Results 1-20 of 3,137 for speaker:Colm Burke in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (1 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the proposal for the inclusion of a provision under the rent-a-room scheme to allow pensioners who are medical card holders to avail of the scheme without the possibility of losing their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59857/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on long-term illness benefit for 12 months or longer will receive the Christmas bonus payment; when the bonus will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Websites (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the timeline for making Government Departments and other public sector body websites digitally accessible to users with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58785/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 304. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if serious consideration will be given to enabling a school (details supplied), which has had a delay in planning and construction, to put prefabs in place in the meantime in order that it can provide ASD classes, taking into account that there are over 20 children in the immediate locality who now have to attend schools outside the area; and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the long-term illness benefit is considered a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance and household benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59199/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will engage with the charity regulator to establish if an organisation (details supplied) has made an application to be registered as a charity; if no such application has been made, the action that her Department proposes to take in the case in which the organisation is claiming to be a registered charity;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the expansion of the heel prick test for babies, in view of the fact that up to 40 medical conditions can be identified using this test in some European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58722/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of recommendations set out in the MacCraith Review of the Cervical Check Screening Programme that have been implemented; if he will provide details of the recommendations which have not been implemented; the timescale for when all of the recommendations of the report will be fully in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in respect of the permitted duties of home helps; and if he will make available the guidelines that are provided to staff who are providing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58816/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 680. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of PET CT scanners that are available in Ireland in HSE and non-HSE hospitals; the name of each hospital; the number of scanners in each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59086/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 681. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that his Department has made to identify the infrastructural requirements for rolling out radioligand therapy in Ireland including the identification of radioligand therapy centres and the provision of specialised training to staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59087/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated with lutathera in Ireland and under the HSE's treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59088/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 683. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department intends on making a submission indicating Ireland's interest in participating in the EU4Health Joint Action for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), in order that Ireland can have access to part of the €53 million of funding that is available for these policy areas through this programme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 684. To ask the Minister for Health when the consultation process will commence regarding the €10 million in funding allocated in Budget 2023 towards publicly funded IVF treatment; when full details of the scheme will be announced and made available; the way that this scheme will work in tandem with the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 when enacted; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 717. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that have taken place with private fertility treatment providers and his Department with regards to the roll-out of publicly funded IVF treatment in Ireland in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59433/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 718. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation that has taken place with stakeholders with regard to the roll-out of publicly funded IVF treatment in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59434/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 719. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that access fertility treatment in Ireland each year; if the budget allocated for 2023 is adequate to address that need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59435/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 720. To ask the Minister for Health when he envisages that Ireland will have a fully-funded public fertility treatment system; the expected cost and timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59436/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 685. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time that it will take to establish the new assisted human reproduction regulatory authority once the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 is enacted by both Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59093/22]