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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I also asked about unused ward space.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I will follow up on some of the previous questions. I welcome the progress indicated on the carrying out of an audit to find out where the deficiencies are. Provided it is followed up, that will be bring fairly dramatic results. There is not much sense identifying where the deficiencies are unless there is something done to address them. I realise the audit is being done in the context of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It is no harm, just in case the Minister and his staff and the HSE conclude that Naas Hospital is not for mention in these circumstances. I could mention it a couple of times. I raised this as a Topical Issue matter last week when I acknowledged the progress made. I emphasise, however, that the proposed new units in Naas are an urgent necessity for the operation of the hospital. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for interrupting. That is a departure from the manner in which new drugs are examined, where, even though we have the EU level for examining and approving new drugs, we also do it ourselves, and we raise questions at that time. I do not accept that what has been put forward is an adequate answer. While I not blaming Dr. Henry, it is a fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am concerned about that. There is an inconsistency. On the one hand, we are particularly careful and we double-check in respect of drugs, as we should do in most cases, even though the same check has already been done by the European institutions, where we are also represented, incidentally. On the other hand, we do not seem to apply the same principles regarding staff and their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I also had a question on Naas General Hospital, particularly the accommodation space to deal with possible winter emergencies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The next phase of the development plan at Naas, which is pending, needs to come into operation as soon as possible. I raise this on the basis it affects the general delivery of services and the morale within the hospital. People can only be so long waiting for something to happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I think the Minister wants to answer that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: We will not have a fourth Topical Issue matter today.

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: One speaker please.

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy should resume his seat. He is using up his colleagues' time.

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: A Minister has the right to call on a colleague to deputise if he or she has another engagement. That has always been the tradition in the House.

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: He is also Minister of State at the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: In any event, the Deputy is eroding his own time. If he wants to go on like that all night, I do not mind; I am easy. I call Deputy Lahart.

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I know. The Minister came in and spoke at that juncture.

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry. The Deputy knows this well that the rules of the House apply.

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State is well and fully equipped to reply to those issues.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she expects to develop the image of culture and heritage locations here as a means of positive and lucrative promotion of Ireland internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47376/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she plans to promote the expansion of the film industry here with particular reference to the creation of a greater international awareness of Ireland as a suitable location for the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47375/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Provision (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a fourth year mental health nursing course has been terminated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47621/18]