Results 8,101-8,120 of 11,322 for speaker:Colm Burke

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Will bringing in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage include dealing with local authorities and their accountability for the funding they receive? Will that come under the remit of the Department when it comes in?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: That would be important.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I accept that.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the number of applications in total that have been received for the local hackney pilot programme since the closing date of 28 February 2023; if applications received include applications for each of the 21 areas in the pilot scheme; if consideration will be given to extending the programme to other rural areas going...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 412. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to increase the small gift exemption for capital acquisition tax from €3,000 to €5,000; the potential cost of such a measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17930/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of management of a school (details supplied) will be entitled to rent additional space in order to accommodate the students in the school in a safe manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17756/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 842. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out in detail the funding granted to each voluntary housing organisation for the erection or acquisition of residential units for each of the past five years; the number of units erected or acquired, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 835. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to providing additional funding to the RTB in order to fund an active investigations unit, in order that the organisation may strengthen investigations into non-compliant landlords in the private market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 1159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify what percentage of all timber cut in Ireland is being exported for the production of biomass; if he will advise what countries it is exported to for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16492/23]

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

Colm Burke: 1690. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of medical negligence claims that are pending against each of the 19 maternity hospitals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17749/23]

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

Colm Burke: 1691. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of each of the medical negligence claims made against the 19 maternity hospitals; which of these said claims have been settled over the past five years, in tabular form for each of the 19 individual maternity units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17750/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 1749. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline of when works are due to commence on the development of a helipad at the Cork University Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18141/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to reduce the five-month waiting time for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18391/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what immediate action his Department is taking to help alleviate the waiting time for driving tests, which now stands at five months, in view that many provisional drivers now find themselves in a position where they will not have the funds to insure their vehicle wherein the cost is significantly higher for provisional drivers than...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Energy Policy (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed introduction of E10 petrol in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Energy Policy (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify that following the potential introduction of E10 petrol in Ireland, whether or not E5 petrol will still continue to be supplied in order to cater for the thousands of pre-Euro V engine vehicles still being used by many motorists on Irish roads today, in view that if E5 petrol were to be discontinued nationally thousands of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Energy Policy (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to ensure that motorists will not be directly affected by the proposed introduction of E10 petrol, in view that many motorists currently operate older vehicles compatible to E5 petrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18399/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 111. To ask the Minister for Health if he will actively engage with the relevant educational bodies to examine the training and scope of all work carried out by auxiliary dental workers, that is dental technicians and clinical dental technicians, with a view to expanding the range of direct services to the public, without the necessity of having to see a dentist first as is currently the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 112. To ask the Minister for Health if he will actively engage with the relevant educational bodies to conduct a review of how undergraduate education programmes can best support the Smile Agus Sláinte policy, in particular in regards to the provision of care to vulnerable groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18362/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 113. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the reintroduction of a foundation training scheme (details supplied) to facilitate new dental school graduates in gaining experience in a mentored environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18367/23]