Results 68,381-68,400 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is there not a danger that we seem to concentrate on micromanaging the situation, which emerges whenever an obstacle springs up and bites us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: That to my mind, in the absence of macro management, will prevent or attempt to prevent some of these emergencies from appearing on the skyline.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is the implementation of Sláintecare sufficient in terms of catching up and implementation in general to ensure all parties to it are confident that we are going in the right direction and at the speed required?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Will we be able to avoid the issues which have dogged us in recent years, such as those in respect of emergencies, access, accident and emergency in particular regions in the south west, and so on? I do not want to go into the details again but one size should fit all. If the service is available and this of a high standard, it also needs to apply throughout the regions and everywhere,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Does everybody within the service know what is expected of them at the present time in addressing the salient issues that have again appeared and reappeared over recent years and is everybody aware of the necessity to implement a particular, specific programme to avoid those kinds of things re-occurring? I note our witnesses mentioned two emergencies. Of course, emergencies will recur, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he and his Department continue to ensure a steady stream of graduates to meet the demand in education, health and engineering, given the demands likely to emerge now and in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15698/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which provision continues to be made for increasing the supply of graduates at technical level in sufficient numbers to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15697/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made to ensure the availability of adequate qualified staffing levels to meet the requirements of the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9180/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if and when modern, effective broadband services are likely to be made available to the people of Martinstown, Kilmore and Enfield in County Kildare, which also covers the motorway service facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15827/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the benefits of the warmer homes schemes or other energy-saving entitlements that might accrue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which a second level school place is likely to become available for the child of a person (details supplied). [16041/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total pension amount received for the year ending 31 December 2022 by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16029/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total pension amount received for the year ending 31 December 2022 by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16030/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for refusal of working family payment and supplementary welfare allowance in the name of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in regard to application for unemployment assistance or related payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16035/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal and review of a decision to refuse disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) can be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16036/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the manner in which a person (details supplied) was adjudged to have no entitlement or a reduced entitlement to the guardian's payment, resulting in an overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16037/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which any ameliorating measures can be evoked in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16039/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 792 of 22 March 2023, if a review might be undertaken of the decision to refuse payment given the dispute that has arisen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16042/23]