Colm Burke, TD

The CervicalCheck programme operated at 14% above target last year with over 300,000 tests expected to have been completed, according to Fine Gael Senator Colm Burke.

E-cigarette products, including vapes, should be subject to strict advertising and sales restrictions such as those placed on tobacco products, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Record levels of Government pandemic supports to businesses and workers have enabled the economy to perform better than even the most optimistic forecasts, a Fine Gael TD has said.

A special HSE helpline urgently needs to be set up to provide information and support to Irish citizens impacted by the new Covid-19 variant, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The people of Ireland should be praised for their efforts in acting for the collective good as official figures show Ireland has the highest Covid vaccination uptake rate in the EU, Fine Gael TD Colm Burke has said.

All Children’s Disability Network Teams which provide services to children with complex needs will be in place across the country by the end of the year, a Fine Gael TD has said.

It is wrong and discriminatory that children face waiting times of up to a year for access to wheelchairs and other medical equipment while no waiting times exist in other parts of the country, a Fine Gael TD has said.

A national review of derelict property must take place with urgency and each individual Local Authority must be more proactive in dealing with the issue according to Fine Gael Cork North Central TD, Colm Burke.

Funding for a major trauma care centre at Cork University Hospital must be set aside in the HSE’s National Service Plan for 2022, a Fine Gael TD has said.

This week’s reopening of the night-time and live entertainment industries would have been impossible had the Government pursued a Zero-Covid approach as advocated for by opposition parties, a Fine Gael TD has said.