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Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We are at a very important juncture with this section and the ability of HIQA or any responsible body to be able to react to a case, whether it is residential, home care or whatever. It can be from Kerry to Donegal to the community healthcare organisations in my constituency in the greater Dublin area and Kildare. There are cases that should not happen in those areas. Situations continue to...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I agree, and I thank the Minister of State for her response. It is serious, which is why I raised it. It is getting more serious as time passes. There is an onus on the providers of the service, wherever the service may be and whether it be the public health service, a private institution or institutions or a multiplicity of either or both, to be able to take responsibility for something...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We should not leave the matter uninvestigated or unchallenged.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: That is the important part.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I have similar concerns as Deputy Shortall. There are countless situations where there will be attempts to complain that we are dealing with a different situation now than previously, that there are different responsibilities and that different people are responsible for what happened in the beginning. There is no excuse at all. I do not cast blame on the Minister of State and I believe...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I agree.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: If I may qualify further, I agree with Deputy Shortall and believe there is a danger in this regard. There have been too many incidents and situations in the past about which we can apparently do nothing because we were told there was a legal issue and that nothing can happen. As long as nothing can happen, nothing will happen. We have a serious responsibility to address issues that are...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am still not getting the answers I was hoping for. I have to leave the meeting because there is something else coming up. I am still not getting the answers I wanted. I do not know about Deputy Shortall but I am sure she will speak for herself in this regard. I have to say that I am worried the current unacceptable situation may continue in the future or may not be addressed as a result...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We understand our concerns are being investigated on that basis.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I support the points made by my colleague, Deputy Richmond, on the question of EU membership for the country now under attack by the Russians. Will Ireland use its position at UN Security Council level to bring to boot as soon as possible any perpetrators who threaten their neighbours with a nuclear war and to make sure their case is heard before the European court?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: What about our efforts at the UN?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he proposes to take, if any, to combat inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11314/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department can utilise reform as a means of combatting inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11315/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects further reform to play a meaningful role in ensuring prudent expenditure and good value for money in the course of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11616/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he expects the Exchequer to benefit from public expenditure and reform strategies in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11617/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which all Departments and bodies under their aegis in terms of public expenditure and reform continue to meet the guidelines set down by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11618/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that public spending continues to proceed as anticipated notwithstanding the impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11625/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which reforms throughout the public sector remain in place to ensure accountability, collective responsibility and good value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11619/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects the various targets in Project Ireland 2040 to be achieved on time and within budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11620/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any specific issues have been brought to his attention which indicate a lack of compliance with the criteria set down by his Department in terms of procurement and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11621/22]