis treatment will be given the same priority allocation as nursing home residents in the Covid-19 vaccination priority list as they are a vulnerable high risk group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4541/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 254. To ask the Minister for Health when the SouthDoc service in Blackpool, Cork is due to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension appeal will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4998/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Years Sector (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position in respect of support for crèches in cases where they are providing care for children of essential workers but are now finding that they are in receipt of insufficient funding to remain open; if additional support will be provided for these key services; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional supports will be made available to crèches (details supplied) so that they can meet their costs during this difficult period; if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be made available to them as a support mechanism while their income has been reduced; if so, if the scheme can be claimed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 780. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to ensure patients who are currently being prescribed products produced by a company (details supplied) will be able to continue to receive same and not incur further additional expenses, for example, couriering or personal collection of prescribed products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5581/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 781. To ask the Minister for Health if all patients who were receiving reimbursement for their cannabis product prescription costs prior to 21 January 2021 will continue to be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5582/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 782. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the permissible products list of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme to include cannabis flower (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5583/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 783. To ask the Minister for Health if the qualifying list of conditions of the medical cannabis access programme will be expanded to include chronic pain, migraines, arthritis, endometriosis, anxiety, dementia and depression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5584/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 784. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the implementation of an online cannabis education programme for clinicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5585/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 785. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken in order to ensure that cannabis patients who have had to emigrate (details supplied) can return to Ireland and legally and affordably access their medicine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5586/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional financial supports will be made available to Irish airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 vaccination will be made available at an early date for congregated settings in which the residents are over 70 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 214. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reversing the proposed plan of withdrawal of lactation support services in the Dublin south east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6149/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 215. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the establishment of an online telehealth lactation service for mothers nationwide and which could be easily accessed and provide 24/7 support to parents with newborns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6150/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the establishment of an android and smart phone application which would provide parents of newborns with a 24-7 support system with on-demand access to leading maternal and paediatric experts including lactation consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6151/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans to reopen point-to-point horse racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a method for Irish persons living abroad who do not have a public services card to apply for a driver licence or to renew their driver licence without the need to travel to Ireland, particularly during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6559/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the help-to-buy scheme in Cork city and county in each of the years 2011 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6557/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Burke: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the viability of proposals for existing loans in the banking system, particularly mortgage loans, to be refinanced at lower rates using cheaper funding from the European Central Bank; if so, if these proposals are viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6561/21]