Results 501-520 of 12,209 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3260. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a targeted shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in view that 13 countries in Europe have funded shingles vaccination programmes and Ireland is currently an outlier in Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44146/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3261. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in view that there is an inequity issue in Ireland between those who can afford to buy vaccine for shingles privately and those who cannot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44147/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3262. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a targeted shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in order to reduce the instances of those who contract shingles being hospitalised, thus reducing the number of hospital/accident and emergency admissions; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3263. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in respect of the implementation of the current National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommendations for older adult vaccination against influenza, pneumococcal disease, shingles, and respiratory syncytial virus, in view that a 2024 report commissioned by GSK Ireland, from the Office of Health Economics,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any progress in expanding the number of dental college places offered to students in University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin in light of the 2023 announcement by his Department to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44017/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided to the dental schools in University College Cork which have submitted proposals to the Department for the expansion of their training programme, which would involve the development of a new hub in which additional students could be trained and practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of funding allocated to dental colleges in University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin for the academic years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44018/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Could I get clarification regarding the process? We are talking about €5 million. Would the same process have been available for the payment of €20 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: A process is in place relating to the payment of moneys. In this case, it was a payment of €5 million. I am asking if the same process would be in place were a €20 million call for funds to be paid out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: In other words, this could have been €20 million as much as it could have been €5 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I come from a legal background, so I would have been involved in drawing down loans on a constant basis, both commercial loans and housing loans. There was a whole series of checks and balances, particularly in relation to documentation. I am concerned about how, with the process the NTMA has, something like this was allowed to slip through without the process being triggered. Was the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: What I am asking is whether the problem was identified when the genuine call came in for the €5 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I am asking how it was identified. Was it identified once the genuine call came in and it was suddenly realised that the €5 million was already paid out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: So in other words, if that genuine call was not made, it might not have been identified for a further week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: One of the issues the witnesses raised earlier was that a number of people were involved in this process. Are there too many people dealing with a particular process and confusion can arise as a result?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Moving away from that, I will discuss the payments from the State Claims Agency. If we settled every claim in the morning that was currently pending, what kind of money would we be talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Of that €5.3 billion, how much do medical negligence claims make up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Talking about medical negligence claims and ignoring all the other claims against the State, where do we stand with regard to the level of claims compared with other European countries? Are we currently ahead of the United States?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: Does that €460 million include costs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the NTMA on Matters Relating to its Operation (22 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: All aspects of it.