Results 5,441-5,460 of 11,187 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS programme will be expanded to schools (details supplied) currently outside the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13325/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 384. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he is bringing forward to the European Commission to take action in the forthcoming review of the EU Tobacco Excise Directive in view of the worrying trend of increased consumption of e-cigarettes by young people in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13660/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the work to address gender-based issues and concerns within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13358/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the work to increase the number of naval officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13359/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts to promote careers in the Defence Forces particularly among school leavers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13360/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the need to ensure the Defence Forces has the capability to patrol Irish territorial waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13361/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the involvement the Defence Forces will have in assisting with the settlement of refugees arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if it is envisaged that the Defence Forces would participate in peacekeeping measures should the need arise on the European continent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13363/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the works that were carried out to upgrade and improve Defence Forces buildings in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13374/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the planned upgrades to be carried out to Defence Forces buildings in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13375/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures in place to ensure the health and well-being, particularly mental health, of Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13376/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will consider the recommendations set out in the Commission on the Defence Forces Report published in February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13377/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: United Nations (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the implementation of the pledges made by Ireland at the 2021 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial, Korea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional pupils that have received places in special education classes this academic year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13346/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recruitment of special needs assistants is in line with the additional resources secured in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13347/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made by her Department in expanding the training programme for special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13348/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special education teachers supporting pupils in primary, secondary and special schools this academic year; if the number has increased since the previous academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13349/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide Irish Sign Language support for children whose primary language is Irish Sign Language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13350/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made by her Department to date in the implementation of measures to assist parents and guardians with the cost of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13351/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress has been made by her Department in the provision of schoolbook rental schemes in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13352/22]