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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 498. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of participants currently benefitting from or likely to benefit from awards made by her Department under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38975/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 502. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to build on the success of her rural regeneration plans in all areas throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38980/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Isolation (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 500. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which her Department continues to address the issue of rural isolation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38978/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Isolation (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 501. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department continue to address the issue of urban isolation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38979/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 503. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she can foresee further development and expansion of the town and village renewal scheme with a view to maximisation of beneficial impact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38981/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Cyberattack, Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out and Covid-19 Restrictions in Maternity Hospitals: Health Service Executive (23 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Like others, I congratulate the health teams in their entirety for the tremendous work they have done over the past 18 months or so. They remain steadfast in their objectives regardless of what happens and that kind of consistency is greatly appreciated. I have a couple of questions. How many minutes do I have? I have some anyway. With regard to the various age cohorts, vaccination has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Cyberattack, Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out and Covid-19 Restrictions in Maternity Hospitals: Health Service Executive (23 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Does the HSE have plans in place or in mind for an emergency response in the event of an upsurge in cases of the Delta variant becoming obvious?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Cyberattack, Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out and Covid-19 Restrictions in Maternity Hospitals: Health Service Executive (23 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Is it within the capacity of the HSE to accelerate the programme in the event of the Delta variant becoming a serious threat? Is it possible to do that at short notice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Cyberattack, Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out and Covid-19 Restrictions in Maternity Hospitals: Health Service Executive (23 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I refer to an earlier question in relation to the cyberattack. Have we learned sufficiently from this attack to be in a position to prevent a repetition?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Cyberattack, Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out and Covid-19 Restrictions in Maternity Hospitals: Health Service Executive (23 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: This is my last question. Are there any prosecutions arising from the attack?

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Deputy Naughten for his deference to me on this vital issue, although I am not so sure I am the expert on it. I would be anxious to hear the Minister of State's response. We all attend social welfare hearings, with good and necessary effect in many cases, in order to ensure that the procedures are followed in the manner in which they were intended. That is one point. I will be led...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: What is the case in the event of an advocate having powers of attorney, whether a solicitor or not? A third person with power of attorney has the entitlement, as far as I am concerned, because he or she has been delegated those powers by the person concerned at an earlier stage. Perhaps a lawyer could give some advice on that matter. I am looking for free legal advice.

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

Bernard Durkan: I note what Dr. Hunt said. We all hope that happens. I also note that Dr. Hunt welcomed competition. Some might suggest that some of the competition during the crucial, outrageous outlandish field to which he referred was not in keeping with good practice. Can Dr. Hunt tell the committee whether those patterns were adequately addressed? Can he now provide an assurance that similar lapses...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I would agree with Deputy Colm Burke in the following sense. I am not a lawyer but I am long enough around to have an understanding of some of the basic entitlements that people have under any democracy. It is not so evident at the present time or in recent years but I have had some battles previously, including where legal decisions were made by people who were not in a position to make...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: In many cases, there may have been a prolonged period of ill-health or inaction on the part of the person in the nursing home which may have severely impacted on his or her ability to keep the capital resources intact or to expect that payments could be made in sufficient order to meet the requirements, given that the capacity of the farm or business may have diminished before a successor was...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: There are several different extraordinary situations one can deal with in these circumstances. One which comes within this proposal from the Minister of State is a situation whereby either the husband or the wife in a business or farm or whatever passes on, his or her property is transferred to the remaining partner and a family member subsequently marries. When assessments were made in the...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I speak in support of the general thrust of what has been said by previous speakers, including Deputy Colm Burke. There will of course be circumstances where families will not agree to sell a house, for various reasons. However, where families are in agreement that a house should be sold or leased, then that request should be honoured. No impediments should be placed in the way of families...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses this morning. This is an interesting and fundamental part of the economic conversation that must take place. I heard some things in the initial statement that I was pleased to hear. We have a rapidly expanding population and we must plan for that. It is no good planning for it in five or ten years from now; we need to plan for it now and put in place the necessary...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I agree about the options but there must be agreement on the options. The problem is having so many options and spending so much time talking about the options with no decisions being made.