Results 301-320 of 11,554 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 795. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the current status of a disability allowance application for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be reached in this case; if serious consideration would be given to granting them this allowance due to their circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23532/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1120. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to review the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include inflammatory bowel conditions, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, given that these are lifelong conditions which have a substantial impact on a person’s quality of life and necessitate continued medical intervention; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients undergoing treatment for sleep disorders in Ireland in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and as of 30 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting diagnosis for sleep apnoea in Ireland, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients undergoing treatment for sleep apnoea in Ireland in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and as of 30 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24361/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1190. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost burden of sleep apnoea on the health service in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and as of 30 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24362/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1191. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the creation of a national sleep programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24363/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (13 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 1287. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that consideration would be given to granting and paying out the sum awarded to a club (details supplied) under the community centre investment fund, in spite of the fact that the works were undertaken prior to the notification of successful applicants in March 2025, due to the fact that these works were necessitated by...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: Blackpool suffered flooding damage in 2010, 2012 and 2013. It was agreed that a flood relief programme would be put in place. Environmental impact studies were carried out and presented by the Office of Public Works, OPW, to the Department of public expenditure. There was a judicial review in 2021, but the environmental impact study was left on someone's desk for 12 months in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: If the Minister of State is in Cork at any stage, he might come to my home parish of Inniscarra, which has 50 acres of sports grounds. The rugby club, the soccer club, the GAA club and the camogie club all have their own individual pitches, all of which were developed over the past 25 to 30 years. They are very well planned facilities and are all together in one area. We need to do that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that was spent by his Department in supporting sports clubs and organisations in Cork in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22679/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: Will the Minister outline the amount spent by his Department in supporting sports clubs and organisations in Cork in 2024?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister and fully agree with him there was a huge amount of funding provided last year and over the past ten years. It is a huge initiative for sports organisations. I find that for every euro the sports organisations get in grants, they raise another €5 through voluntary effort. The facilities provided have been superb. An issue I want to focus on is large-scale...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State very much for his reply. What we need to do, however, is to set out a clear plan to try to get the waiting time back to ten weeks. At the moment, there appears to be no plan. There is a plan to recruit people but targets do not appear to have been set. This is extremely important. It will probably take three years, and a clear plan should be set out now for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for driving test appointments at test centres in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22681/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: I had two people on to me this week. One person got their appointment for 22 December in Wilton, in Cork. The other person's appointment is for 5 January 2026. That is an outrageous period of time that people have to wait for a test. I have parents on to me. One parent's son has to be dropped to work at 4 o'clock in the day and his other parent has to collect him after midnight every...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 149. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken by his Department to diversify and increase tourism potential from other countries outside of Great Britain and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22678/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 192. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made to date in respect of the key recommendations set out in the Independent Review Group into the Defence Forces Report 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18007/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 202. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made to date in respect of the establishment of an independent external complaints system for serving members in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18006/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (8 May 2025)

Colm Burke: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not permitted an additional junior infants class by the Department, despite prior assurances and demand within the local community; if this decision will be amended and the establishment of an additional class permitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22976/25]