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Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Bernard Durkan: In passing you can do it. I am surprised at the Deputy. You are normally a responsible guy.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Please proceed on the Bill.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Bernard Durkan: In passing.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am happy to be in a position to debate the merits or demerits of the timing of this legislation openly with anybody in the House. It is very important legislation that needed to have been brought forward long before this. For that reason, we should attribute to it the importance it deserves. I will deal with the issues one after the other. I remember the Stardust fire well. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Secondment Policy in the Civil and Public Service: Engagement with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: That was an interesting conversation. I wish to point out that I probably have a different view from other people on this issue. The people who have served their full-time, or not yet served their full-time, in the public service, may still have something to offer and it should not be lost. Their experience and their ability should not be consigned to the waste. They still have a lot to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Secondment Policy in the Civil and Public Service: Engagement with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: It is. I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Secondment Policy in the Civil and Public Service: Engagement with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: That is an interesting conversation which refers to many aspects of working in the public service and transferring on to the private sector, and vice versa. However, Deputy Doherty made an interesting reference to the teachers who become Deputies or Senators. It could be significant in their pension entitlements in the event that they serve one term or a short term of office in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Secondment Policy in the Civil and Public Service: Engagement with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am not asking him to run in my constituency but I am sure he knows about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for this morning's presentation. It is something I have spoken about as far back as last November in the wake of what we had seen of Covid-19 at that stage. I spoke particularly of the need to superimpose on the system a way of dealing with the health services generally similar to what we had done with Covid-19. I have a number of questions I wish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I do not want verbal answers; I want written answers. It is not fair to the person giving the answers to have to do without and it is not fair to me if they are not all answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I have four more questions and I will see how it goes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: If we are out time, I might as well finish now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: If the Chair can wait-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I need full written replies to them all. How is the HSE board alerted to conditions in all hospitals, accident and emergency departments and whatever in all parts of the regions? In other words, is the chain of command working in two directions, from the ground up and from the top down, or is it just a wait-and-see situation? As was referenced earlier, what happens when cases go wrong?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We need an update on the extension and building programme for the entire country. It has a bearing on everything else. I am not a critic of the health services. As Mr. Reid stated, the way we deal with issues at this level has a bearing on the general picture of what the public can expect. I have always been a supporter of the health services, but they need to be the best. There is no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to be in a position to meet the staff requirements in terms of teachers, special needs teachers and assistants, and classroom accommodation while maintaining reasonable pupil-teacher ratios in County Kildare and throughout the country in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34890/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which improved pupil to teacher ratios and smaller classes are being achieved throughout the country in both urban and rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35198/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate provision continues to be made to meet the requirements as set out by the various school authorities and boards of management at all primary and second level schools throughout the country and in County Kildare; the extent to which special needs accommodation and classes are likely to feature in this regard; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review of shared ownership liability in the case of a person (details supplied) can be undertaken given that an administrative change took place resulting in increased mortgage repayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35243/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs classes and special needs teachers continue to be available in all schools through the country given the need to ensure a universal right to education for those children requiring special teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35192/22]