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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the €240 million funding for 468 sustainable travel projects in a funding programme directed at the four Dublin councils, the three other counties in the greater Dublin area, that is, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow and the local authorities covering the regional cities, that is, Cork City Council, Cork County Council,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the €72.8 million funding for 340 sustainable transport projects in 19 local authority areas allocated in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11959/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the funding not yet disbursed under the two significant allocations for sustainable travel projects in 2021, €240 million and €72.8 million respectively has been carried over into 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11960/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric hybrid buses in operation on public service obligation transport routes at present; the areas that these are operational in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11962/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date in the development and expansion of railway services essential for the transition to low or zero-carbon transport options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11963/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date in the enhancing of rail services in regional cities, including commuter services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools that have benefited from the safe routes to schools programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11965/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the safe routes to schools programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11966/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of recipients of the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme since the year of its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11967/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the support from his Department to help make all public transport services accessible, in particular public transport outside the capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11968/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when transatlantic flights will resume from Shannon Airport; the supports which have been provided to the Shannon Group to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11969/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date in respect of the development of drone policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11970/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of heavy goods vehicle driving tests provided; the pass rate from 1 September 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the reimbursement of the gene therapy treatment luxturna for persons suffering with inherited retinal diseases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11996/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will correspond with the HSE Executive Management Team to request it to reconsider the decision regarding the reimbursement of the gene therapy treatment luxturna (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11997/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if consultations have taken place in order to improve the cost effectiveness of the gene therapy treatment luxturna (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11998/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the reimbursement of the gene therapy treatment luxturna which complements national policy objectives as set out in the Programme for Government to update the Rare Diseases Plan and the promotion of research particularly clinical trials which are key to improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases; and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for the presentation. I will open with the issue of checks and balances in the context of our mental health services. If a consultant is working in a hospital, be it in orthopaedics or surgery, there are checks and balances in place within that hospital's structures. In our mental health services, there are no checks and balances. Even if one takes it that a consultant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: No, I am not talking about non-consultants. I am talking about the checks and balances that are currently in the mental health services. If a consultant is appointed, who reviews the work that consultant is doing? In a hospital structure, there are checks and balances because there are a lot of management systems. However, in the context of mental health day services, I am asking what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I am sorry for interrupting, but if that system was there, this was a problem from 2016 to 2021. That is five years. How come nothing showed up if that structure was actually in place?