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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses. I wish to return to a number of issues that were raised earlier. What is the simplest, quickest and most effective way to address the problem of waiting at ambulance bays at the hospitals for longer than expected periods of time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The first proposal will release crews but it will not release the ambulances. Crews are important. There is an acute shortage and difficulty in creating the necessary cover. What about the number of ambulances tied up in waiting bays? Is that at tolerable levels or does it create further problems for attendance at emergencies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: How long will it take to go through the various procedures that have to be gone through and to do various consultations that have to take place? Can it be done before the end of the year? What is the situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Given the total dependence on emergency services when an emergency occurs, in the event of a major catastrophe requiring the call-out of all services, is Mr. Morton satisfied that the ambulance service can provide sufficient services to meet the normal demand at the same time as meeting the extra demand?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Morton. That leads me to my next question. In the event of being in that type of fully stretched situation, does the ambulance service have the capacity to activate the entire emergency plan and ongoing plans to deal with routine requirements? Can all those procedures be activated together in a short time, without a waiting time of three, four or five hours before the plan is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: They can be activated quickly regardless of Covid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Morton. I congratulate him on the work that he has done during the pandemic and with all the other trying issues that arise regularly. As public representatives, we need to acknowledge the work that he is doing and wish him well in the continuation of that work, staying Covid-free as far as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Who makes the call to call out the emergency services in those circumstances?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome members and viewers who watching the proceedings on Oireachtas TV to this third part of our public session. We are discussing the general scheme of the Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021. I welcome from Insurance Ireland Ms Moyagh Murdock, CEO; Ms Jacqueline Thornton, director of regulation and policy development and company secretary; Mr. Florian Wimber, director of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Ms Murdock. I understand Deputy Farrell has agreed to give way to her colleague, Deputy Conway-Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Who wishes to answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Is that possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Does any committee member wish to make further remarks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Do any of the committee members or our guests want to make any final remarks? No. In that case, we will proceed towards conclusion. I thank our guests and the committee members for attending, especially considering the times we are in. I thank both sides for their participation. I wish them all a very happy, Covid-free and otherwise safe Christmas and new year. I urge them to take full...

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: It was a very heart-rending debate. There was an amendment, but because the amendment was not moved in the debate I cannot put it. Thus the only question before the House is on the motion itself. Is that understood by everybody? It is.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Gino Kenny - to discuss the Seanad vote calling on Government support for a TRIPS waiver on Covid-19 vaccine technology; (2) Deputy Eoin Ó Broin - to discuss the increase in homeless numbers and Government plans to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I call Deputies Fitzmaurice, Kerrane, Barry and Ó Laoghaire. We have to stick tightly to the time of one minute each.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Now each Member has only 30 seconds to reply.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a further review of the National Lottery will be examined in order to address public concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2852/22]