Results 81-100 of 5,072 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made to date in respect of current accommodation projects being carried out by his Department to accommodate members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to set out the amount of funding allocated to Defence Forces infrastructure for the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to 31 May 2025, in tabular form; the number of projects completed, the number of projects under way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31221/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department is taking to increase the number of school bus drivers in view of ongoing recruitment challenges of bus drivers under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31252/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the number of additional special school places delivered for Cork for the 2025-26 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31234/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school’s (details supplied) application for improved toilet facilities under the emergency works scheme, as a formerly single-sex school that has transitioned to a co-educational environment, the current toilet provisions are inadequate and do not meet the needs of all students; whether serious consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the ACRES and ACRES-CP scheme who are awaiting payments for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when ACRES-CP payments will be issued to a farmer (details supplied) for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Inquiries (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Inquiries (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a pregnancy, miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31610/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reopen podiatry services in the Mayfield area in Cork in view of the fact it was temporarily closed and the patients transferred to Saint Mary’s Campus, Gurranabraher to which no additional staff have been assigned to cater for the increase in numbers that they now have to deal with; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 547. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the very welcome roll-out of free HRT, whether additional supports will be provided to the small cohort or perimenopausal and menopausal women, such as those with certain cancers and women with blood clotting disorders, who cannot take HRT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31569/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 558. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the special leave with pay scheme, and that some form of long term support will be put in place for these workers, particularly in view that approximately 166 employees of the HSE are affected by long-Covid since 2020 as a result of working on the front line during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 560. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a baby loss certificate for early pregnancy loss-miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 561. To ask the Minister for Health the current services provided by her Department to parents who have suffered pregnancy loss or miscarriage; the additional plans she intends to put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 359. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to increase capacity in the neurological rehabilitation facility in Tower, Blarney, Cork from 20 beds to 50 beds and recruit the necessary staff, taking into account that there is up to a nine-month waiting time to get into the National Rehabilitation Facility in Dún Laoghaire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (10 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the other grant schemes available, not including the SEAI grant schemes, for home energy upgrades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29014/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 387. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to amending the capital acquisition tax rules so that those who are childless can leave a greater sum to loved ones in their will without a large tax bill being incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that a school (details supplied) will be permitted to open a fourth ASD class, where the school had offered places to children to open the new ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29029/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 933. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); that serious consideration would be given to granting this allowance, due to the child’s difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30019/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 958. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied) for their daughter who it is documented has having medical difficulties, that serious consideration would be given to granting this domiciliary care allowance due to these difficulties and the level of care required; and if he...