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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests and congratulate them on the indicative progress at all levels, which is very welcome. Like the Chairman, I have had personal experience of our hospital services in recent times. I was really impressed with the manner in which everybody, from orderlies to consultants to everybody else involved, fulfilled their duties. We should mention also the number of foreign-born...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: They are gone. I could go for another ten minutes if the Chair wants me to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I know the Chair is anxious that I would-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: The questions I asked in the first round were seen as comments. I would like to go back to the scoliosis issue, however. We need to deal with that firmly and quickly. We also need a response from this meeting and any other meetings to indicate precisely what it is intended to do. We can come to all the meetings we want and raise the issues again and again. The people expect to see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: It must have been a secret meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am not in favour of secret meetings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I do not want to interrupt, and I know Mr. Gloster is trying to be helpful, but the site was already available. Somebody decided, "No, we will have a consultation with builders", and so on. There is only so much of that kind of nonsense that can be tolerated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: And Naas General Hospital in that context.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, there has to be.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 54.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position in respect of an application for a passport (details supplied); if urgent steps can be taken to bring the matter to a successful conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34984/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (9 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 129.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts currently in hand to ensure much improved mobile phone coverage in an area (details supplied), given neither 4G nor 5G infrastructure has been adequately rolled out in the area, 2G and 3G services are being phased out and given the lack of coverage is not only an inconvenience but also a potential safety...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (9 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 133.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fully operative fibre broadband will be made available to a residence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35696/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (9 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 505.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all steps will be taken to secure a secondary school place for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.[33878/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 644.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure to be followed to ensure that a child (details supplied) receives school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[35362/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 680.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport in the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed with particular reference to the fact that their son has a medical card and has had school transport for the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[35638/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (9 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 867.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding for proposed multi-annual rural water programme works is expected to be released with particular urgent projects in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35508/24]