Colm Burke

Highlight the important role good nutritional care can play in keeping people in their homes

To highlight how retail and tourism businesses will be negatively impacted if legislation (Brexit Omnibus Act) to introduce a new minimum refund threshold of €175 is commenced.::The retention of the current VAT refund threshold, as provided for under the Retail Export Scheme…

Requesting support from all Oireachtas members, for changing the employment status of grant-paid school secretaries, and to convert them on to the public service pay scale.

To inform about the key issues of concern to community pharmacists including unwinding FEMPI, a new pharmacy contract and expanding the scope of pharmacy services and to make recommendations for inclusion as part of Budget 2020

To resolve the threat to the continued availability of non-community rated student medical insurance for international students studying in Ireland

Raise awareness about Cork as a business location::Push a strong sustainable policy agenda

Shape the spending and priorities of Budget 2020

To attend Society Event

Urge members of the JOC Health to support a scheme of universal, state-funded access to contraception

To demonstrate the challenges facing farmers in the farming low-income sector::To make the case for an increased CAP Budget::That the Government and EU response must match the Brexit threat::That round table beef talks would take place to address unviable prices by meat…

To secure further amendments to the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill that (i) the eligibility criteria to qualify for the three year cap would be extended to include leased farms and (ii) the five-year clawback would be reviewed.::Due to the significant delays in the…

To provide information regarding the consequences of the decision by the Health Insurance Authority that non-EEA students studying in Ireland on courses of more than one academic year are deemed to be 'ordinarily resident' in Ireland for the purposes of the Health Insurance…

Seeking a reversal in the decision to cut the Rehabilitative Training Allowance

Awareness of the need to maintain specialist respite and holiday services (at Cuisle) for people with complex disability, including those living with Huntington’s Disease, who cannot avail of hotel respite breaks. Throughout Ireland people living with complex conditions and…

To address the crisis in recruitment and retention of our medical workforce