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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 325. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reducing VAT on deep retrofit works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37801/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 326. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to including the cost of VAT under the deep retrofit grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37802/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there should be a reversal of the cuts imposed by a Government decision that took place at the same time as the financial emergency measures in the public interest cuts were applied to public sector employees given the review carried out in July 2018 by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if parity will be restored in respect of payment to criminal barristers in the same way that it has been restored to all other justice stakeholders given the review carried out in July 2018 by the Department of Justice in respect of the work undertaken by criminal barristers and the conclusion in relation to same communicated to his...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will restore parity to the fees payable to criminal barristers in the same way that it has been restored to all other public sector employees given the review carried out in July 2018 by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Department of Justice in respect of the work undertaken by criminal barristers and the conclusion...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 366. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that her Department plans to engage with RTÉ to explore measures for reducing the State broadcaster’s dependence on Exchequer funding considering it has been increasing in recent years; if her Department will ensure that any liabilities owed to the Exchequer by RTÉ would be financed through the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 367. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department would be in support of replacing An Post by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners as the collection agents of TV licence fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37808/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rental Sector (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 970. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to support eye care services in Cork, particularly to ensure that there is greater capacity for services in Cork to assist those with serious conditions such as glaucoma to have more regular care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37797/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if children over the age of 16 years who are in receipt of a disability allowance payment and still attending second level education, are entitled to a back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; if they will also benefit from the waiving of school bus fares for the 2022/2023 school year; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 687. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a specialist speech and language therapist will be provided to a child with a diagnosis of ASD (details supplied) in the pre-school setting in order to assist with this child’s educational development; the further measures that will be taken to support their child through their early years in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with a representative body (details supplied) given the review that was carried out in July 2018 by the Director of Public Prosecutions and her Department in relation to the work undertaken by criminal barristers and its conclusion that was communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 982. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to expedite the reimbursement process given that it currently takes on average 870 days for a patient to gain access to European Medicines Agency-approved orphan medicine in Ireland; the work that his Department is undertaking in partnership with the HSE to ensure that this delay improves; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 831. To ask the Minister for Health the drug reimbursement decisions that have been made by the HSE drugs group and executive management team respectively in each of its meetings from January 2018 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37271/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 969. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken by his Department and the HSE in respect of the employment of 20 additional clinical nurse specialists to assist those waiting for a neurology outpatient appointment as advocated by Neurological Alliance of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37796/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 970. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to support eye care services in Cork, particularly to ensure that there is greater capacity for services in Cork to assist those with serious conditions such as glaucoma to have more regular care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37797/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 971. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a glaucoma patient (details supplied) will receive an ophthalmology appointment with a specialist in Cork in the near future, as their sight is rapidly deteriorating and that additional funding will be made available for patients in similar circumstances in Cork, that they might receive more regular treatment; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 974. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has completed the review of a report (details supplied) in respect of the drug reimbursement process; when this report and the key recommendations are expected to be published; the reason for the continued delay in publishing this report given that Covid-19 is no longer as large a public health risk as it once was; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 975. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a report (details supplied) submitted to the Minister in January 2020 at a cost of €86,000 has still not been published; if he will commit to prioritising the review and publication of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37811/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 976. To ask the Minister for Health the status of implementation of the key actions outlined in the National Rare Disease Plan 2014-2018; the timeline for the implementation of remaining actions; when a successor plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (12 Jul 2022)

Colm Burke: 977. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department intends to follow through on the programme for Government’s clear commitment to publish a successor plan to the National Rare Disease Plan 2014–2018; the reasons for the delay in prioritising all remaining actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37813/22]