Results 701-720 of 4,583 for speaker:Colm Burke in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give due consideration for the provision of a VAT rebate on tools, materials and electricity for all Men's Sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33657/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give due consideration to granting tax relief at the higher rate on all non-routine dental care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34134/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 248. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department would consider reintroducing the statutory redundancy rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give due consideration to the funding of pilot schemes to enable young cancer survivors' reintegration to work following cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33649/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department would consider reforming the zoning and planning process to improve the timelines for delivery of housing and infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33560/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department would consider simplifying and shortening the planning process to hasten building of housing and energy infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33561/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what action his Department will take with local authorities where planning permission was issued for commercial units on the ground floor subject to the construction of residential units on floors one and two, and where the property developers are now refusing to make residential units available for occupation; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will actively engage with local authorities to ensure that where commercial rates are already in place for a building, a waiver may be sought if such building is now used as a men's shed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34315/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what action is being taken by her Department to improve upon the timeframe for the processing of appeals on decisions of visa applications whereby the application was refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34049/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that CORE funding will be increased to support childcare services and parents, particularly in light of rising costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33469/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 655. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm how €750,000 provided in Budget 2023 to support counselling psychology training places has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33466/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 656. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that education and additional financial support will be made available to those undertaking counselling psychology courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33467/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 657. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that financial supports such as the ones given to first-year students in the educational psychology doctorate programme (details supplied) will be made available to those in counselling psychology courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33468/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 684. To ask the Minister for Health given the low approval rates for certain medicines subject to managed access protocols, if he believes that the criteria is currently too restrictive; his views on whether the current criteria could deter eligible patients from applying to access such medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33544/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 686. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether managed access protocols for certain medicines should be amended if they are found not to be accommodating to clinicians and patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33546/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 685. To ask the Minister for Health given the long wait times that patients experience for medicines subject to managed access protocols, if he can provide further details, in tabular form, on the timelines, from EMA approval to reimbursement, for all medicines subject to managed access protocols for the period May 2021 to April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33545/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 687. To ask the Minister for Health the specific drugs that have been considered to date by the rare diseases technology review committee of the HSE, in tabular form; the outcomes of these decisions; the timelines for each from EMA licence to availability to Irish patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33547/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 688. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department would consider increasing the income level for medical card qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33565/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 708. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to the granting of life long medical cards for survivors of child, adolescent, and young adult (CAYA) cancers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33646/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (11 Jul 2023)

Colm Burke: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to the provision of dedicated funding for a children's, adolescents and young adults (CAYA) specific psycho-oncology service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33647/23]