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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Services (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding support for crèches in which they are providing care for children of essential workers but are now in a position of insufficient funding to keep the crèche open; if additional support will be provided for these key services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with chronic kidney disease will be given the same priority allocation as nursing home residents in the Covid-19 provisional vaccination priority list, as they are a vulnerable high-risk group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3665/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dental Services (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 857. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of orthodontic treatment in County Cork; his views on whether, due to the long delay in getting access to this type of treatment, those who are on the waiting list could attend for the treatment privately and receive reimbursement from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4381/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 858. To ask the Minister for Health if he will correspond with An Bord Altranais in respect of a 16-week delay in the registration of nurses who have trained and worked abroad and have now returned to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4382/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if supports will be available to assist non-essential retail businesses that closed as a result of recent restrictions when they reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3380/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when surveys for the national broadband plan are expected to be carried out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3172/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to workers working from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if measures will be put in place to deal with the backlog in vehicle registration tax appointment waiting times in Cork; the nature of the measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3379/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Blackpool flood relief scheme, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3378/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that have been made available to DEIS schools during the January 2021 closure to facilitate remote learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3376/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that have been made available to students of DEIS schools during the January 2021 closure to assist them in remote learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3377/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Services (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that have been put in place for victims of domestic violence and abuse during Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3371/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 310. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the reimbursement of the cost of the gene therapy treatment Luxturna for persons suffering with inherited retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and Leber's congenital amaurosis, which are rare, serious and life-limiting diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 311. To ask the Minister for Health if he will correspond with the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics to reconsider its decision regarding the reimbursement of the cost of the gene therapy treatment Luxturna in that early administration of this medicine can lead to greater, life-enhancing benefits for those suffering with degenerative retinal disease; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 312. To ask the Minister for Health if consultations have taken place to improve the cost effectiveness of the gene therapy treatment Luxturna, a life-changing gene therapy medicine that, upon early administration, leads to better, life-enhancing benefits for those suffering with inherited retinal diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2986/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 313. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the reimbursement of gene therapy treatment luxturna which complements national policy objectives as set out in the programme for Government to update the rare diseases plan and the promotion of research particularly clinical trials which are key to improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 446. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on public nursing home care in Ireland in each of the years 2010 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in public nursing homes by county from 2011 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Fees (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 448. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing home patients will not be charged for items outside of their original assessments of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: 449. To ask the Minister for Health if the NTPF has internal written procedures or a guidance manual for its negotiators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3369/21]