Results 41-60 of 12,163 for speaker:Colm Burke

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Healthcare Services in the Mid-West: Health Information and Quality Authority (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: I am talking about the fast turnaround. For instance, one of the other issue with clinics is that clinics in a lot of HSE facilities close at 5 p.m. What is being looked at in that regard? For instance, one hospital I know, especially for day procedures, does not close at 5 p.m. but at 8 p.m. In other words, different staff come on. Some staff come on at 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. and another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Healthcare Services in the Mid-West: Health Information and Quality Authority (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: Was that looked at when HIQA was looking at Limerick? Did it look at where efficiencies could be created in clinics? If someone is seen in a clinic, they are less likely to have to come to accident and emergency. Sometimes, it is because of the delay in getting access to clinics that people end up in accident and emergency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Healthcare Services in the Mid-West: Health Information and Quality Authority (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: Has there been a change in the timeframe from, say, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in some clinics, or even doing Saturday clinics? I have heard that in one hospital, which is a HSE facility, people are being seen on Sunday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Healthcare Services in the Mid-West: Health Information and Quality Authority (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: My point about clinics is the earlier people are seen, if they require medical care, the less likelihood they will need a hospital bed in the long term. It is the delays that are the reason people end up requiring beds. If waiting times can be expedited and reduced, through people having access to clinics in a far faster timeframe, then that can be reduced. The other issue we have is the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 132. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures her Department is taking to reduce costs for childcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61546/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 162. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures included in Budget 2026 to reduce costs for parents and improve accessibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61545/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school’s application under the additional accommodation scheme; when a decision will be taken whether to progress the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration would be given to reviewing the eligibility areas of grant aid schemes administered by Cork City Council to upgrade, repair or replace domestic wastewater treatment system/septic tank systems, to ensure that those who are in most need of the grant and who would have difficulty in financing such works could...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration would be given to reviewing the eligibility areas of grant aid schemes administered by Cork County Council to upgrade, repair or replace domestic wastewater treatment system/septic tank systems, to ensure that those who are in most need of the grant and who would have difficulty in financing such works could...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that has taken place between his Department and Uisce Éireann in relation to the progression of the taking in charge of water services of completed housing estates, many of which have been completed for more than 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61413/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department have given a directive to Uisce Éireann and to local authorities in respect of the taking in charge of estates, with regard to water supply, sewage treatment services and roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61414/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to assist Uisce Éireann in the taking in charge of housing estates and residential developments from private developers, in particular legacy estates built between 2005 and 2008, which have not been taken in charge and are in a poor state of repair; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on his Departments plans to extend the eligibility for the rural social scheme to include people who are not involved in farming or fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 748. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of cases where the applicant seeking asylum was refused but are now under appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 749. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of appeals by asylum seekers who appealed the decision not to grant them asylum; the number of these appeals where a decision was reached for each year ending 31 December 2023, 31 December 2024 and for six months to 30 June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61353/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 781. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the report on the old Cork Prison that was expected for publication in November 2024; the reason for the delay in its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 932. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of consultant epileptologists who are employed by the HSE and based in Cork University Hospital; if they are full-time or part-time, for each of the years ending the 31 December 2023, the 31 December 2024 and the number working there as of 31 October 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61019/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 933. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing numbers in the national cervical screening laboratory, by discipline and Grade of their employment; the vacancies that exist in each discipline and in each grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61020/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 934. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of senior dental surgeons who are employed by the HSE part-time or full-time and who provide for those who have special needs based in HSE CHO4 area for each of the years ending 31 December 2023, 31 December 2024, and 31 October 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61021/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Nov 2025)

Colm Burke: 1003. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of consultant epileptologists employed by the HSE and based in Cork University Hospital; if they are full time or part time for each of the years 2022 to 2024, inclusive; the number working there as of the 31 October 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61407/25]