Results 141-160 of 11,236 for speaker:Colm Burke

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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in respect of having a single application process for employment permits and visa applications; the progress made to date by the interdepartmental group established to review the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received for citizenship in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of applications received in the same years that are still pending; the efforts being taken to address any backlogs arising from these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that will be taken to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child through the national childcare scheme and explore options to cap costs for larger families, as per the Programme for Government; the timeline for this reduction; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1458. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations underway in her Department for Ireland to host the world Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin in June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10560/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Programmes (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1459. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations underway in her Department for Ireland to take over the presidency of the EU Council of Ministers in H2, 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10561/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1460. To ask the Minister for Health the input her Department had in the preparation of the revised EU Tobacco Products Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10562/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (19 Mar 2025)

Colm Burke: 1461. To ask the Minister for Health if she expects her officials to be responsible for the advancement of a revised EU Tobacco Products Directive during the Irish Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers in H2, 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10563/25]