Colm Burke, TD

The HSE will fund additional radiation practice tutor posts, which will enable University College Cork (UCC) and Trinity College Dublin to increase the numbers on their radiation therapy courses, said a Fine Gael TD.

An error between An Post and local authorities has seen tens of thousands of voters in Galway East, Cork North Central and Cork North-West getting the wrong election material, a Fine Gael Minister and General Election candidate has said.

Health proposals included in Sinn Féin’s alternative budget totally lack clarity on how promises would be achieved, a Fine Gael Minister has warned.

The long awaited review on the sale and supply of codeine products must be published without delay, according to Fine Gael TD Colm Burke.

A commitment to boost radiation therapy course places will address a shortage in the number of those professionals is extremely welcome, according to Fine Gael TD Colm Burke.

A 350 increase in the number of GP training places this year will be positive for communities and will provide greater patient access, according to Fine Gael TD Colm Burke.

A ban on the sale of disposable vapes is needed on both health and environmental grounds, a Fine Gael TD has said.

A ban on the advertising of junk food and drinks on television should be extended past the current 6pm watershed to 9pm in an effort to curb childhood obesity, according to Fine Gael TD Colm Burke.

A decision by Revenue which sees practice doctors treated as individuals rather than as part of a partnership and sees them disadvantaged will now be reversed, according to Fine Gael TD Colm Burke.

Significant changes to the free travel scheme will benefit those with epilepsy and other disabilities that have resulted in a person being deemed medically unfit to drive, according to a Fine Gael TD.