Results 41-60 of 11,553 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a national clinical programme for pulmonary arterial hypertension, along with rare heart diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34702/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the development of a national patient registry for pulmonary arterial hypertension in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34703/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider linking with pulmonary arterial hypertension specialists in Northern Ireland for an all-Ireland strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34704/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has engaged with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science with a view to increasing the number of training places in each of the dental schools both at University College Cork and at Trinity College Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34759/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of dentists in each HSE area who are providing care for medical card patients, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34760/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who have travelled abroad under the treatment abroad scheme to receive dental treatment for each of the years ending 31 December 2021, 31 December 2022, 31 December 2023, and 31 December 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of newly qualified dentists who qualified in Ireland, the number who were Irish/EU students and those who were non-EEA students but who qualified in Ireland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34761/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with all third level institutions with a view to increasing the total number of places available for the training of both dental nurses and dental hygienists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34764/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department can make additional funding available to third level colleges which are providing dental training courses in order that they may increase the total number of places available for Irish students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34765/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the total number of Irish/EU students and the total number of non-EEA students who have qualified from University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin for each of the years ending 31 December 2020 to 31 December 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34766/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of the northern distributor road, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34133/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to progress the North Ring Road in Cork city; the level of funding will be allocated for the coming year in view of the large volume of traffic forced to travel through Mayfield, including traffic heading for the port facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34134/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) invalidity pension appeal; when a decision will be reached given that it has been lodged for nearly a year and that serious consideration would be given to granting this allowance due to the applicant’s circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications submitted to the South African visa desk in the Dublin Visa Office, for each month, from July 2024 to 31 May 2025; the number of applications which have been processed in the same timeline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34218/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action his Department is taking to ensure that target processing times of visa applications to the South African visa desk in the Dublin Visa Office are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34219/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 749. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the options available to women who have cancer and require breast surgery as regards their access to support services including breast protheses, and, in particular, whether they can attend any facility which is approved by the HSE regardless of where they are located; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 751. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the new Obesity Policy and Action Plan, due to be published in early 2026; whether a public consultation on the new iteration of the policy and action plan will be conducted in the coming months, in advance of publication; if so, the timing for that consultation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the current Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland Framework (Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025). OPAP covers a 10-year period up to 2025 and the overall aim is to reverse obesity trends, prevent health complications, and reduce the impact of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Appointments (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 806. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can progress with cataract treatment; when an urgent appointment will be made available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33934/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the further steps the Department is taking to support small and medium enterprises to reduce the cost of energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32906/25]