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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: He does-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, Mr. Fitzgerald can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Did the HSE review them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Did the HSE have inquiries in this regard before the Maskey report? Were there other indications that everything was not running according to plan? For example, it appears that a number of situations were unsatisfactory. For instance, the governance group met every four months, which is totally inadequate to deal with the situation of running the services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Does Mr. Fitzgerald agree that the governance structure did not work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Patients suffered as a result.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: That is fine. As a result, an inadequate service was provided to the people of the Kerry and Cork areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The governance structure did not work and when it became obvious that was the case, action was taken. Has that action been satisfactory? Has it dealt with the issues that have been raised? Have structures that will work been put in place? Those structures must not become a reason for further debate on the subject of the Kerry and Cork areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Thankfully, Dr. Maskey has reported but even if he had not, was there not a serious need for a re-evaluation of the way the services were operating in the area, from the information made available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: My next question is an obvious one. When will the services be up to speed in every respect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: When the plan is implemented, will it be sufficient to assuage the fears of patients throughout the area?

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to say a few words on these important statements on International Women's Day. I wish all women, men, children and those who are suffering in Ukraine at present well. I do not think "Happy women's day" is the proper expression, but I wish them well in difficult circumstances. We have come a long way. I have listened carefully to the debate so far. Despite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Would it not be advisable to separate that information and extrapolate from it if was truly the lockdown that caused that uptake or was it the use of smoking tobacco substitutes?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he and his Department have identified particular requirements in terms of apprenticeships or higher qualifications in education throughout the country to meet such requirements in the short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12729/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of postgraduates with a higher than average qualification currently available throughout the country; the extent to which such students will have access to jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12730/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places currently taken up by fourth-level education students throughout the country; the extent to which these numbers incorporate the academic and technical sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13094/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Census of Population (8 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for the early release of the 1926 census; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13116/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 289. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when additional paperwork as part of a passport application will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12619/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 290. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 404 of 22 February 2022, the update given to the person; if a request by the person to have their passport in time for travel is being met; if every effort is being made to ensure that the passport will issue to avoid incurring unnecessary expense to the family; and if he will make a statement on the...