Results 121-140 of 11,236 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Research and Training (27 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current the position in respect of the number of new medical students registering at each third level education institution from 2020 to 2024; the number of new Irish students in each institution and the number of international students in each institution in these years; the progress that has been made with the Higher Education Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Higher Education Authority has reached agreement with third level institutions to increase the number of training places for dental students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14520/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to community groups in the north-west local electoral area of Cork city by his Department in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14537/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 128. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to community groups in Cork by his Department in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14531/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will liaise with the relevant authorities to review the current system for claiming tax relief regarding the purchase of Gluten free foods by those with a diagnosis of coeliac disease as the current system places a considerable administrative burden on them, since each item purchased must have a receipt and some retail outlets do not issue same; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of the supply and delivery of enhanced inactivated influenza vaccines for older people for the winter season 2025-2026 as the HSE have now withdrawn from the tendering process for enhanced vaccine for this period; whether the HSE will reopen discussions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14557/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking regarding succession in farming, in view that this is a critical issue which must be urgently addressed by the delivery of a comprehensive succession policy with the outcome of a succession scheme that specifically addresses the barriers to entry for young farmers into the agricultural sector;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coast Guard Service (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the status of a project (details supplied) which has been granted planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13568/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether it is planned to conduct a review of the legal aid fees payable to solicitors on the District Court family law solicitors panel with a view to ensuring that more solicitors are able to do family law legal aid work, and to clearing the backlog in family law applications in the District Court in areas such as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are contingency plans in place to support farmers and agri-food producers in the event of an increase in tariffs on the sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13789/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if provisions are in place should additional supports be required by farmers in response to any further unprecedented events similar to the damage caused to the agriculture sector by Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13790/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 659. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will permit the extension of a sponsored claim through the national childcare scheme for two children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13526/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (25 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: An interactive map of publicly funded drug treatment and drug-related family support services, developed in partnership between the Department of Health and the Health Research Board, was launched in June. This online tool marks the first time a visual database of services has been produced. It features 442 services in receipt of public funding, including services provided directly by the...

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]