Results 801-820 of 4,593 for speaker:Colm Burke in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (22 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department will take to ensure greater funding is provided for parents under the national childcare scheme to reduce the cost of childcare and ensure greater availability of full-time places in childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department plans to offer healthcare benefits to members of the Defence Forces and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the income means threshold for carer’s allowance given the cost-of-living increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29277/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his Department will actively engage with community pharmacists regarding the review of dispensing fees in advance of the upcoming 30 June 2023 deadline; if he will fully consider the introduction of a flat fee model of care of reimbursement of €6.50 per medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 570. To ask the Minister for Health if he will actively engage with the community pharmacy sector to ensure that the highly complex nature and operation of community pharmacy schemes is recognised and that community pharmacists are reimbursed appropriately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 571. To ask the Minister for Health to take the necessary steps to ensure that community pharmacists achieve pay parity with other health care workers, who have seen their pay increased on average by 14% per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his Department will actively engage with community pharmacists to begin contract discussions with them, as was pledged under the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29096/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the restoration of community pharmacists pay is in line with public service pay agreements, prior to FEMPI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 168. To ask the Minister for Health when a wheelchair will be provided to a child (details supplied) given an occupational therapist has approved same to the HSE resource allocation group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28794/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action his Department is taking to ensure that price gouging does not occur under energy grant schemes, including the deep retrofit grant scheme and the solar PV grant scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 450. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to including agricultural mechanics, construction plant fitters and heavy vehicle mechanics in his Departments critical skills occupations list, in view of the critical shortage of qualified mechanics in the farm machinery industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when applications for roof repairs and reconfiguration of two rooms for a school (details supplied) will be processed, in view of the fact that these are urgently required to accommodate 41 children enrolled for September in the school, which has recently become co-educational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27459/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to permitting second level students with a diagnosis of dyslexia additional time in the exam hall to complete their junior certificate and leaving certificate examination papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28087/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 817. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the number of people who are on the live register in each town in County Cork; the number of people on the live register for more than 24 months in each town in County Cork; the number of people who have been referred to the local area employment service in each town in County Cork since...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 837. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give due consideration to the review of the current means test requirement for the additional needs/exceptional needs' payment for children, adolescent and young adults (CAYA) cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28241/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give due consideration to expanding the criteria for the household benefits package to include all cancer patients upon diagnosis until treatment is finished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28243/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 839. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider introducing a new statutory payment for employees and self-employed people with chronic illnesses to attend medical appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28246/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 924. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the application status of a person (details supplied) to the Afghan Admissions Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28232/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 942. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration would be given to increasing direct payments per sheep under the sheep improvement scheme which is a targeted scheme for sheep farmers, in order to provide much-needed additional support to sheep farmers, encourage young farmers to enter and continue sheep farming, and ensure that this type of farming is viable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: 948. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to support the farm machinery industry, in view of the current critical shortage of qualified mechanics in the farm machinery industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27579/23]