Peter Burke, TD

To ask the Minister for Health the procedures currently in place to encourage new qualified medical professionals to take up employment in this jurisdiction...

To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he expects to be in a position to provide adequate funding to groups, bodies and agencies...

To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department continues to support Kildare Youth Services...

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Medical Card applications made in each of the past twelve months in 2015 to date; the number refused or granted...

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of midwives qualified and practising here corresponds to international best practice...

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department continues to monitor bullying amongst children or teenagers while out of school...

To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department continues to detect and monitor potential situations of child abuse...

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his initiatives in respect of extra nursing staff at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare have been implemented...

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which nurses from this jurisdiction have opted to seek employment overseas in each of the past six years to date...

To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which initiatives he has taken have positively impacted on nursing staff levels in the various public hospitals...