Results 701-720 of 10,607 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of engagement that has occurred between his Department and meat processing operatives in view that currently only one meat processing operative in the country is taking in and slaughtering bovine tuberculosis reactors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1153/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to reduce the timeline for the removal and slaughter of bovine tuberculosis reactors in a herd, given that the timeline in the UK is ten days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1154/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to ensure that there is an increase in the overall number of afforestation licences issued for the coming year, in view of the low number of afforestation licenses issued each month for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1708/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the monthly targets for private licenses with ecology input, excluding Coillte felling licences, were below target across all months in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1709/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to ensure that the monthly targets in 2024 for private licenses with ecology input, excluding Coillte felling licences, will be reached each month in view that the number of these licences issued each month in 2023 were well below target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1710/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to ensure that targets are met each month for the coming year across all areas of forestry licencing in the forestry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1711/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1332. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide free access to childcare to families in receipt of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56653/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the necessary funding to increase the capacity of early intervention in school aged teams to address issues relating to long waiting lists and inadequate service provision for children with additional educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56656/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update in respect of an application (details supplied); when a decision will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56812/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1460. To ask the Minister for Health which recommendations from the 2015 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children Report on the Cost of Medical Indemnity Insurance have been implemented; the plans for those recommendations which have not been implemented yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56348/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase investment in mental health, including children’s mental health, to ensure that the overall annual allocation for mental health is in line with recommendations made by the WHO and under Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56623/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will create a ring-fenced budget for children’s mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56624/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that expenditure on children’s mental health is made more visible and transparent, including in the annual health budget and via the HSE’s National Service Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56625/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1517. To ask the Minister for Health to provide specific data to identify and track how funds allocated to children’s mental health are spent and what the associated outcomes are for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56626/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place a standard operating procedure across all CAMHS teams, without exception, ensuring that all children in all areas receive the same high-quality service and that all staff members are following the same referral criteria in order to guarantee the same quality of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56627/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the operation of CAMHS in line with Mental Health Commission recommendations, noting that the current model of care places the onus on a single professional; if he will consider a more multi-disciplinary approach in line with other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56628/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate professional misconduct within CAMHS in a timely manner in order that the trust of parents and children may be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56629/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1521. To ask the Minister for Health if will consider establishing a national heart failure registry to equip planners and healthcare professionals with the necessary information for the purposes of reducing excessive mortality and curtail hospital admission rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56631/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1522. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to expanding psychological support services to heart failure patients, currently available in only four hospitals in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56632/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 1523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that all heart failure patients are eligible for a medical card and to remove prescription charges, in light of the significant financial pressure faced by sufferers and the anxiety caused by a condition that results in the death of over one in three sufferers within five years; and if he will make a statement...