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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Is it 20% or 30%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Are we capturing it on the basis of a better system or are we capturing the fall-off from the UK's system and applying it here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: From a health and safety perspective, what is an excessive waiting period for the return of results?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: As the weeks go buy, how successfully has public confidence in the system been restored by way of overhauling the numbers? I acknowledge there is a long-term plan but that could take one, two or three years. Three years is a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I have raised one issue on numerous occasions. We seem to be bedevilled by waiting lists in this country for almost everything. There is now a waiting list for everything. That should not be the case. As the new applicants come on stream, some of whom are more urgent than others, do they go onto a waiting list? Is it possible to attack the waiting list from both sides and is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry to interrupt. The danger is that the referral is being referred on. The crucial question is how long it takes to deal with the referral. We do not know the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I listened as carefully as I could to the various points. We need to think about the situation a few months ago, when the issue first became public. If I was the Minister, I would want to know what went wrong. The Minister quite correctly did everything possible to ensure that all the available buttons were pushed to begin a new era with a new confidence into the system. As the Chair...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I have measured the time for all the other speakers to prove my point. You can measure my time as well, Chairman. I insist on taking adequate time to deal with the subject. I am trying to do that. With the exception of this morning I have been here every morning at the start of the meeting and I have stayed right through to the end, which is more than can be said for many people. I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: If the Deputy waits, she will find out. The point that I wanted to make is that we need to know now – we need an honest opinion – whether we can be assured that we will find in two or four weeks time an improvement in the situation sufficient to allow us to say that we are moving in the right direction. Alternatively, we could find in two or three weeks that we have another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: We shall wait and see. I should have said to my colleague that I am a member of the committee and I am entitled to raise questions as often as I like. When I go into other committees I do not delay and I do not delay on this committee either.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (4 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which efforts are being made to reduce the waiting time for the hearing of various social welfare appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15624/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (4 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which women or men who have insufficient contributions to meet the requirements for qualification for the old age pension are now being accommodated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15623/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); if the person can be considered for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15997/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (4 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to facilitate naturalisation and stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15998/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16001/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16003/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16004/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16008/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (4 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16010/19]