Results 281-300 of 4,568 for speaker:Colm Burke in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mental Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to take the necessary steps to ensure that all adults with children under 18 who are engaging with adult mental health services should be offered a referral automatically to local family/parenting support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3046/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 627. To ask the Minister for Health if all primary care eye teams, PCETs, are in full operation nationally; to set out in tabular form all PCETs that are in operation and all PCETs that are not in operation as of 17 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2875/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if a community ophthalmic physician lead, reporting directly to the CHO chief officer, has been appointed to provide overall clinical governance for primary care eye services within the CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2876/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 629. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will engage with the HSE to review the current position where there are no psychotherapists employed by them, in view of the fact it is well recognised that they provide a valuable service to vulnerable patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2877/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 630. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure the minimum qualification threshold for entry to the register for psychotherapists is set at a level which meets international and European standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2878/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 631. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure the minimum qualification threshold for psychotherapists will be adopted for registration by CORU, which would include a minimum number of hours of placement under supervision prior to registration being completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2879/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to setting up a diabetes task force composed of healthcare professionals, researchers and patient advocates for the purposes of developing a ten-year diabetes strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3040/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 668. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ringfence dedicated funding to widen access to continuous glucose monitoring for people with Type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3041/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 670. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of new medicines reimbursed in 2023; the number of extended uses of existing medicines in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3049/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 671. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the newly reimbursed medicines and new uses of existing medicines in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3050/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the SUSI grant scheme to recipients of the back-to-work education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3047/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 19. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of progress toward a new elective hospital for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1927/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 67. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the current position in respect of the transfer of ophthalmology services from Cork University Hospital to South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, in view of the fact that a new outpatient's unit and two new theatres have been built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1928/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made in increase radiation therapy at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2100/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for driver tests across all test centres nationally, in tabular form; what progress has been made to date in reducing the five or six month waiting time for driving tests experienced by applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2114/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to address the increase in road deaths over the past five years, with the exception of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2151/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to address road safety challenges nationally and to reduce death and injuries of road users, pedestrians and cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2152/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to address road safety challenges in Cork, in view that Cork in most instances is in the top two counties for most road traffic fatalities in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2153/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to prioritise the safety of road users and if consideration would be given to increased road policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2154/24]

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

Colm Burke: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she could advise on an application for an extension for a school (details supplied); what progress has been made to date on this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2148/24]