Results 461-480 of 4,574 for speaker:Colm Burke in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (22 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 223. To ask the Minister for Health to set out a revised national food pyramid, designed to promote both human and planetary health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51499/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Departments plans to modernise the Irish Defence Forces equipment and technology; what portion of the €1.23 billion allocated to the Defence Forces in Budget 2024 will be assigned to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50897/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Collins Barracks, Cork will be the location of the headquarters of the military formation that will control military operations in the southern region of the country, in the new Defence Forces structure that emerges as a result of the recommendations set out in the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to local authorities introducing a staged payments method for drawing down the vacant property grant which would allow for easier access to funds for those that are eligible for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm what the funding applications were for in respect of the applications made by Cork County Council to his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and 2023 for the Old Pier at Keelbeg, Union Hall, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 572. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the instructions given to the HSE concerning the level of spend on new medicines as set out in the letter of determination concerning Budget 2023, Budget 2022 and Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51076/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 573. To ask the Minister for Health the reason health technology assessments for medicinal products only consider clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and budget impact when assessing a medicines’ value; the reason other elements of the general criteria for assessing a medicine under section 19 of the Health Act 2004 are not considered, including the health needs of the public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 574. To ask the Minister for Health if any health technology assessments regarding individual medicines have been subject to external review or audit, or if any international comparisons have been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51078/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 575. To ask the Minister for Health if any quality adjusted life-year thresholds are being applied to medicines assessment and reimbursement currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51079/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 576. To ask the Minister for Health the level of VAT payments made by the HSE’s corporate pharmaceutical unit to the Revenue Commissioners in 2022 relating to the supply of medicinal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51080/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to support and expand the scope of the social farming Ireland initiative, in view of its continued success and benefits to participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is engaging with key stakeholders regarding the social farming Ireland initiative to ensure continued success of the model and the potential for expansion in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50322/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to promote the social farming in Ireland initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 241. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form a detailed breakdown on how the allocated budget for new medicines was spent in the years 2021, 2022 and from 1 January 2023 to 31 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50400/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 242. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the direct savings arising from discounts, rebates or substitution of generic and biosimilar medicines in the years 2021, 2022 and from 1 January 2023 to 31 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50401/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 243. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether direct savings arising from discounts, rebates or substitution of generic and biosimilar medicines were routed back into the medicines budget to fund other treatments, or into general HSE funding, during each of the years 2021, 2022 and from 1 January 2023 to 31 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50402/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 244. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 796 of 14 February 2023, if he can confirm whether the HSE will fund the inclusion of chronic kidney disease in the chronic disease management programme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50403/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 245. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 794 of 14 February 2023, to provide a summary of the analysis of the opportunistic case finding assessment under the chronic disease management programme in 2022, the number of patients diagnosed with asthma, type 2 diabetes, COPD or cardiovascular disease as a result of this assessment, in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 78. 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50051/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 476. To ask the Minister for Health to take the necessary steps to ensure that the individual placement and support service is equally accessible for people with mental health difficulties throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49876/23]