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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1412. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which the interventions by her Department by way of assistance towards urban and rural community groups throughout County Kildare and the country at large has manifested itself in the greater empowerment of those she has assisted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28576/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1409. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department expect to support and expand communication hubs at strategic locations throughout the country, with a view to addressing any deficiencies and the need to ensure maximum availability of state-of-the-art communications in increasingly competitive times; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1410. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to support efforts towards population regeneration on habitable offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1413. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she anticipates any changes or improvements in the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1414. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline her ambitions for the Community Enhancement Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28578/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1415. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for the advancement of the Social Innovation Fund in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1416. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she expects to support the Tidy Towns efforts throughout County Kildare and throughout the country, now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1417. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her ambitions for the town and village renewal scheme throughout County Kildare and throughout the country, now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28581/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1418. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her ambitions for the development of the National Hub Network in the future; the major beneficiaries to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28582/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1419. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline her ambitions to support the rural road network under the LIS schemes throughout County Kildare and the country in the current year and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28583/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Could I intervene for one second?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I know Mr. Flanagan means well but it is not working. For example, I mentioned at a meeting some time ago medical misadventure that took place in a hospital setting. There was no blame on anybody at all, as these things happen. However, the fact of the matter is this: the time has come to deal with that kind of situation. The patient was not at fault. We can talk about it as long as we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I ask this question on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Colm Burke, who cannot be here this morning. It relates to similar questions that have already been raised, the replies to which I have listened to carefully. The question is about the processing time for paper-based applications and first-time renewals of passports.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. Unfortunately, everybody cannot, for very obvious reasons, make an online application. There are exceptions, of course, where alternative arrangements could be made. However, we must deal with the situations we face. I compliment the Tánaiste and his Department on their helpfulness with regard to particular applications. However, I, my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Tánaiste. I note his willingness to look at the situation and consider what can be done to improve it. The fact of the matter is that we have all had complaints from constituents during holiday time. It obviously does not happen at any other time. However, the processing time for paper applications needs to be looked at, as the Tánaiste has agreed to do, in order to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ministerial Engagements (15 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I agree in general with what the Tánaiste and Deputy Connolly have said. In a previous existence, I had occasion to meet all sides in that debate and dispute, which continues. It would be of considerable importance and influence if, at on-site level, there was a platform to which grievances could be addressed before they boil over into the kind of incursions we are talking about now....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (15 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his UN colleagues remain aware of the escalation of the war in the Ukraine whereby Russia is clearly determined to bring about the destruction of the Ukrainian economy by way of attack on vital infrastructure in a way which is clearly indicative of the future whereby it appears to be intended to reduce the built...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (15 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to indicate in the context of cross-Border issues identified in the Good Friday Agreement and thereafter as being in need of advancement with particular reference to infrastructural deficiencies needing urgent attention, if he can undertake to give his full support to such issues in order to improve these infrastructural deficiencies in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to indicate the full extent of the progress to date in making high speed modern broadband available throughout the country, in urban and rural areas; the progress to date in the linking up of those areas currently in need of but without service; the progress in bringing the entire operation to a speedy and efficient...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which priority can be given to measures to offset and combat cyber-attacks in the future; the extent to which this issue is being raised at Council of Minister meetings in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28841/23]