Results 641-660 of 10,658 for speaker:Colm Burke
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mental Health Services (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to take the necessary steps to ensure that all adults with children under 18 who are engaging with adult mental health services should be offered a referral automatically to local family/parenting support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3046/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 627. To ask the Minister for Health if all primary care eye teams, PCETs, are in full operation nationally; to set out in tabular form all PCETs that are in operation and all PCETs that are not in operation as of 17 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2875/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if a community ophthalmic physician lead, reporting directly to the CHO chief officer, has been appointed to provide overall clinical governance for primary care eye services within the CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2876/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 629. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will engage with the HSE to review the current position where there are no psychotherapists employed by them, in view of the fact it is well recognised that they provide a valuable service to vulnerable patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2877/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 630. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure the minimum qualification threshold for entry to the register for psychotherapists is set at a level which meets international and European standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2878/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 631. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure the minimum qualification threshold for psychotherapists will be adopted for registration by CORU, which would include a minimum number of hours of placement under supervision prior to registration being completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2879/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to setting up a diabetes task force composed of healthcare professionals, researchers and patient advocates for the purposes of developing a ten-year diabetes strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3040/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 668. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ringfence dedicated funding to widen access to continuous glucose monitoring for people with Type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3041/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 670. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of new medicines reimbursed in 2023; the number of extended uses of existing medicines in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3049/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 671. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the newly reimbursed medicines and new uses of existing medicines in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3050/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the SUSI grant scheme to recipients of the back-to-work education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3047/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: As the Minister will know, Cork is doing very well in the pharmaceutical industry. Nine of the ten top pharmaceutical companies in the world are based in Cork. The people I am referring to are essential to that area, such as pipe fitters and mechanical apprentices. It is extremely important that we have that number. At the moment, there is up to a 21-month period from the time the person...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: Briefly, I thank the Minister for the work he has done. There has been a huge improvement in the support for employers taking on apprentices and for apprentices as well. I will just respond to the issue of the number of people who are leaving the country and those who are coming back in. Some 144,000 have come back in the last five years and 138,000 have left. Those are the figures over a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made in reducing the time period for electrical-instrument and mechanical apprentices to attend college placement at a facility (details supplied) from the date an apprenticeship commences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2099/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)
Colm Burke: I ask the Minister what progress has been made on reducing the time period for electrical-instrument and mechanical apprentices to attend college placement from the date the apprenticeship commences.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024) Colm Burke: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations. Mr. McKeon gave a figure of 103,000 for Ukrainian arrivals but said that number is now done to 80,000. What is the evidence for a reduction of 20,000-plus? Are there particular reasons he has come to that conclusion?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024) Colm Burke: How do we know people who are drawing payments are still in Ireland?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024) Colm Burke: Mr. McKeon referred to "most" payments. Is he saying that some people are getting payments without having to physically present?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024) Colm Burke: Mr. McKeon said that 17,000 Ukrainian arrivals are working at this stage. Will he clarify that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024) Colm Burke: Are a number of Ukrainian arrivals involved in community employment programmes?