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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the increase in the number of apprentices and the number of apprenticeships since 2020; the progress of the national apprenticeship scheme office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason there is a delay in releasing funds under the 2018 Sports Capital Programme to a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12932/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 511. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme to determine the needs and solutions to provide persons with Huntington’s disease and their families a good standard of care in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12505/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 512. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the development of a Huntington’s disease specialist multidisciplinary team that could respond flexibly and dynamically, provide consistency over time and deliver planned and anticipatory care that seeks to minimise crisis for those with Huntington’s disease and their families in view of the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 513. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of commissioning of long-term care for persons with Huntington’s disease will be undertaken whereby this review would address the needs of younger adults and those over 65 years of age and would benefit adults with other neuro-progressive conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12507/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to identifying a principal investigator and lead for clinical trials in Huntington’s disease in Ireland with the necessary infrastructure to be developed in order to participate in clinical trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12508/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Clinical Trials (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 515. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to building further links with an association (details supplied) in order to integrate Ireland’s participation in clinical trials with other European partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12509/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 516. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a review of the way that Huntington’s disease is included in national strategies in view of the disease being a condition with multiple dimensions which does not sit neatly within one strategy whereby building links across strategic frameworks could help to improve the way services are delivered; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 517. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the development of a new work stream within the current National Clinical Programme for Neurology to establish the details of a model of care for Huntington’s disease affected families in Ireland that would fit within the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy and Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the way capacity challenges at the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics can be addressed to avoid significant delays in the evaluation process of oncology medicines in Ireland through the reimbursement pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 540. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing an oncology-specific managed access fund enabling access to new oncology medicines while clinical uncertainties are being addressed through evidence development and the criteria for routine reimbursement is satisfied (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12597/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 541. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to multi-year-multi-indication agreements with regard to oncology medicines in Ireland during the reimbursement pathway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12598/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the next agreement with an organisation (details supplied) to include a forward-looking funding framework over a rolling four-year period for new medicines to improve the reimbursement system in helping to deliver faster access for patients and greater budget predictability for the Government; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 543. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the development of a clear budget structure for medicines that includes minimum annual funds necessary to support access to new medicines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12600/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 642. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for the completion of the relevant draft regulations with regard to section 12 and 13 of the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018 including the revision of same by the Office of the Attorney General; the estimated timeframe for the submission of and assessment by the European Commission of the draft regulations to; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to putting in place a mechanism to allow for greater transparency along the entirety of the Irish food chain through the establishment of a regulator with sufficient powers such as a national food ombudsman (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12573/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to date in respect of the establishment of the new office of the national food ombudsman, regulator or equivalent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated in Budget 2021 and additional funding which had been allocated to date for the establishment of the new office of the national food ombudsman, regulator or equivalent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if calves born after the cut-off date for the beef dairy calf programme in 2022 will be eligible for inclusion in the 2023 dairy beef calf scheme in view of a retro-eligibility measure being undertaken by his Department to facilitate those with calves born after 1 July 2021 to be included in the 2022 dairy beef calf scheme; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an annual review will be carried out by his Department to determine the funding allocation for the beef dairy calf programme over the duration of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12894/22]