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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ringfence dedicated funding for the purposes of recruiting additional respiratory physiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48596/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to expanding the National Fund for Biologic Medication for severe asthma (to include Anti-igE and Anti-il-4il-1 3 biologic treatment); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48597/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to expanding the number of advanced nurse practitioners WTE posts by 112 in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48598/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1342. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm when a child who has been fostered (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a speech and language therapist, considering that this service is urgently needed by the child given their circumstances and that their foster guardians have been informed that it could take up to 18 months for this service to be provided; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to enable a registered nurse to sign a declaration of death form for a patient who passes away in hospital or nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48786/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1358. To ask the Minister for Health to provide confirmation in relation to the anticipated start date for the newly appointed psychiatrist in CAMHS Infirmary Road, Cork (which serves the area of Cork North Central); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48787/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1359. To ask the Minister for Health to provide information in relation to the days per week that a psychiatrist is employed in CAMHS, Infirmary Road, Cork (which serves the area of Cork North Central); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48788/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1360. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what contingency measures are in place in circumstances where a psychiatrist employed by CAMHS is absent from work due to illness, in particular in cases where children have started medication and require adjustment/alteration of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48789/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1361. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details in relation to the anticipated timescale for computerisation of CAMHS cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48790/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1362. To ask the Minister for Health what contingency measures his Department has in place in relation to cancellation of appointments with CAMHS psychiatrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48791/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1363. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the relaunching of a public awareness campaign targeted at mitigating cancer risk, in particular the importance of education regarding exercise, maintaining a healthy body weight and reducing alcohol intake, in light of recent data which places Ireland as having the second highest rate of incidence of cancer among the 27 EU Member...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1364. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Pembrolizumab, used in the treatment of triple negative breast cancer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48793/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1365. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of waiting times for persons referred for MRIs to determine possible breast cancer diagnosis in each of the eight cancer centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48794/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1366. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to date and plans to take in relation to reviewing capacity in each of the eight cancer centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48795/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action his Department is taking to attract women into agriculture specific scholarships, educational programs and third level courses and increase female representation in these areas going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48839/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 1471. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what action her Department is taking to promote gender diversity in rural development programs, particularly in the context of agriculture-related programs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48838/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: On the 3.8% figure, where joint registration is involved, surely the Department can make more progress on that. Some 3.8% of farms are jointly registered with the Department, both male and female. That is a very low figure.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: 71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to increase opportunities for women in agriculture, given women are under-represented in the Irish agri-sector; if data collection will be undertaken in the current CAP programme to inform the design of schemes in future programmes in such way as to increase their opportunities in agriculture;...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: What action is the Department taking to increase opportunities for women in agriculture, given that women are under-represented in the Irish agriculture sector? Will data collection will be undertaken under the current CAP programme to inform the design of schemes in future programmes in such a way as to increase women's opportunities in agriculture? Will the Minister make a statement on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: The 2020 census of agriculture showed that the agricultural labour force amounted to 278,600 people, with 26.96% of these being female and 73.04% male. Data on farm structure in 2016 showed that, of the 137,100 family farms, females were registered as being in charge of only 12%. Just 3.8% of farms are registered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as being in joint...