Results 7,001-7,020 of 8,016 for speaker:Peter Burke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that have access to a medical social worker; the number of hospitals that have access to a neuropsychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28087/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1357. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the success of the early supported discharge programme in the Galway region; his plans to roll this out further across rural areas of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28090/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1358. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of rolling out early supported discharge programmes nationally for stroke patients in areas in which this would improve patient outcomes and free up acute hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28091/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1359. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for early supported discharge programmes nationally for stroke patients in view of the fact that this would improve patient outcomes and free up acute hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28092/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1362. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which persons with stroke living in nursing homes must pay for rehabilitation services privately or receive no services; if he will ensure that this practice no longer continues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28095/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1363. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons under 65 years of age account for one in every four strokes, yet home care packages are not tailored to the specific needs of persons that could be living with the side effects of strokes for decades; his plans to create an entitlement to homecare which is appropriate for stroke survivors of all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1364. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund a properly resourced stroke register, along with a rolling audit cycle incorporating acute, rehabilitation and community services every three years to ensure that service deficits are identified and addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the stroke register receives no dedicated funding and operates in only two thirds...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued to persons resident here, that qualify for same by virtue of the fact that their medical treatment services are paid for by the UK Government. [28103/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Reimbursement Agreements (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1367. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the UK Government to the Exchequer annually for the past ten years to pay for medical services for UK social contributors that are resident here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28104/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [28943/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [28955/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Sporting Rights (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1723. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the processes involved in the tendering for the broadcast of GAA matches on public and private broadcast networks; the frequency with which this process must take place; the efforts in place to allow for the national broadcaster to have fair access to GAA matches in view of its public service responsibilities; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1871. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the conditions attached to women in sport funding as allocated by the sports partnerships and the Irish Sports Council; the objectives of the funding; if results are benchmarked based on allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28040/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 1945. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the affordable childcare scheme will be implemented; the reason for the delay; if registered child minders can be paid retrospectively in view of the fact that they have been carrying out best practice for some time and will be doing the work which they will ultimately be paid for under the scheme when it comes into being; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund Deficit (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 2047. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the surplus deficit in the social insurance fund for each of the past ten years; and the accumulated surplus at the end of each of those years. [28102/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Land Availability (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 2156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has access to a register of land banks in the greater Dublin area; the type of companies that hold these land banks; his plans to create such a register if one does not exist in order to tackle the deficit in land available for residential development in that area; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: EU Legislation (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 2226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the occasions on which his Department was deemed to be in breach of EU legislation; the issues involved in each case; if sanctions were imposed by the EU; the type of sanctions imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28105/17]

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank all the witnesses for their attendance. I want to have a look at the Revenue Commissioners' headline results for 2016 as given in the three-page document that summarises the yields and various interventions and puts numbers behind the majority of them. In respect of audit compliance, there have been about 537,000 interventions. The average yield, if we were to be as crude as that,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: Are the aspect queries very fruitful for Revenue in terms of the resources that have to be put into them? Could Mr. Cody explain the process by which they are selected? I imagine Revenue has improved an awful lot in terms of assessing the balances on VAT and PAYE control accounts and matching them to their returns after the period end. If there are any differences, obviously they are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: That would involve making an appropriate call in that context. Between 2015 and 2016, incidents of instalment arrangements seem to have gone up from approximately 8,500 to almost 11,000. The actual value of debt under arrangements did not increase significantly, but is there any reason for the increase in the number of instalment arrangements?