Results 11,041-11,060 of 11,348 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 181. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give due consideration to funding the lymphoedema and lipoedema model of care considering that international studies show that the cost to treat patients could be reduced by 87%, if comprehensive lymphedema services were introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9949/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 182. To ask the Minister for Health to consider providing additional specific funding to hospitals to allow for the abolition of parking charges for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9950/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (5 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that Irish cancer patients are not waiting longer than the EU average to access new medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9952/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (5 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 183. To ask the Minister for Health to consider implementing the improvements in the approval process recommended in the Mazars review, including increased staffing for the national cancer control programme and National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, an application tracker, greater transparency and indicative timelines for the approval of medicines; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 185. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider reducing the threshold of the drugs payment scheme to €72 per month, as per the 2017 Sláintecare report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of notifications issued for BreastCheck appointments for each CHO area; the number of notifications on foot of such letter for the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9955/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (5 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing the income limit for those over 70 years applying for a medical card given the income threshold has not been increased in a number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10118/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (6 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action being taken by his Department to support the Irish language during Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10206/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: The free contraception scheme was launched in September 2022, initially for those aged 17-25. It has been gradually expanded and now includes women aged 17-35 from July 1st, 2024. The scheme is open to women, girls and other people identifying as transgender or non-binary, who are ordinarily resident in Ireland and for whom prescription contraception is deemed suitable by their doctors. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 129. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided make the first and ground floor of the new extension to the Mallow General Hospital operational; the designated purposes will be provided to both floors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9870/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 170. To ask the Minister for Health when a design for the elective hospital for Cork in Sarsfield Court, Glanmire will be finalised; when it will proceed to planning stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9871/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: The free contraception scheme was launched in September 2022, initially for those aged 17-25. It has been gradually expanded and now includes women aged 17-35 from July 1st, 2024. The scheme is open to women, girls and other people identifying as transgender or non-binary, who are ordinarily resident in Ireland and for whom prescription contraception is deemed suitable by their doctors. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (20 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if a local authority can refuse to take in charge a housing estate where the wastewater treatment facility has not been taken in charge by Uisce Éireann-Irish Water, where the developer of the estate has gone into liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12687/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (20 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the programme to be put in place by his Department to arrange for Irish Water-Uisce Éireann to take in charge over 500 individual waste water treatment plants across the country where the reason being given for not being taken in charge is that the current treatment plants are not up to standard, where the developers in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (20 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (DATFs) play a key role in implementing the national drugs strategy at the local/regional level. Their function is to assess the extent and nature of the drug problem in their areas and to develop and monitor the implementation of action plans to respond to the problem as identified. Drug and Alcohol Task Forces focus on the delivery of these objectives within...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of Cork’s northern distributor road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9502/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department plans to amend the automatic implementation of penalty points to include driving offences such as breaking red lights at junctions, and other offences that create a danger to other road users including pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9503/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to progress the Mallow relief road project; the level of funding that will be allocated for 2025, given €300,000 was allocated in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9518/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to removing the extra USC charge of 3% that applies to any self-employed income over €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9027/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 310. To ask the Minister for Finance whether those who exceeded their group A capital acquisition tax threshold of €335,000 under their prior threshold rules are enabled to avail of the €400,000 group A threshold introduced as part of Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9556/25]