Results 321-340 of 4,594 for speaker:Colm Burke in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to address the increase in road deaths over the past five years, with the exception of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2151/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to address road safety challenges nationally and to reduce death and injuries of road users, pedestrians and cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2152/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to address road safety challenges in Cork, in view that Cork in most instances is in the top two counties for most road traffic fatalities in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2153/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to prioritise the safety of road users and if consideration would be given to increased road policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2154/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she could advise on an application for an extension for a school (details supplied); what progress has been made to date on this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2148/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider making properties in the private rented sector eligible for funding equivalent to the better energy warmer homes scheme for low-income tenants and their landlords, based on a tenant receiving the housing assistance payment and having a long term lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set aside increased funding in respect of the rural public transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 329. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will engage with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of a different approach now being adopted by the Revenue Commissioners regarding the VAT 58 refund claims by non-VAT registered farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56894/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 318. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a refundable tax credit that would return unused portions of the PAYE tax credit to low-income workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56657/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance what action his Department is taking to appoint a board for the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal to deal with appeals under the disabled drivers and passengers tax relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56696/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 330. To ask the Minister for Finance if due consideration will be given in coherence with Food Vision 2030, to the review and optimisation of the tax treatment of investment by agtech companies in research and development for products and services which can support sustainability goals at farm level,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56899/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 343. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the number of seizures of illicit fentanyl by the Revenue Commissioners for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; the estimated street value or worth of those seizures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1060/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 345. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the number of seizures of ketamine by the Revenue Commissioners for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; the estimated street value or worth of those seizures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1097/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 454. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the increased cost of business scheme announced as part of Budget 2024 will be made available to businesses along with the criteria for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1932/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her guidelines for primary school teachers in respect of homework; if there are plans to re-examine this policy or make any changes in the coming years; whether investigations have been carried out as to whether this workload should be reduced and the benefit this would have for children in the area of creativity; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take the necessary steps to develop and extend the pilot Programme of Counselling Supports for Primary Schools into all primary schools and post primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56630/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expand the programme of counselling and well-being/mental health supports to post-primary schools targeting pupils at key transition stages in education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give due consideration to delivering free schoolbooks to second level students, beginning with a pilot programme in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ring fence dedicated funding to enable children suffering from economic disadvantage to participate in in-school activities such as drama, music, educational and cultural school trips; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56644/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will set aside funding for the purposes of expanding mental health and wellbeing supports for secondary school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56650/23]