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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the reason efforts are not being made to reopen the currently decommissioned wards at St. Brigid's hospital in Crooksling in County Dublin given the acute scarcity of step-down beds and that the buildings in question are in good basic structural condition, and while costs are being incurred to reduce the capacity of the wards currently in use; if immediate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 291. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate nursing and medical staff remain available throughout public sector hospitals to ensure maximum efficiency and ability to meet demand for both medical and surgical beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37111/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 297. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which sufficient doctors and nurses can be recruited to ensure the efficiency and efficacy of the public health system, with particular reference to the utilisation of all space available in public hospitals and allied to staffing level ratios, thereby ensuring a smooth operational service; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 298. To ask the Minister for Health to explain his view on the comparisons that have been made between the public and private health sectors to ascertain the extent to which the public sector can recruit the necessary staff to meet requirements, based on relative workloads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37118/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 292. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which serious conditions and, in some cases, serious health conditions continue to influence the award of a medical card with a view to ensuring the minimisation of hardship of families faced with such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37112/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 293. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of nursing staff recruited at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; those who have taken up duty; the extent to which adequate provision has been made to ensure the full utilisation of the space available within the hospital and the elimination of overcrowding in the accident and emergency unit and the use of trolleys in lieu of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 294. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the extent to which staffing levels at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare have fluctuated in the past seven years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37114/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 295. To ask the Minister for Health when the next development phase of Naas General Hospital in County Kildare will commence; the extent to which work is ongoing in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37115/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 296. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current status of the building of the new children's hospital; the degree to which preliminary costs associated with previous proposals in this regard can be beneficially utilised in the context of the new proposal, thereby achieving a value-for-money result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37116/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 299. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which the availability of orthodontic treatment can be improved in all areas without exception in light of the need to ensure the availability of the necessary corrective procedures at the appropriate time; the number of children and young adults currently in treatment; the number on waiting lists; the likelihood of early treatment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 300. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which cancellations of hospital appointments have fluctuated in the past seven years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37120/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 301. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which the agreement reached in respect of victims of symphysiotomy has been completed to the satisfaction of the victims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37121/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Regulation (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 303. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor private health insurance with the objective of the continued implementation of lifetime community rating; if he remains satisfied that all insurers incur their fair share of the responsibility to provide for patients across the age spectrum; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which prescription costs have fallen or have stabilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37140/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (22 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the refusal of a higher education grant to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed, given that the person's parent's means are attributable to the person and that such issues as rent are not taken into account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37098/15]

Report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad: Motion (23 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this report, which was brought forward by the Chairman of the Joint Committee on European Affairs. Everybody agrees the issue is, and should be, under review and that some efforts need to be made by a commission to examine the feasibility and logistics of including the wider electorate. There are, of course, implications. The committee discussed...

Order of Business (3 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: To maximise the efficacy of the services provided by the Property Registration Authority, the Valuation Office and the Ordnance Survey office, when will the táillte Éireann Bill come before the House? Is it likely to be given some priority rating in this or the next session? When is it expected that the apprenticeship Bill will be aired in the House? When is it likely to be...

Order of Business (3 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: In view of the number of incidents whereby people who have committed serious offences while on bail-----

Order of Business (3 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Considering this, will the bail Bill receive a priority that it has not received heretofore? I have been raising this issue in the House for the past ten years.

Order of Business (3 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: It has not been very effective by the way.