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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I could speak about that for the next hour if the Chairman so wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: If the Chairman insists on going back to speaking about the issue at hand, it is a waste of time. The general public expects us to do something else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am aware of all that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I must insist on getting the information that is required. For example, there is the question of scoliosis waiting lists. What has happened in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I did not hear that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Excellent. There is also the question of waiting lists in general. For example, people are waiting for cataract treatment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I have always been a co-operative member of this committee but I will walk out if the Chairman insists on interrupting me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I can do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I represent the people who elected me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I have a job in this health committee. We spent three hours this morning discussing-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I note the Chairman's ruling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy MacSharry is not disturbing me at all.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland's bilateral and multilateral overseas aid programme continues to meet the needs of the people in the various locations for which it is intended, with particular reference to the need to alleviate starvation and human rights abuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22908/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which Ireland can focus attention on worldwide hunger at various locations, some in war zones, some not, and lead that campaign in such a way as to make it embarrassing for all who cause it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent can Ireland, as a non-aligned country, focus such attention on the powers that be in whatever location abuses of human rights, hunger and starvation are taking place and seem to take place with impunity? The number of incidents are growing with the number of years instead of the reverse. There used be a time when the United Nations was revered and highly respected. That...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for mentioning Myanmar, where the Head of State is currently in prison and will be in prison for the foreseeable future. Despite the fact that she was revered once upon a time, she has been condemned to everlasting darkness as far as is visible at this stage. There are numerous other countries - I do not propose to go through them now. There are numerous other...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department, through the European Union and United Nations continue to press for a serious investigation into the numerous human rights violations now taking place throughout the globe with particular reference to the ongoing war in Ukraine perpetrated by Russia; if Ireland’s position on the United...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the use of concrete in house building contributes to any emissions whether during construction, processing or thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22861/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which conventional house-building through the use of concrete or concrete products contributes to greenhouse gases as opposed to wooden framed housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which it will be possible to restore the automated teller machine, ATM, services to Leinster House given the large number of persons who used the service with the exception of the period during the lockdown; if the major banks wish to provide a service perhaps an alternative can be proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....