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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the funding for the free schoolbooks scheme will be distributed to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25655/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise when a Parkinson's nurse specialist will be assigned to the Westmeath area; and if any submissions were made regarding recruitment for this specialised area. [25072/23]

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Peter Burke: As the Tánaiste outlined to the House, the consultative forum will be spread across four days and three different venues. University College Cork will host the forum on 22 June and University of Galway will host it on 23 June. I put on record the Government's thanks to both universities. As academic centres of excellence, they will provide the appropriate thoughtfulness on this...

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I too extend that welcome to our guests. I am pleased to present the Bill to the House on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence. The purpose of this relatively short but important Bill is to modernise and reform the current legislative basis for the Civil Defence organisation. There is a requirement to do this because the...

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank all the Members of the House who spoke for their constructive contributions to this debate. I wholeheartedly agree with all of the words of support and encouragement from all sides of the House regarding the Civil Defence. I am pleased to bring this Bill before the House on behalf of the Tánaiste. As I stated in my opening remarks, although it is a relatively short Bill, it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider fair post-primary relocation as a system of redeployment allowing teachers in the post primary sector to relocate from one school to another; if the results from the findings of the current pilot scheme will be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the provision of additional assistance to students who are diagnosed with dyslexia who require readers to assist them with State examinations, particularly the Junior Certificate; the number of readers that are currently assigned; if this can be increased to one per student; the number of readers that are employed for the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (16 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator for raising those points and articulating very well the emotion there was and is around what was a terrible time in our country. My colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, regrets that he cannot attend today. He is on a trade mission overseas representing Irish farmers and the Irish agrifood industry and he has asked me to attend...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (16 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied). [22512/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (16 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a case for an NCT refund will be reviewed in light of the cancellation policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a payment for a person (details supplied). [22679/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (16 May 2023)

Peter Burke: 683. To ask the Minister for Health if he has a timeline for the publication of the current review of the maternity and infant care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22939/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. As has been acknowledged, many patients wait for an unacceptably long period. While significant work continues to positively impact waiting times and improve pathways to elective care, acute hospitals are still impacted by operational challenges arising from the pandemic. For the Saolta group, geography is a major challenge, as the population is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I am happy to undertake to do that on behalf of Deputy Ó Cuív.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on this extremely important issue. The Minister for Health sends his apologies. I and the Government acknowledge that waiting times for many hospital procedures and appointments are unacceptably long and we are acutely aware of the great distress this causes patients and their families. Our waiting lists were far too long before the pandemic...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for his response and his concern for his constituents and the wider Finglas area. As quite clearly stated in the reply, the design team has been engaged. It is now working on the design of the site. According to the reply, it will encompass huge change for the locality in terms of the dynamics of the site and what is included. The Minister said the ownership issue will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Ó Cuív for raising this issue. I apologise on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection. The Government is acutely aware of the effect that high energy prices and the cost of living are having on families, businesses and the most vulnerable. In recognition of these pressures, only last September, budget 2023 delivered the largest social protection budget in the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Ellis for giving me the opportunity to update the House on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, who is unfortunately unavailable. One of the objectives of the programme for Government is to deliver increased levels of integrated health care with service delivery reoriented towards general practice, primary care and community-based services to enable a home first...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Michael Moynihan for raising this important issue, which I am answering on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who unfortunately is unable to attend. The Minister for Transport has responsibility for overall policy and Exchequer funding for the national roads programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with TII, under the Roads Acts...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: Deputy Michael Moynihan clearly articulated in his response the importance of these improvement works and, indeed, the State's obligation to ensure the safety of our road network is up to specification to ensure we mitigate any collisions and have adequate safety processes in place. I will raise the Deputy's concerns with the Minister for Transport and ask that TII provide an update...