314. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what assistance, if any, his Department is providing to those effected by the technical issue with the AgFood Portal which occurred during December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3534/24]
313. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to address the issue with the AgFood Portal during December 2023 wherein key features in BISS were not accessible including the correspondence, in view that applicants who may have received correspondence from the Department in respect of BISS, CRISS and CISYF applications during this time did not receive a text alert or have access to their correspondence in BISS on their account on the AgFood Portal and were therefore unaware of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3533/24]
274. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be received, as this has been pending for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3437/24]
273. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be received, as this has been pending for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3436/24]
257. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has ever made an exception to increase the funding available through the housing adaptation grant in exceptional circumstances, particularly where there are multiple children with special needs living in the one house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3477/24]
121. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what action his Department is taking to reduce Ireland's reliance on exporting our waste for final treatment overseas, that consideration would be given to the development of national capacity to treat residual non-hazardous and hazardous wastes to reduce our dependence on treatment facilities in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2632/24]
118. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what progress has been made to date in respect of the key actions aimed at tackling rising waste generation and to improve the management of waste being generated in Ireland, as set out in the EPA 2021 National Waste Statistics Report in view that Ireland is on course to miss EU waste recycling targets in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2631/24]
42. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on his recent meeting with the British Foreign Secretary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2633/24]
10. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on his most recent discussion with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in respect of the restoration of the Executive and assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2634/24]
679. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider extending the SUSI grant scheme to recipients of the back-to-work education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3047/24]
671. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to outline the newly reimbursed medicines and new uses of existing medicines in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3050/24]
670. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of new medicines reimbursed in 2023; the number of extended uses of existing medicines in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3049/24]
668. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will ringfence dedicated funding to widen access to continuous glucose monitoring for people with Type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3041/24]
667. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to setting up a diabetes task force composed of healthcare professionals, researchers and patient advocates for the purposes of developing a ten-year diabetes strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3040/24]
631. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure the minimum qualification threshold for psychotherapists will be adopted for registration by CORU, which would include a minimum number of hours of placement under supervision prior to registration being completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2879/24]
630. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure the minimum qualification threshold for entry to the register for psychotherapists is set at a level which meets international and European standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2878/24]
629. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if his Department will engage with the HSE to review the current position where there are no psychotherapists employed by them, in view of the fact it is well recognised that they provide a valuable service to vulnerable patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2877/24]
628. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if a community ophthalmic physician lead, reporting directly to the CHO chief officer, has been appointed to provide overall clinical governance for primary care eye services within the CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2876/24]
627. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if all primary care eye teams, PCETs, are in full operation nationally; to set out in tabular form all PCETs that are in operation and all PCETs that are not in operation as of 17 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2875/24]
551. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to take the necessary steps to ensure that all adults with children under 18 who are engaging with adult mental health services should be offered a referral automatically to local family/parenting support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3046/24]
550. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the relevant bodies to allow the parenting status of all adults engaged with mental health services to be recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3045/24]
549. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ring-fence funding for the provision of targeted intensive supports for parents facing mental health issues, such supports to be tailored to meet the specific needs of each family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3044/24]
548. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will take the necessary steps to establish a network of local peer support groups, utilising the Parent Peer Support Fund, in communities for parents and families dealing with parental mental health issues within the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3043/24]
547. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will he provide funding for a campaign to raise awareness of parental mental health, the impact on children, and the provision of information relating to local parenting support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3042/24]
171. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport what action his Department is taking to reduce the lengthy waiting times for driving test appointments at a test centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2421/24]
128. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what action his Department is taking to deal with increasing levels of waste generation and poor levels of waste segregation practices in businesses and households given that this will be a core issue in preventing Ireland from meeting upcoming EU waste recycling targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2627/24]
127. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the new national waste management plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2626/24]
126. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what action his Department is taking to fund and promote community scale composting initiatives in urban areas in view of the high levels of organic household waste that still goes into landfill/general waste in households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2625/24]
68. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what progress has been made to date in respect of the establishment of an independent external complaints system for serving members in the Irish Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2635/24]
53. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to advise on the progress that has been made to date in respect of the key recommendations set out in the report of the independent review group into the Defence Forces published last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2636/24]
179. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if she could advise on an application for an extension for a school (details supplied); what progress has been made to date on this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2148/24]
152. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport what action his Department is taking to prioritise the safety of road users and if consideration would be given to increased road policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2154/24]
151. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport what action his Department is taking to address road safety challenges in Cork, in view that Cork in most instances is in the top two counties for most road traffic fatalities in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2153/24]
150. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport what action his Department is taking to address road safety challenges nationally and to reduce death and injuries of road users, pedestrians and cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2152/24]
149. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport what action his Department is taking to address the increase in road deaths over the past five years, with the exception of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2151/24]
148. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the current average waiting time for driver tests across all test centres nationally, in tabular form; what progress has been made to date in reducing the five or six month waiting time for driving tests experienced by applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2114/24]
122. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what progress has been made in increase radiation therapy at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2100/24]
82. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what progress has been made in reducing the time period for electrical-instrument and mechanical apprentices to attend college placement at a facility (details supplied) from the date an apprenticeship commences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2099/24]
67. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to clarify the current position in respect of the transfer of ophthalmology services from Cork University Hospital to South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, in view of the fact that a new outpatient's unit and two new theatres have been built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1928/24]
19. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the current status of progress toward a new elective hospital for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1927/24]
1873. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) to Pobal for funding for an additional full- time worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1328/24]
1821. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will give due consideration to increasing the income threshold for SUSI grants by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56655/23]
1820. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider extending the SUSI grant scheme to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56648/23]
1816. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider a review of the requirement for certain apprenticeship applicants to pass the Ishihara colour vision test without the use of corrective lenses, in view of the fact that corrective lenses are available and could be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56481/23]
1645. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to alerts issued by the HSE on ketamine (details supplied); the measures that his Department is taking to tackle ketamine use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1099/24]
1638. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of increasing the misuse of fentanyl (details supplied); the measures that the Department is taking to tackle fentanyl misuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1059/24]
1637. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he intends to publish the review of the Health Products Regulatory Authority on the sale of codeine containing medicinal products once it is received by the Department. [1058/24]
1636. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review carried out by the Health Products Regulatory Authority on the sale of codeine containing medicinal products; and when that review will be completed. [1057/24]
1635. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for codeine as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [1056/24]
1634. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for fentanyl as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a private GP from 2011 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [1055/24]