Results 301-320 of 4,582 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Colm Burke

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]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider making properties in the private rented sector eligible for funding equivalent to the better energy warmer homes scheme for low-income tenants and their landlords, based on a tenant receiving the housing assistance payment and having a long term lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set aside increased funding in respect of the rural public transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 329. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will engage with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of a different approach now being adopted by the Revenue Commissioners regarding the VAT 58 refund claims by non-VAT registered farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56894/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 318. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a refundable tax credit that would return unused portions of the PAYE tax credit to low-income workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56657/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance what action his Department is taking to appoint a board for the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal to deal with appeals under the disabled drivers and passengers tax relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56696/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2024)

Colm Burke: 330. To ask the Minister for Finance if due consideration will be given in coherence with Food Vision 2030, to the review and optimisation of the tax treatment of investment by agtech companies in research and development for products and services which can support sustainability goals at farm level,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56899/23]