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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if prescription drugs ramilo for blood pressure and stugeron for vertigo are covered on a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31884/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (21 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 257. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital bed including accessories can be provided for homecare in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32054/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: My apologies for being missing earlier. I was at another committee meeting and, unfortunately, the two overlapped.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chairman. I want to raise a number of questions as one who, like the Chairman, has been involved in discussions with lending institutions for at least ten years, during which time I have seen the whole face of business, small businesses and home mortgage holders change completely, and not to their advantage. I have been in and out of courts at all levels during that period and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (21 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I am in two minds. I listened to all the reports and the radio interviews this morning as well. There is a danger we will further add to the burden faced by those on the ground in trying to deal with testing and tracing. It is obvious they were overwhelmed last week by virtue of the large numbers of people who were tested, had reported for testing and some who had not reported for second...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentation. Professor Irvine said that the reduction in 2012 was politically motivated. Will he elaborate on that? There were other factors prevailing at that time and I would like to know what they were. Will we take all the questions together, Chairman?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Okay. I have a question for Ms Ní Sheaghdha about the increase in beds and the nurses required for staffing. Is the funding made available in the course of the summer and budget 2021 sufficient to meet the challenges of recruitment etc.? Regarding the increase in the number of undergraduates, we are getting applicants from India and the Philippines. What is the ratio of students from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gangland Crime (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline progress in the fight against organised crime and the activities and membership of organised criminal gangs; her views on the adequacy of existing legislation to deal with any challenges arising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32018/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gangland Crime (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the activities of criminal gangs and the degree to which success has been achieved in dealing with them. It is an issue that has been raised many times in the House. I have raised it myself on many occasions and I look forward to the reply.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gangland Crime (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. May I further inquire as to whether, in the proposed legislation, it is intended to further amend the bail laws? In the past, those laws were seen as being capable of being circumvented by criminal gangs. In addition, recidivism was an issue. Is it intended in the course of the proposed legislation to look again at this particular area of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gangland Crime (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Has there been any noticeable change in the trend of re-offending since the revision of the bail laws took place? Has it been brought to the Minister's attention as to whether further changes of the nature suggested are required?

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for my late arrival this morning. It was due to a pile-up on the motorway. I am glad I was not involved, but it delayed my journey by some time. I have listened carefully to the debate and I appreciate fully the importance of the issues and the need for a sound basis for the decision taken by the Government. The Minister and I have had past incarnations where we did not...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I am taking a different side of the conversation.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Like everybody in the House, I have received numerous communications from my constituents concerned about another lockdown. Their concern arises because they have kept to the rules and regulations but there have been large-scale breaches of those rules by groups throughout the country. Given that the long weekend is coming, I plead with all concerned, and ask the Tánaiste to carry this...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I believe the next speaker is from the Government. Is it Deputy Richard Bruton? It is a long distance.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons (details supplied) are currently in receipt of all their social welfare entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32268/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment is entitled to the fuel allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32269/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32087/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (22 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32146/20]