Results 11,101-11,120 of 11,348 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 743. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the shortage of accredited genetic testing services for patients in Ireland; her views on public hospital laboratories not having the resources, equipment, or accreditation to meet the clinical genetic testing needs of patients and clinicians; how she proposes to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 744. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for developing a national genomic processing service; when this will be done; if accredited companies located in Ireland will be included in the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13650/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the guidance provided by the HSE to public consultant clinicians on where patient blood samples should be sent for genetic testing; what countries Irish patient blood samples are sent to for testing; the process for validating and approving these testing laboratories; if they send the samples to ISO 15189 accredited laboratories in Ireland; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 746. To ask the Minister for Health if she has plans to open a public procurement competition for the provision of clinical genetic testing in Ireland; if so, the anticipated timeline for implementation; and the plans she has for retaining genetic testing within Ireland using an accredited laboratory testing centre. [13652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 832. To ask the Minister for Health if an audit has been carried out by her Department and the HSE to identify all of the burial grounds which are in the ownership or under their control, and which said grounds were used for the burial of persons from mental health facilities, mother and baby homes, industrial schools, and other institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 833. To ask the Minister for Health the burial grounds which are under the control of her Department and the HSE, by county and which were previously managed by the local health authorities or the health boards, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14085/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 834. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the process in place throughout each of the HSE areas in respect of the management and maintenance of burial grounds which are in their ownership or under their control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14086/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 835. To ask the Minister for Health the process that has been put in place by her Department and the HSE to help identify the names of the people who are buried in these burial grounds under their management or under their control, and the institutions from which they resided in prior to their death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14087/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 836. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE have entered into arrangements with local authorities for the management and maintenance of these burial grounds and if any process is in place to transfer the control of same to the local authorities in the respective areas where these burial grounds are situated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14088/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 837. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any engagement between her Department and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of adopting a joint approach about the management and maintenance of burial grounds under their management or under their control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14089/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will liaise with the relevant authorities to review the current system for claiming tax relief regarding the purchase of Gluten free foods by those with a diagnosis of coeliac disease as the current system places a considerable administrative burden on them, since each item purchased must have a receipt and some retail outlets do not issue same; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of the supply and delivery of enhanced inactivated influenza vaccines for older people for the winter season 2025-2026 as the HSE have now withdrawn from the tendering process for enhanced vaccine for this period; whether the HSE will reopen discussions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14557/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Research and Training (27 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current the position in respect of the number of new medical students registering at each third level education institution from 2020 to 2024; the number of new Irish students in each institution and the number of international students in each institution in these years; the progress that has been made with the Higher Education Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Higher Education Authority has reached agreement with third level institutions to increase the number of training places for dental students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14520/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to community groups in the north-west local electoral area of Cork city by his Department in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14537/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 128. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to community groups in Cork by his Department in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14531/25]

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Colm Burke: I support the motion of confidence in the Ceann Comhairle. She retains my full confidence. As the democratically elected Chair of this House, she deserves the respect of all its Members. She was democratically elected. As a former colleague of hers on the Committee of Public Accounts, I know of her work rate and her commitment to fairness, due procedure and full accountability. I know...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Colm Burke: I raise the number of dental training places that are available in the universities in Ireland. It has not increased in the past 25 years, yet the population has increased by 1.5 million. The number of dentists taking part in the dental treatment services scheme has reduced from 1,492 to 810, which means 682 fewer dentists are available under the scheme. There is an urgent need to increase...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (2 Apr 2025)

Colm Burke: 10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made by his Department to prioritise improvements in farmer mental health and well-being supports, in particular supports for rural mental health programmes, recognising the unique challenges faced by those in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13798/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (2 Apr 2025)

Colm Burke: What efforts are being made by the Minister's Department to prioritise improvements in farmers' mental health and well-being supports, in particular supports for rural mental health programmes, recognising the unique challenges faced by those in the sector, and will the Minister make a statement on the matter?