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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Online Safety (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which harassment on or offline whereby business persons are targeted by way of malice have been reported to An Garda Síochána by county nationwide; the action taken or proposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35750/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 474. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which research has been undertaken or can be undertaken expeditiously with a view to availing of high standard air purification equipment which has the ability to remove and destroy viruses in hotel, hospital, nursing home, schools and workplaces in order to facilitate a safer post-virus situation; if this will include the fitting of such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 475. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of the antigen test will be utilised more readily in order to facilitate international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29222/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 476. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the Minister expects to update the mental health services in line with modern requirements having particular regard to ongoing commentary highlighting deficiencies in the services; the steps he plans to take in early date to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29223/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which projects such as the new children’s hospital, the new national maternity hospital, Naas General Hospital and others such projects throughout the country are progressing satisfactorily and on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the roll-out of vaccines continues at pace in line with expectations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which rare and orphan drugs are being cleared for use and reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 480. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that the standard, quality and accessibility to mental health services is likely to be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the administration of health services is moving towards the provisions set out in Sláintecare; the expenditure to date arising therefrom; the expenditure proposals for the remainder of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts remaining to be filled in the Kildare psychology services; the efforts currently in hand to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29229/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 483. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that modern child and adolescent assessments can be made available to children with such requirements in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29230/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 484. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which actions are in hand to minimise the recent cyber-attack on the most sensitive of services provided by the HSE including oncology, cardiovascular, endoscopy, paediatric, neurology and emergency mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29231/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 485. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has examined and approved the plans for the reopening of general hospital services, post-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29232/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 486. To ask the Minister for Health when the appropriate action will be taken to ensure the provision of full-scale orthodontic treatment for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which negotiations are in hand to safeguard jobs at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare which has depended largely on food exports to the UK; if access to its market has been determined in the course of Brexit related negotiations; if not, if additional officious regulations have been introduced to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Like previous speakers I welcome the witnesses. I want to ask about taking on part of the loan book of Ulster Bank and the relevant staff. Do they carry with them their pensions and any other entitlements or is their move regarded as a new employment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Unaltered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Dr. Hunt mentioned the losses that generate and cause the risk weighting in terms of what happened in the boom years. Why did that happen? There are answers to these questions. They have been asked before. Why did what happened here not happen in the rest of Europe to the same extent, given that we have a Central Bank which governs all lending and the activities of commercial and pillar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The reason I asked that particular question was because we had become accustomed to the fact that various banking activities are licensed by the Irish Central Bank. Presumably, this is also authorised by the ECB. Has the degree of supervision by the ECB increased or decreased in recent times? Is the extra interest because of the risk our customers pay in this country based on a guarantee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Does Dr. Hunt on a regular basis interact with the ECB to reassure AIB that what it is doing at any given time is in accord with what it sees as necessary best practice?