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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (9 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when outstanding invoices will be paid to an accommodation provider in Westmeath (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include in the criteria for medical cards patients who received transplants. [21274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 269. To ask the Minister for Health if following the National Maternity Strategy, if a national policy has been agreed on the role of GPs in relation to homebirths; if a review of the maternity and infant scheme has taken place in relation to homebirths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20994/23]

Seanad: Reykjavik Summit of the Council of Europe: Statements (3 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank Senator Fiona O'Loughlin for arranging today's debate and for all that she, the former Leas-Chathaoirleach, Senator Joe O'Reilly, and other Senators do to represent Ireland so well at Strasbourg's Parliamentary Assembly. Fifty years ago, Ireland joined the European Economic Community. A quarter of a century earlier, however, we founded and shaped another European community. In...

Seanad: Reykjavik Summit of the Council of Europe: Statements (3 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I also welcome the Ambassador from Kosovo and thank him for his work. Last year, we marked the centenary of our State's independence. We understand how difficult the struggle for democracy can be and we also note that what is hard won is often all too easily lost. Like peace, democracy is an act; it is not a state. It is an act in which all Members of this House play an important part...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider changes to the basic income support for the sustainability scheme (details supplied). [20230/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 448. To ask the Minister for Health if a national psychology placement office has been established; if funding models have been identified for psychology students at doctoral level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20588/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (3 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the provision of an MRI scanner at Mullingar hospital; the timeline for the provision of this service; the budget allowed for the staffing of this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20758/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Apr 2023)

Peter Burke: 304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (26 Apr 2023)

Peter Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when outstanding invoices will be paid to an accommodation provider purchase order (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19637/23]

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Peter Burke: On behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Deputy Micheál Martin, I thank Members of the House for their engagement in this debate. Today's debate is about a specific issue, the deployment of an Irish naval vessel and its crew to an important EU mission in the Mediterranean. Participation in overseas missions by our Defence Forces is a key element of Ireland's foreign...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (25 Apr 2023)

Peter Burke: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on plans to introduce a grant scheme for ebikes. [19212/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Peter Burke: 434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will revise the criteria for the current ACRES (details supplied). [18971/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peter Burke: 378. To ask the Minister for Health if the pandemic recognition payment has been paid to nursing staff working for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18719/23]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Peter Burke: On Israel and Palestine, the Government response is very clear. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Micheál Martin, answered a number of questions in the House two weeks ago in his slot for questions on his portfolio. My view, and that of the Government, is that we favour a two-state solution. We are very clear that the aggression and the violence we have seen over the past...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank Members for their questions. With regard to Aidan O'Hara, our diplomat in Sudan, I empathise with what he is going through at the moment and condemn the attack on him, which is a direct violation of the Vienna Convention. We will come back with an update on the numbers in Sudan as I do not have them. The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs briefed Cabinet this morning in...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Peter Burke: We also have to improve the road infrastructure. Regarding the offshore renewable projects, there are more than 36 new projects that are either in design or final stages. Half of them are in the Irish Sea. It is critical to meeting our obligations and reaching our target of 80% renewable energy by 2030 that we have the necessary infrastructure in the port. As I said before in this House,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (18 Apr 2023)

Peter Burke: 293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the regulation of e-scooters in the community. [17161/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Policy (30 Mar 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue. Again, I must give apologies for the Minister for Health, who obviously would be more aware of this topic and the review at the moment. Hyperemesis gravidarum is a severe form of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, which the Deputy articulated very well. It affects approximately 1% of the pregnant population and must be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Policy (30 Mar 2023)

Peter Burke: I will refer back to the Minister for Health on the issues Deputy Whitmore has raised quite rightly. I hear the Deputy's frustration in regard to this issue. She has articulated the points. I outlined the significant funding for women's health, which the Government takes as a significant priority in regard to the programme for Government. However, I will raise this with the Minister,...