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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: How much progress has been made on expanding the list of goods which will be exempt from the 15% tariff? Has progress been made on the cost of visa applications and is there likely to be further progress made over the next two to three months?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his recent meeting with US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57158/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: The Tánaiste recently met with the Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, in Washington. He might outline the progress that was made as a result of that meeting.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: One of the problems we have with the US is that there is a view out there, especially in America, that it is a one-way street. America thinks that we have all the advantages in the sense that we export quite a large volume of goods, especially in the pharmaceutical area. The point the Tánaiste made that Irish companies have created over 200,000 jobs there indicates that it is very much...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: I very much welcome the question raised on the historical and the cultural aspects. There are also trade aspects and how the State focused on trade with the US over the past 35 or 40 years. The Government now needs to focus on Canada and how it can get Canada to invest more here because of its access to the European market, but likewise so that we can export to Canada. We have already got...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for when the new Ireland-Scotland Cooperation Framework will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57159/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statutory Instruments (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made since the publication of two reports (details supplied) toward the introduction of periodic payment orders for catastrophically injured people; the work he wishes to undertake in this area, as well as a timeline for their introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57253/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider reopening citizenship applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2026 (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 792. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the Budget 2026 allocation of €217 million to primary care reimbursement services medicines, beyond the €30 million allocation for new medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 796. To ask the Minister for Health if consultation with families who are involved in the audit hip surgery for children will be included in the forthcoming external expert panel process on hips; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56798/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 800. To ask the Minister for Health if children affected by the CHI hip surgery audit will be included within the terms of reference of the forthcoming State inquiry into paediatric orthopaedic surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56827/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 875. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of a medical card appeal for a person (details supplied); if serious consideration will be given to urgently awarding the medical card as the person is suffering from breast cancer and a medical card will be required for their treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57427/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (21 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: 931. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the allocations under the 2025 town and village renewal scheme will be announced; if he will consider awarding funding to a community group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57405/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (16 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: I fully accept the answer the Minister of State has given in the sense that cost-effectiveness is also an important issue in relation to any new medicine that is made available under the drugs payment scheme. What I am saying, however, is that I understand that after the decision of July 2024, there were further negotiations but, again, no progress was made. While there was a considerable...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (16 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: This comes issue under the Department of Health. My question on whether consideration will be given to putting in place a shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 or to immunocompromised patients in view of the fact that shingles vaccination is recommended by NIAC for those over 65 and for those who are immunocompromised and aged between 18 and 65. Shingles...

Committee on Drugs Use: Intergenerational Trauma: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank all the witnesses for their contributions and for the work that they are doing. The work they are doing is difficult and challenging. I very much appreciate the contribution they are making. The supports offered within the prison system when people - male and female - end up in prison have been raised. From the witnesses' own information and from dealing with people, what is...

Committee on Drugs Use: Intergenerational Trauma: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: I came across a case where someone was providing medical care in a prison rather than people being taken to clinics in hospitals because the problem with that is there is no continuity whereas if someone comes into prisons providing care, there is continuity. Have the witnesses come across that issue?

Committee on Drugs Use: Intergenerational Trauma: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: On people going in and out, is there a problem with continuation of support - even if they do get care inside - in that there is no structure to make sure the care they require is available once they leave the prison system?

Committee on Drugs Use: Intergenerational Trauma: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Colm Burke: Dealing with issues and trying to prevent people going down the wrong road and getting into difficulties, there are various projects in all cities, including Cork, Limerick and Dublin, that are trying to support young people. Could more be done in providing support to the organisations providing care to young people who might have dropped out of the education system and got into minor...