Results 181-200 of 11,236 for speaker:Colm Burke

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 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a person (details supplied) who is currently working as a kindergarten teacher in the United Arab Emirates and hopes to return to Ireland to work in July summer provision this year, whose request for an extension of their Teaching Council registration has been refused, will have their registration renewed as they wish...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will update legislation and or provide further guidelines or funding to assist local authorities in the taking in charge of housing estates and residential developments from private developers, in particular with reference to legacy estates built between 2005 and 2008 which have not been taken in charge and are in a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); when the application will be completed given it is over 53 months since the application was first lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when ACRES-Cooperation payments will be issued to persons (details supplied) for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9629/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to ensure that all successful applicants of ACRES and ACRES-Cooperation schemes receive outstanding payments for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9633/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in respect of the employment of occupational therapists in the Mayfield area of Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9108/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (4 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration could be given to awarding a person (details supplied), who is a type 2 insulin-dependent diabetic with renal failure on dialysis, a diabetic sensor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9539/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (4 Mar 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (4 Mar 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.