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Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (29 Jul 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: Dental Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3234. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the number of dentists who treat medical card patients, given that only 833 dentists are operating under the dental treatment services scheme, down from 1,425 over a period of 12 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44015/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3209. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to fill the 12 vacant posts for radiation therapists which currently exist in Cork University Hospital; if the matter can be given priority in view of the fact that treatment is being delayed or, in some cases, cancelled due to the shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43923/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3210. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department, together with the HSE, has carried out a review of all cancer treatment facilities to identify what vacant posts need to be filled in order to ensure that all patients have care in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43924/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3235. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has liaised with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science with a view to increasing the number of dentistry places for Ireland/EU students in University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin, in view of the fact that there has been no such increase over the past 20 years; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3236. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to reform the current Register for Dentists to include information such as location, services provided, and hours worked, in order to provide a reliable overview of the current number of dentists practising in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44020/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Work Permits (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3237. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to work with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to reform work permit regulations concerning the visa process for non-EEA dental nurses to practise in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44021/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3258. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to putting in place a three year programme for shingles vaccination to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, given that the shingles vaccine is currently not available on a national immunisation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44144/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3259. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in view that shingles vaccination is recommended by NIAC those over 65 and/or the immunocompromised between 18-49; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44145/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3260. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a targeted shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in view that 13 countries in Europe have funded shingles vaccination programmes and Ireland is currently an outlier in Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44146/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3261. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in view that there is an inequity issue in Ireland between those who can afford to buy vaccine for shingles privately and those who cannot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44147/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3262. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a targeted shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in order to reduce the instances of those who contract shingles being hospitalised, thus reducing the number of hospital/accident and emergency admissions; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3263. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in respect of the implementation of the current National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommendations for older adult vaccination against influenza, pneumococcal disease, shingles, and respiratory syncytial virus, in view that a 2024 report commissioned by GSK Ireland, from the Office of Health Economics,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any progress in expanding the number of dental college places offered to students in University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin in light of the 2023 announcement by his Department to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44017/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided to the dental schools in University College Cork which have submitted proposals to the Department for the expansion of their training programme, which would involve the development of a new hub in which additional students could be trained and practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of funding allocated to dental colleges in University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin for the academic years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44018/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Could I get clarification regarding the process? We are talking about €5 million. Would the same process have been available for the payment of €20 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: A process is in place relating to the payment of moneys. In this case, it was a payment of €5 million. I am asking if the same process would be in place were a €20 million call for funds to be paid out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: In other words, this could have been €20 million as much as it could have been €5 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I come from a legal background, so I would have been involved in drawing down loans on a constant basis, both commercial loans and housing loans. There was a whole series of checks and balances, particularly in relation to documentation. I am concerned about how, with the process the NTMA has, something like this was allowed to slip through without the process being triggered. Was the...