Colm Burke

1011. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number and location of Olympic-size 50-metre swimming pools currently available to the public in Ireland; the measures being taken to address the lack of such a facility in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43767/26]

1012. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the assessments that have been carried out of the potential benefits of an Olympic-size swimming pool in Cork for high-performance sport, swimming clubs, schools, disability sport and community participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43768/26]

1313. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the funding measures available for community groups to apply for funding for CCTV facilities in community facilities/amenities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41816/26]

1359. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when an IRP renewal application will be processed and the IRP card issued for a person (details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42470/26]

1374. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of refusals of section 16 citizenship applications since the publication of the 2025 guidelines where the applicant was of Irish association, satisfied the good character requirement and met the guideline scoring threshold of at least 50% in two Irish association categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42698/26]

1859. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health whether she intends to use Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2026 to advance a renewed EU-level political commitment on HIV prevention, building on the legacy of the Dublin Declaration of 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41766/26]

1860. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health whether HIV prevention will be considered as part of Ireland’s health priorities during its Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2026, building on the legacy of the 2004 Presidency’s Dublin Declaration, particularly in the context of the EU-wide goal of ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41767/26]

1861. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health whether Ireland will support the development of a renewed EU HIV/AIDS Action Plan, given that the previous EU action plan lapsed in 2016; and whether this issue will be raised during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2026, building on the legacy of the 2004 Presidency’s Dublin Declaration. [41768/26]

1862. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the steps Ireland will take during its Presidency of the Council of the EU to support improved access across Europe to HIV prevention tools, including testing, PrEP, community-led services and stigma-free care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41769/26]

1974. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health given the online gambling epidemic that we are currently experiencing in Ireland, to set out in detail the resources allocated within her Department on this policy area, in particular to set out the number of staff working in this policy area, in tabular form; the steps her Department has taken for policy initiatives to combat this growing mental health issue, especially for young men in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42000/26]

1975. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the new initiatives her Department are taking to protect vulnerable people, especially young men, in view that the growing gambling epidemic is now a major national mental health challenge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42001/26]

1976. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the research her Department has undertaken into the rise of online gambling in rural areas and the associated mental health issues, especially amongst young adults; the policy initiatives planned to help deal with this growing crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42002/26]

2010. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the cost per hour of home care provided by a home care worker directly employed by the HSE, for the full year 2025 and year to date in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42333/26]

2011. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to outline the full set of costs occurred in providing home care through HSE Services for Older People in 2025; if each cost item is accounted for in the budget for this service line, or is a shared service attributable to other parts of the HSE budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42334/26]

2012. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of all indirect employment and service-support costs attributable to home care services in 2025, through HSE Services for Older People and other service lines, including disability and mental health, including rostering, care coordination, payroll, HR, training, supervision, audit, clinical governance and quality assurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42335/26]

2013. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the costs to date of the development and implementation of the integrated information and communications technology system for home support services as on page 22 of the 2026 NSP, by year of expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42336/26]

2014. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the total non-pay operating costs associated with delivering home care hours across HSE Services for Older Persons, disability, mental health and other service lines (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42337/26]

2252. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in respect of the application for pricing and reimbursement of skyclarys (omaveloxolone) for the treatment of Friedreich’s ataxia in adults and adolescents aged 16 years and older; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43399/26]

2503. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding supports available to Irish postgraduate students undertaking a postgraduate course in another EU country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43678/26]

61. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the work the Government has undertaken to improve the speed of delivery of vitally needed infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40746/26]

113. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Cork have benefitted from the emergency works scheme and the additional accommodation scheme in 2022-2025; the amount of funding spent on each scheme in these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40748/26]

121. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to set out in detail the total number of schools now participating in the pilot project under the reform of the school transport scheme since its implementation in the 2024-2025 school year; if there is a timeline for a national rollout of the revised school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40747/26]

165. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the small gift exemption for capital acquisitions tax from €3,000 to €5,000 from each person per year given it has not been increased for a long number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39421/26]

207. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to confirm the details of the new proposed savings and investment scheme; when it is likely to be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39422/26]

464. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer from an increase of 50 cent and €1 in the excise duty on 20 cigarettes, and a pro rata increase in excise on other tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39946/26]