Results 41-60 of 5,048 for speaker:Colm Burke in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of the northern distributor road, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34133/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to progress the North Ring Road in Cork city; the level of funding will be allocated for the coming year in view of the large volume of traffic forced to travel through Mayfield, including traffic heading for the port facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34134/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) invalidity pension appeal; when a decision will be reached given that it has been lodged for nearly a year and that serious consideration would be given to granting this allowance due to the applicant’s circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications submitted to the South African visa desk in the Dublin Visa Office, for each month, from July 2024 to 31 May 2025; the number of applications which have been processed in the same timeline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34218/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action his Department is taking to ensure that target processing times of visa applications to the South African visa desk in the Dublin Visa Office are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34219/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 749. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the options available to women who have cancer and require breast surgery as regards their access to support services including breast protheses, and, in particular, whether they can attend any facility which is approved by the HSE regardless of where they are located; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 751. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the new Obesity Policy and Action Plan, due to be published in early 2026; whether a public consultation on the new iteration of the policy and action plan will be conducted in the coming months, in advance of publication; if so, the timing for that consultation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the current Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland Framework (Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025). OPAP covers a 10-year period up to 2025 and the overall aim is to reverse obesity trends, prevent health complications, and reduce the impact of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Appointments (24 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 806. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can progress with cataract treatment; when an urgent appointment will be made available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33934/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the implementation of an appeals system for the power-up scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of making fuel allowance universal for everyone over 70; that consideration will be given to implementing this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33132/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm that parents/guardians of children who are blind and in receipt of a free travel pass will also receive a travel pass in their own right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33131/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm that the parents of a child (details supplied) who is blind and in receipt of a free travel pass would also receive a travel pass in their own right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33462/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm when the new stations under the expanded commuter rail programme for Cork, such as Blackpool, Blarney, Monard and Tivoli are due to be constructed; if there is a confirmed timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33293/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanisms available by which a person (details supplied) can increase the rate of their State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33421/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the status of an invalidity pension application for a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be reached; that serious consideration would be granted to awarding this allowance due to the nature of their medical circumstances, which are outlined in the medical documentation provided with their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the status of a person’s (details supplied) disability allowance review and appeal; when a decision is likely to be reached and that serious consideration would be granted to awarding this allowance due to their medical circumstances, which are outlined in the medical documentation provided with their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 386. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the current status of SouthDoc in Blackpool, as a number of users in the northside of Cork city have stated that the service appears to be wound down, that when they call to make an appointment that they are referred to a SouthDoc service on the southside of the city which is particularly difficult for people who have limited transport options;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments taken in SouthDoc in Blackpool, Cork, in each of the past 12 months; the number of patients that were unable to be seen in Blackpool and were referred to SouthDoc in Kinsale Road, Cork from Blackpool in the same time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33241/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 814. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for ophthalmology treatment for a long time will receive an appointment for surgery as it is urgently needed as per their medical documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32129/25]