Results 61-80 of 11,163 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 743. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the shortage of accredited genetic testing services for patients in Ireland; her views on public hospital laboratories not having the resources, equipment, or accreditation to meet the clinical genetic testing needs of patients and clinicians; how she proposes to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 744. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for developing a national genomic processing service; when this will be done; if accredited companies located in Ireland will be included in the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13650/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the guidance provided by the HSE to public consultant clinicians on where patient blood samples should be sent for genetic testing; what countries Irish patient blood samples are sent to for testing; the process for validating and approving these testing laboratories; if they send the samples to ISO 15189 accredited laboratories in Ireland; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 746. To ask the Minister for Health if she has plans to open a public procurement competition for the provision of clinical genetic testing in Ireland; if so, the anticipated timeline for implementation; and the plans she has for retaining genetic testing within Ireland using an accredited laboratory testing centre. [13652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 832. To ask the Minister for Health if an audit has been carried out by her Department and the HSE to identify all of the burial grounds which are in the ownership or under their control, and which said grounds were used for the burial of persons from mental health facilities, mother and baby homes, industrial schools, and other institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 833. To ask the Minister for Health the burial grounds which are under the control of her Department and the HSE, by county and which were previously managed by the local health authorities or the health boards, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14085/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 834. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the process in place throughout each of the HSE areas in respect of the management and maintenance of burial grounds which are in their ownership or under their control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14086/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 835. To ask the Minister for Health the process that has been put in place by her Department and the HSE to help identify the names of the people who are buried in these burial grounds under their management or under their control, and the institutions from which they resided in prior to their death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14087/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 836. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE have entered into arrangements with local authorities for the management and maintenance of these burial grounds and if any process is in place to transfer the control of same to the local authorities in the respective areas where these burial grounds are situated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14088/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Burial Grounds (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 837. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any engagement between her Department and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of adopting a joint approach about the management and maintenance of burial grounds under their management or under their control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14089/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (20 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if a local authority can refuse to take in charge a housing estate where the wastewater treatment facility has not been taken in charge by Uisce Éireann-Irish Water, where the developer of the estate has gone into liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12687/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (20 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the programme to be put in place by his Department to arrange for Irish Water-Uisce Éireann to take in charge over 500 individual waste water treatment plants across the country where the reason being given for not being taken in charge is that the current treatment plants are not up to standard, where the developers in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (20 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (DATFs) play a key role in implementing the national drugs strategy at the local/regional level. Their function is to assess the extent and nature of the drug problem in their areas and to develop and monitor the implementation of action plans to respond to the problem as identified. Drug and Alcohol Task Forces focus on the delivery of these objectives within...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 376. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people that have applied to have their flat-rate expenses continued through 2025 as it was confirmed from 2025 that the credit would need to be claimed using PAYE services rather than being rolled forward from previous years; to provide a breakdown by profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10555/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 377. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in relation to the timing for the publication of the EU Tobacco Excise Directive, originally scheduled for December 2022; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10558/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 378. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the potential impact of the new tax on vapes, to be introduced in budget 2026, on inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10559/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1046. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11946/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1089. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that can be taken to assist a person (details supplied) to renew their permission to continue to stay in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Revenue Commissioners (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place to advertise the position of city sheriff in Cork city in view of the fact that the existing sheriff is due to retire in June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Revenue Commissioners (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify that the current boundaries which exist between the city sheriff of Cork city and the county sheriff of Cork county would be reviewed in view of the fact that the current city sheriff’s jurisdiction only extends to the old city boundaries in Cork and currently the county sheriff is still responsible for the...