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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Yes. Thank you Chairman and thanks to our guests this morning for their opening address. What are the areas of most concern for healthcare providers? What are the most sensitive areas, the most essential areas and what has been the progress to date in delivering solutions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Where are the most deficient areas at the present time? To what extent is the HSE working towards solutions that are in keeping with the demand? As the population grows and as the instances requiring digital solutions increase, what are the most sensitive areas and where has the most progress been made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Why was an underspend recorded in some areas? Given the essential nature of the need to install the services fully for the benefit of the patients and delivery of the services, why the underspend? How did that come about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: With regard to the new children's hospital, and other institutions, can the witnesses identify at this stage the most sensitive areas where progress under this heading is most needed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: How safe are the HSE systems? How foolproof are they? Can they withstand electronic attacks, or whatever the case may be? We know what happened in the past. That was through no fault of the witnesses but it happened. How can the HSE prevent that and protect records against an attack of that nature in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is the investment to date adequate and sufficient to meet the challenges? I am talking about both the security challenges and the need to spread the technology to all areas as quickly and effectively as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I am just at ten minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Not according to my clock here. Maybe my clock is not as early.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I do not go over time normally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Regarding the proposals made and still outstanding, what efforts are being made to accelerate them?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (26 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she expects to be in a position to continue to assist the sporting sector given the increased importance of sporting activity in terms of health and well-being; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3640/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which extra methods and means can be employed to provide extra housing in sufficient volume to meet requirements to address homelessness, child homelessness and family homelessness; if he continues to identify extra measures likely to positively impact in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (26 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he can identify through the various local authorities suitably developed sites on which builders can be contracted to provide extra homes in the shortest possible time and utilising variations of housing proposals to achieve these including modular homes, log cabins as well as conventional methods to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which it is anticipated to assist the sporting sector by way of grants or other means, given the need to assist in its recovery notwithstanding Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3909/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the emphasis she expects to place on Sport in the coming year, with particular reference to the need for facilities in all areas throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to offer capital sports grants in the current or future years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3913/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of valid applications received by her Department for sporting and recreational grants, with particular reference to major and minor grants which might be payable in the course of the current year; when the allocations are likely to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3914/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Priorities (26 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor developments in the media, with particular reference to the need to ensure that local print media and radio stations are not endangered by unregulated entities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Priorities (26 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to liaise with local community groups in County Kildare and throughout the country, with a view to ensuring that adequate support is available to facilitate their ongoing requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3911/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Priorities (26 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to liaise with voluntary and community groups throughout the country, with a view to assisting by whatever means is appropriate in the course of the current year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3918/23]