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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Media Sector (26 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the progress made to date by Coimisiún na Meán on the implementation of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34923/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (26 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that she and her Department will intervene to ensure that more school places will be made available in the Mallow, County Cork region for the forthcoming school year, as schools in the area are fully subscribed such as a school (details supplied) and there are a number of pupils from Mallow without school places for the forthcoming...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that local authorities (details supplied) would not deem an application for the housing adaptation grant as incomplete, where outstanding supporting documentation is required, and return it by post along with supporting documentation to the applicant but instead accept the application, retain the documents and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Childcare Services (26 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application for the daughter of a person (details supplied) for who it is documented and has medical difficulties; if serious consideration will be given to granting this allowance due to these difficulties and the level of care required; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 338. To ask the Minister for Health whether women who have undergone surgery and now require support services, including breast protheses, can access those support services with a supplier of their choice, and that the HSE South/Southwest cannot dictate the supplier that they must attend for such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35097/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to increase the number of dentists practising in Ireland and increase the number participating in the dental treatment services scheme, given that number of practising dentists in Ireland in 2022 stood at 2,420 dentists, and Ireland is at the lower end or bottom quartile of the OECD countries for number of practising dentists, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the action her Department proposes taking in order to increase the number of dentists and dental practices who are prepared to provide for medical card patients in view of the fact that the number of dentists providing such care has dropped from 1,452 in 2012 to 810 in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34758/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to introduce an action plan to help increase the number of dental practitioners in Ireland who are prepared to provide care to those who are medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if she has set a deadline for a design for the elective hospital for Cork in Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, to be finalised; whether she has set a deadline for the project to go to planning stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34698/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 196. To ask the Minister for Health if she will work with the HSE to provide additional funding and resources that are required for the pulmonary arterial hypertension unit in the Mater Hospital (details supplied) given the unit has not had any additional resources since 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34700/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if she will prioritise the Programme for Government commitment to investigate early access schemes for orphan medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a national clinical programme for pulmonary arterial hypertension, along with rare heart diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34702/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the development of a national patient registry for pulmonary arterial hypertension in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34703/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider linking with pulmonary arterial hypertension specialists in Northern Ireland for an all-Ireland strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34704/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has engaged with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science with a view to increasing the number of training places in each of the dental schools both at University College Cork and at Trinity College Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34759/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of dentists in each HSE area who are providing care for medical card patients, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34760/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who have travelled abroad under the treatment abroad scheme to receive dental treatment for each of the years ending 31 December 2021, 31 December 2022, 31 December 2023, and 31 December 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of newly qualified dentists who qualified in Ireland, the number who were Irish/EU students and those who were non-EEA students but who qualified in Ireland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34761/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with all third level institutions with a view to increasing the total number of places available for the training of both dental nurses and dental hygienists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34764/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department can make additional funding available to third level colleges which are providing dental training courses in order that they may increase the total number of places available for Irish students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34765/25]