Results 221-240 of 11,236 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will give due consideration to extending the living alone allowance to those in receipt of pensions as a qualified adult (for example, cases where the other spouse or partner is in nursing-home care); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5092/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortality Rates (11 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. The recommendations are quite clear. Recommendation 1 is "The National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) must urgently progress the implementation of an electronic data collection system in order to allow for the timely submission of CYP mortality data to the NPMR". It is a clear recommendation. Recommendation 2 is that there would be a "detailed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortality Rates (11 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortality Rates (11 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: I am raising this issue because of a report published in the last week, namely, the National Paediatric Mortality Register Annual Report 2025. It sets out the concerns about the lack of a centralised, universalised reporting system for reporting and analysing child deaths. This is hindering progress in addressing the root causes. What steps is the Minister of State taking to address this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the emergency works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4307/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: Cork North-Central is where more than €35 billion is coming from Apple into the Exchequer. I raise the issue of the north ring road, which is north of the city. In the past two years, not one brown cent has been made available for the development of the strategic plan for the northside of Cork city. Funding has been provided for the distributor road, which is also important. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Planning Issues (6 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm when a project (details supplied), which has been granted planning permission can proceed; if this project has been advertised in order that tenders can be submitted; when it is likely that the tender process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3816/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if any further consultation has taken place between her Department and the Health Products Regulatory Authority on the matter of uromune becoming available for the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections, given that it is becoming more readily available as a treatment across the world; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3744/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to give retiring school secretaries access to public service pension schemes, and other leave schemes, in view of the fact that teachers and special needs assistants are in receipt of these schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2519/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Transport (5 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a grant payment will issue to a school (details supplied) for bus escorts for the 2023/2024 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2601/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (5 Feb 2025)

Colm Burke: 1260. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to assist Irish physiotherapists with qualifications from European Union Member States such as the Netherlands in completing CORU required hours in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy in an acute hospital setting in Ireland, given that such placements are increasingly difficult to obtain for physiotherapists who studied abroad; and if she...

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

Colm Burke: 1261. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration could be given to approving all patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus to qualify for reimbursement for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) under the community drug schemes, as many type 1 diabetes patients require CGM but are being refused reimbursement as they have not required insulin from the outset of their disease; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Jan 2025)

Colm Burke: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to reduce the waiting time for driving re-test appointments at a test centre (details supplied), in view that re-test appointments are extending beyond the ten-week wait period to 15 to 19 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1089/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Jan 2025)

Colm Burke: 446. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm when an appeals system for the power-up scheme will be established with businesses able to lodge appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1540/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Colm Burke: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position in respect of a building project; when it is likely that a response will issue in relation to a revised stage 1 report which was submitted by the school (details supplied) to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46326/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Colm Burke: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an additional accommodation project application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46328/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Colm Burke: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project by a school (details supplied) under the ADAPT 3 Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46889/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Colm Burke: 650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional accommodation project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1875/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Jan 2025)

Colm Burke: 977. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); when it is likely that same will be completed as it is over 55 months since the application was first lodged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46899/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (22 Jan 2025)

Colm Burke: It is a strategic priority under the national drugs strategy to enhance access to and delivery of drug services in the community. There are five actions to support the implementation of the priority in strategic action plan 2023-2024. Drug-related health expenditure in 2023 was over €161m. The approximate breakdown of expenditure on addiction services is as follows: HSE addiction...