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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Workplace Relations Services (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a reply has not issued from the Workplace Relations Commission to a person (details supplied); when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25821/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister of State and her colleagues to the meeting. I compliment her, her ministerial colleague and the Taoiseach on the tremendous stance they have taken and work done relating to Brexit in particular. I will speak to the other issues in a moment. I worry sometimes when I hear comments from negotiators on the British side resembling jingoism in the oldest form. Reference...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: We also need to be cautious not to show weakness in our negotiating position. If we are seen to waiver in any way in our negotiating position, negotiated by the European Union on our behalf, then we are lost because that then becomes the starting point and then there will follow a series of compromises. That is not the way those negotiations should take place. A country decided to leave...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: My question on the degree to which the public and the private sector are monitored has already been asked. Why exclude the private sector from the supervision and monitoring that is required? That leads to my next question. If the private sector is excluded, I cannot ask for a comparison between the number of incidents reported from the private sector and the public sector, which would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am specifically interested in the number of cases that have gone to a full hearing as opposed to those settled on the steps of court.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Is open disclosure practised in all hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: That does not answer my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It does not happen in all settings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: One issue, and it refers back to an earlier question I had, is the reporting of adverse events. On whom do the witnesses depend for that report now, and on whom will they depend for such a report after the passing of this Bill or other legislation? For example, there is a freedom of information officer in virtually every public body. That person decides on the status of the information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I will bank it. I have almost covered it all anyway but how quickly does information become available and what action can be taken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The question also relates to the speed with which it can be determined that an incident or a near miss has taken place. I would have thought that the simplest thing in the world would be to have a nationwide system whereby if an incident occurs, which is life threatening or has an impact on the quality of life of a patient for the rest of their lives and it has happened in many cases, that...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 9. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he has identified suitable project support under the rural and community development programme affecting rural and or urban areas, the extent to which he expects to be in a position to address issues of urban and rural or isolation in the course thereof and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25851/18]

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps he plans to take to address issues of isolation in communities urban or rural throughout the country; if a particular strategy is applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26174/18]

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: My questions concerns a similar situation, namely, the extent to which the rural and community programme is likely to be rolled out in all areas throughout the country - urban and rural - identifying if possible areas of social or economic deprivation for special attention and areas where restoration can be done to enhance tourism and education and take full advantage of the situation.

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for a comprehensive reply. We all recognise the important role he has to fulfil in restoring public confidence in rural Ireland and in areas suffering from social deprivation, perhaps over a long period. I want to ask about the degree to which the Minister might direct attention to particular areas. Notwithstanding the applications that will be made by various...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I wish the Minister well in his important work in this area. Might it be possible to engage in a public relations programme on the restoration of pride in local areas? Restoration of pride is important, both for people living in the area and people who look at the area to live in or invest in. It would be of huge benefit if the Minister was seen to be restoring pride in local areas,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I raise again the issue of unregulated lenders and their agents who are at the moment attempting to launch a major campaign to repossess family homes and businesses throughout the country. I refer to the courts and land conveyancing (amendment) Bill, which is promised legislation, and to a Private Members' Bill which I have drafted and left in the custody of the Minister. Might it be...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he can address the stigmatisation of rural or urban communities in view of the debates that such communities are in decline and that they do not have a social or economic future in the modern developing economy (details supplied) ; his plans to address the emerging image of rural communities and some urban...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for renewal of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26003/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for leave to remain will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26142/18]