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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what his Department’s long-term plans are to alleviate traffic congestion in Kinsale town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18841/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what his Department’s long-term plans are to alleviate traffic congestion in Clonakilty town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18842/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the funding application by Cork County Council for the road upgrade project at Pewter Hole Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18843/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the number of applications made to the ash dieback replanting scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18801/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications made to the ash dieback replanting scheme which have been processed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful applications made to the ash dieback replanting scheme; the total amount of funding paid out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 360. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify as to the new procedures that have been put in place to expedite the process for the development and the building for the new elective hospital for Cork; if he can provide a timeframe as to when his Department will allow the project to proceed to planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10401/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to reduce the five-month waiting time for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18391/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what immediate action his Department is taking to help alleviate the waiting time for driving tests, which now stands at five months, in view that many provisional drivers now find themselves in a position where they will not have the funds to insure their vehicle wherein the cost is significantly higher for provisional drivers than...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Energy Policy (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed introduction of E10 petrol in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Energy Policy (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify that following the potential introduction of E10 petrol in Ireland, whether or not E5 petrol will still continue to be supplied in order to cater for the thousands of pre-Euro V engine vehicles still being used by many motorists on Irish roads today, in view that if E5 petrol were to be discontinued nationally thousands of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Energy Policy (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to ensure that motorists will not be directly affected by the proposed introduction of E10 petrol, in view that many motorists currently operate older vehicles compatible to E5 petrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18399/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 111. To ask the Minister for Health if he will actively engage with the relevant educational bodies to examine the training and scope of all work carried out by auxiliary dental workers, that is dental technicians and clinical dental technicians, with a view to expanding the range of direct services to the public, without the necessity of having to see a dentist first as is currently the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 112. To ask the Minister for Health if he will actively engage with the relevant educational bodies to conduct a review of how undergraduate education programmes can best support the Smile Agus Sláinte policy, in particular in regards to the provision of care to vulnerable groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18362/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 113. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the reintroduction of a foundation training scheme (details supplied) to facilitate new dental school graduates in gaining experience in a mentored environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18367/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 114. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to broaden the range of dental specialities in Ireland through appropriate educational pathways to include a broader range of dental specialities particularly in areas such as disability and paediatrics, wherein any new scope of practice or expanded roles would be properly regulated by the Dental Council with mandatory...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will actively engage with the relevant authorities to evaluate the scope of primary care practice in supporting the implementation of Smile Agus Sláinte Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18378/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 120. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to updating the Dental Council’s ‘Register of Dentists’ as recommended by a report (details supplied), to include information such as location, services provided, and hours worked, wherein this would provide a reliable overview of the number and availability of practising dentists in the country and allow...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 121. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to reviewing the current process for non-EEA dentists to register to practice as dentists in Ireland; if consideration would be given to amendments to modernise and make the process more efficient, particularly regarding the curriculum for these examinations, the frequency with which they are held and the feedback given to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 122. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure that the public dental service is adequately staffed and resourced, in view of recommendations set out in a report (details supplied) which advises that based on the current population, 450 whole-time equivalent dental posts are needed in the HSE public dental service in order to address the difficulties...