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- Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I was so enjoying Deputy Costello's contribution.
- Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I apologise for appearing in this state of undress before the House.
- Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I assure the Acting Chairman I was otherwise engaged and had to leave in a hurry. We have gone over this issue several times in the past two years. Two years ago, there was a three-year recovery plan and figures of â¬4 billion and â¬3 billion were mentioned. Two years later, we have a new four-year plan.
- Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: That is the frightening thing the public is concerned about. The public relies on people to make judgment calls and this is what we have been talking about for the past number of years. A judgment call needed to be made three years ago but was not made. The problem has been allowed to continue to such an extent that this country is at the mercy of the markets. That is the sad part of it....
- Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: They do indeed. Another issue I have examined with some cynicism is the degree to which experts attempt to suggest that the Members who are elected by the public are a crowd of idiots and that if the experts had been around those things would not have happened. I hasten to remind them that most of the problems we now have are as a result of people following expert opinion. As we all know...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of consultant posts currently vacant or waiting to be filled throughout the private and public hospital sectors; if the filling of any such posts is affected by the recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35150/10]
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of doctor posts currently vacant or waiting to be filled throughout the private and public hospital sectors; if the filling of any such posts is affected by the recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35152/10]
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of which nursing or other posts need to be filled at each public hospital here in order to ensure the availability of the full complement of services required; her plans to expedite the procedures to facilitate the early filling of such posts in each case with particular reference to situations when the hospital authorities...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds currently out of use for whatever reason or purpose at each public hospital here; the relevant number of wards closed in respect of such hospitals; the extent of waiting lists for each procedure at each of these hospitals; the extent of the use of trolleys in lieu of beds at the same hospitals; the extent of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current level of funding available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this is likely to be increased given increased demand by the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35153/10]
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of nursing posts currently vacant or waiting to be filled throughout the private and public hospital sectors; if the filling of any such posts is affected by the recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35151/10]
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all of the facilities, including theatres, funded by her Department at Tallaght hospital are fully operational; those that are not; the reasons such facilities provided at considerable expense have not been activated or commissioned; her plans to address these issues at an early date having regard to the wider catchment area and...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all of the facilities including theatres funded by her Department at Naas General Hospital are fully operational; those that are not; the reasons such facilities provided at considerable expense have not been activated or commissioned; her plans to address these issues at an early date having particular regard to the wide catchment...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has considered in full the serious implications for the public arising from the scaling down of services at a number of general hospitals throughout the country; if any comparisons have been made with other jurisdictions where a similar action was taken and which resulted in a dramatic deterioration in the quality and level of...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent, if any, to which she and or her Department has examined the importance and value for money provided by the home help services throughout the country; the degree to which, if any, she has considered expanding the service in lieu of the more costly institutional care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35157/10]
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the cost of the various procedures at public and private hospitals varies between those funded directly or funded by private health insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35158/10]
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of procedures funded by private health insurers throughout the public and private health sectors in each of the past five years to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35159/10]
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent, if any, to which she has monitored the number of surgical or medical procedures carried out throughout the public and private hospital sectors in the past 12 months; the extent to which such procedures have been funded through the general medical services or private health insurance; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of hospitals in the public and private sectors throughout the country currently experiencing delays at accident and emergency; the cause for any such delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35161/10]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she ever again intends to reply directly to a parliamentary question relating to what the Health Service Executive might refer to as the day to day running of the health services, which in fact is the total annual cost divided by 365; if she accepts that the current policy of failure to accept direct responsibility for the funding...