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Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on obesity clinic appointments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9455/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of obesity clinics operational in the health service; and the number of consultants specialising in this area. [9456/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 142. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the National Obesity Programme, given the impact obesity has on healthcare and health outcomes. [9457/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bariatric surgeries carried out across Irish hospitals from 2019 to 2023, in tabular form. [9458/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants working within the clinical speciality of obesity and bariatric surgery across the health service. [9459/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the total allocations for the chronic disease management programme since its establishment. [9610/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently being treated through the chronic disease management programme. [9611/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs contracted to work through the chronic disease management programme. [9612/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses contracted to work through the chronic disease management programme. [9613/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he would consider including other conditions to the chronic disease management programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken by his Department to assist in the delivery of a new dental hospital for Cork in view of the fact that the current facility does not have the capacity to deliver the services required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in respect of the delivery of a primary care centre for the Blarney area, in view of the fact that there has been a substantial increase in the population in the past 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9690/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in respect of the delivery of a primary care centre for the Glanmire area in view of the fact that there has been a substantial increase in the population in the past 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 192. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who was urgently referred to St. Finbarr's Dental Hospital, Cork by St. Mary's Orthopaedic in December 2023 will receive an appointment with this service in view of the fact that it was marked an urgent case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9694/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (28 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 204. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an organisation’s application (details supplied) to Pobal for funding for an additional full-time worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9425/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (27 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider putting in place a scholarship programme for radiation therapy students with a signed agreement that they would work for two years in the HSE once qualified, given that University College Cork has a two-year master's programme costing students €12,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9086/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (27 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category MPPC for a 20-pack of cigarettes since 2011; the portion of the increase related to taxes; the portion of the increase due to price rises by the tobacco industry, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9099/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (27 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised annually if tobacco taxation were to be increased annually on a pro-rata basis so that all packs of 20 cigarettes cost at least €20 by 2025; and the estimated revenue that would be raised annually if an equivalent annual tobacco tax on roll-your-own cigarettes was introduced; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (27 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons successfully prosecuted for tobacco and-or cigarette smuggling in 2022, 2023 and for the year to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9101/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (27 Feb 2024)

Colm Burke: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance the resources he is currently allocating to the Revenue Commissioners and the new or improved enforcement actions that are being taken to combat illicit tobacco smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9102/24]