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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (29 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the home support waiting list for funding and for carers in each month of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, for each LHO and CHO, broken down by those waiting for a new package and those with an existing package waiting for additional hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31762/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (29 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours delivered in each LHO and CHO in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, compared to the targeted hours delivered, including the split between directly and indirectly delivered care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31763/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (29 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of hours allocated per week to a client receiving HSE home support in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of employment permit applications which have been received by his Department since 1 January 2023 to 31 May 2023; the total number of applications which have been approved during this timeframe, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31608/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the current position of the Blackpool flood relief scheme; when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31046/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for driving tests; what progress has been made to date in reducing the five-month waiting time for driving tests experienced by applicants earlier in the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31235/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the current position with the An Post pension fund which was set up in 1983, wherein there has been no increase in payment since the economic downturn in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status for an application for emergency works (details supplied) for toilet facilities; when a decision is likely to be made in this case in view of the fact that these are urgently required to accommodate 42 children enrolled for September in the school which has recently become co-educational, that a delay in this project could...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the Ireland-New Zealand Joint Research Mechanism pilot research initiative; the progress that has been made to date on the four projects funded under the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 636. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that funding will be put in place to enable the new dental hospital to be built in Curaheen, Cork, given planning permission was granted for this project over three years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30600/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific timeline which he and his Departmental officials have given to HIQA to complete its HTA regarding the provision of an enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s age cohort; if he will outline the scope of this HTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30830/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 671. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expediting the conducting of a HTA to be carried out by HIQA into the provision of an enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30831/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (27 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify if he has engaged with the universities with a view to increasing the number of Irish students who can access dentistry courses in view of the fact that there is a substantial increase in the population and also taking into account the number of dentists who will be retiring over the next five years; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the safe routes to school programme in Cork, in particular setting out, in tabular form, the number of schools that will be included in the programme; to provide a status update on the roll-out of these projects under round 1 schemes and round 2 schemes in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what engagement has taken place between his Department and the DAA, with a view to having the appropriate level of car parking spaces available in Dublin Airport and Cork Airport ahead of the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30116/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to permitting those who retired early from the public service or State agencies to take up employment again in the public service or State agencies without losing their current public service or State agency pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30292/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Water Services (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given by his Department to engaging with Uisce Éireann with a view to reducing the cost of connection charges for first-time purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a family reunification application by a person (details supplied) will be prioritised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out in detail the evaluation criteria used for the decision-making process for the granting of tree planting licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30294/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if under the new forestry programme 2023-2027, it is intended to maintain the heathlands that emerged following the deforestation of our ancient woodlands or native woodland re-establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30295/23]