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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent can people go the same route for that more expensive and delicate work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Who decided that it should be front teeth only?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: From my experience, the other teeth are more in need from time to time of root canal treatment and much more extensive work also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Senator Conway also wishes to come in. Dentistry has come an awfully long way. I strongly recommend to anybody who needs treatment not to be shy in coming forward and accessing services because it can play a major role in one's general health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Is Senator Conway there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (13 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Chairman-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (13 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: A word of caution: I am worried we will run down a road of chasing the virus. The latter is something over which neither we nor the HSE have any control. It is all down to one thing: supply. If the companies do not supply or are not capable of supplying enough vaccines or if there is a safety issue involved, what will we do? Will we superimpose ourselves between the HSE and the general...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (13 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: -----and we should not pretend to be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I congratulate all the team on the work they have done and their co-ordination, dedication and follow-up in what have been, to be fair to them, very difficult circumstances where everybody has the answer and points the finger and knows how it could be done better. Those in the eye of the storm are usually in the best position to tell us how and when it can be done better. I also compliment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The worst-case scenario that might visit us at this stage would be to see an upsurge in infection rates again and to see it continue. The longer this continues the more desperate it becomes and the more disheartened the public will become. We must make some crucial intervention to try to ensure we do not allow it to continue. In the event of there being an unprecedented upsurge of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Is Dr. Glynn satisfied that NPHET has in place the necessary measures and proposals to curtail any spread in a short time without bringing the whole country to a halt again or back into full lockdown again? To what extent has that possibility been examined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Does Professor Nolan wish to come in on that?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for being late. Unfortunately, I was also moonlighting at another committee, trying to be in both places at the same time, which is a difficult job as we all know. I have been listening to the discourse and I can sympathise with both opinions, different as they may appear to be. As the Minister knows, I have repeatedly engaged with numerous lending institutions over the past...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am running out of time.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I will it be as quick as I can.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The clock is ticking, and it is not a 5 30 p.m. yet.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The point at issue is this. The same rules for banking apply in this country as throughout the rest of the European Union. The same opportunities must be available to borrowers and banking customers in this country as are available in other European countries, without exception. The rules of the Single Market apply right across the European Union and apply to this country no less than...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Can some other activity-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank all involved for the work they are doing and have done in the course of the past year. I hope that their hard work will pay dividends. Can the witnesses emphatically state that all vaccines currently available, in use and approved throughout the country, are equally safe and effective regardless of where they are manufactured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Since availability of supply is a major contributor to the speed with which the vaccinations take place, how is the full extent of the requirement in a particular area determined?