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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses for coming along and giving us information on this particularly difficult situation. It is difficult because it is very hard to treat it. We did manage to find a treatment in the form of a vaccine for Covid but there seems to be no way of preventing long or chronic Covid. What is happening with regard to drugs? Are efforts being made to identify specific drugs for...

Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: If all the other elections took as long as this one, they would have taken a long time.

Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: ——the consumers of this country will remember how they were left unprotected for so long. They will recall how little the Government did in recognition of their plight and ask how it managed to avoid the issue for so long and why it introduced this Bill only now.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding long-term residency status, long-term eligibility for naturalisation-stamp 4 update in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2134/14]

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, but for the benefit of those who have not been in this House for too long, a bit of education might go a long way.

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The purpose of this question is to highlight the situation with long-term and youth unemployment, the extent to which progress has been made and the extent to which it is necessary to continue to ensure that the needs of the long-term and young unemployed are pursued.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: As long as everyone observes the 15 minutes I do not mind. You can stay here until midnight and afterwards as long as everyone observes the 15 minutes and no more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: As the weeks go buy, how successfully has public confidence in the system been restored by way of overhauling the numbers? I acknowledge there is a long-term plan but that could take one, two or three years. Three years is a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I note the position regarding dormant cases, ongoing cases and so on. Some 29 cases are still open and for legal action. How long are they open? How long have they been in place?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank everybody for their patience during the long duration of this session and for their participation.  The Minister, the members of the Opposition and the officials were so patient for so long and have come so far.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (25 Jun 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if long-term residency is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if an application for long-term residency might now be accepted in this person's case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25614/15]

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Feb 2005)

Bernard Durkan: This horse has been at the starting gate for a long time. He has been chomping at the bit and encouragement has been given to his rider, his trainer, and his owner. However, it is at a very late date that it is coming out the gate, long after the race has started.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in offering long-term residency to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if provision will be made for the person to reside here on a temporary or long-term basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29417/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of initiatives she has in mind to address the issue of long-term and youth unemployment; the number of short, medium and long-term places likely to be available in respect of both categories in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10441/14]

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Bernard Durkan: I will deal with promised legislation, some of which was promised a long time ago by those people now in opposition. There is a great opportunity to shed some light on the issues. The criminal justice (cyber-crime) Bill was repeatedly promised a long time ago, as was the criminal justice (forensic evidence and DNA database) Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...going to change the whole system, we are going to shift this around, we are going to put it to a different use altogether and do whatever else we are going to do with it.” In addition, what is the long-term intention? Anything I have heard so for is not in concert with what I would regard as the long-term intentions for that site. That is an added question. What are the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (11 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been here since 2000 including long periods covered by a work permit; if they qualify for long-term residency with entitlement to continue in employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41695/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (24 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the full extent of incentivisation or inducement for employers to take on long-term unemployed and particularly the young long-term unemployed thereby achieving a reduction in the live register; if it is possible to quantify possible progress in this area within the next twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3677/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...the situation to ensure we can provide adequately for the future, otherwise it will fall by the wayside. It will be like the medical card issues and so on to which I referred. It gets put on the long finger. The problem is that we never know how long the finger is. There comes an end to one's patience when one is waiting to measure the long finger. We are on the Minister's side. We...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (16 Jan 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the level of financial support available for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who suffers from Crohn's disease, who no longer has a medical card or general practitioner card, who is not eligible for the long-term illness card as Crohn's disease is not one of the illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement...