Results 1-20 of 4,568 for speaker:Colm Burke in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is included in the funding of €800 million for 90 school building projects announced by her Department recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17166/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is included in the funding of €800 million for 90 school building projects announced by her Department recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17191/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the status of a person’s (details supplied) appeal and when a decision is likely to be received, as this has been pending for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17131/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (18 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the living alone increase to elderly people who have their disabled child living with them but the children attend disability day services and they cannot work due to their severe needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17150/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be received as this has been pending for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17192/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 318. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application for the town and village renewal scheme 2023 by an organisation (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be reached; when they might be awarded funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17081/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Oil Specifications (17 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what action his Department is taking to research and develop the hydrotreated vegetable oil market in Ireland, in view that HVO fuel could be substituted for retrofitting to home boilers, which could lead to an immediate reduction in carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17017/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Oil Specifications (17 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to research and develop the hydrotreated vegetable oil market in Ireland, in view that HVO fuel could be substituted for diesel in diesel cars, which could lead to an immediate reduction in carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17017/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Oil Specifications (17 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration would be given to reclassifying hydrotreated vegetable oil as a home heating fuel, in view that it is currently rated as a transport fuel and is therefore more expensive to purchase than diesel and kerosene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17018/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of money spent in Cork on housing adaption grants in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15654/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that the family of a child (details supplied) on a HSE waiting list for an occupational therapist since 2022, who requires assisted technology for their exams and requires rest breaks, will be permitted to request this assisted technology from SENCO for their Junior Certificate if referred by their teacher; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a review being undertaken by her Department in respect of a Stage 2B submission will be finalised and the school (details supplied) contacted about the outcome of this review, as it has been confirmed that it has been near completion for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15806/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it will be possible for a school (details supplied) to make a decision to go ahead with a tender for a school extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15807/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of teams for each of the national clinical programmes in mental health, namely ADHD, dual diagnosis, early intervention in psychosis (EIP), eating disorders, perinatal mental health, self-harm/suicide, the current staffing levels of each of these teams and the shortfall in staff within each team as per the required number in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who accessed each of the national clinical programmes in mental health, namely ADHD, dual diagnosis, early intervention in psychosis (EIP), eating disorders, perinatal mental health, self-harm/suicide, in the year 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15779/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in mental health community residences in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15780/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 197. To ask the Minister for Health to report, in tabular form, on the costs of accommodating people in mental health community residences in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15800/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (11 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 261. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the review of the two proposed national procedures for allowances towards post-mastectomy products (prostheses and specialist bras), along with hair loss products initially published in February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15941/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 308. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand the dental tax relief med 2 scheme so increase the tax band from 20% to 40% as per 2009 levels and to specifically include dentures in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14872/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Colm Burke: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for a school (details supplied) to demolish an existing structure and build a new facility to accommodate ASD classes. [14347/24]