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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: The committee should also write to the Minister for Health to bring to his attention the discussions that took place here, the need to co-ordinate efforts to tackle the problem referred to and also waiting lists. The waiting list is a real bugbear. People should not be on a waiting list. Their condition could get worse and become irreversible in the meantime. Given that we have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our witnesses this morning. I thank them very much for their introductory remarks. We have all seen evidence of the stress that can be caused by this particular complaint. I will ask whether, for instance, smokers are particularly vulnerable. We used to hear it in days gone by. My father suffered from something similar, which was called emphysema at the time. He smoked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: What about working in dusty conditions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I was speaking with a person who had a test done some time ago. I presume this was his own conclusion and there was no truth in it, but he concluded that the actual test aggravated his condition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Would that be possible? I am not making a case for people not having any tests, but maybe a different type of test could have achieved the same result.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Are there any particular ones we should know about that could be of benefit to perhaps people who may feel they are in that category?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I assume I have the same as everybody else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I agree entirely in regard to the unacceptability of that practice. It is not necessary. We have the expertise here, in both the public and private sector, and the question is how quickly we can access it. The strategy should entail regulations as to how and how quickly patients can access the treatment in such cases and there should be no question marks about the payment. How often does...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which issues are being considered which are most likely to have an impact on improving delivery on the national development plan, with particular reference to specific infrastructure which is now or is likely to become in the near future critical to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15401/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which the Minister has identified issues likely to impact or impede the rapid development of the various aspects of the national development plan.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for that reply. Are they the most important challenges or are there others in the wings that might have a similar impact? Is the Minister certain adequate progress has been made in dealing with the issues to which he referred?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I ask the degree to which the Minister's Department, or any other Department, is in a position to drill down into the causes of inflation and where it most seriously impacts negatively on the work the Minister is trying to do? Are there positive signs it is being controlled? In line with the progress in other jurisdictions, will the Government do something similar?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she continues to provide adequate resources to enable An Garda Síochána to adequately police organised crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17776/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provision is being made whereby the throughput of gardaí from Templemore is being increased to meet current and expanding needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17775/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to identify best practice in respect of public expenditure and reform, having regard to prevailing economic trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15402/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that good practice in terms of public expenditure and reform remains in place and capable of dealing with possible overruns throughout the public sector throughout the course of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18065/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects further reform to play a meaningful role in ensuring prudent expenditure and good value for money in the course of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18066/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to liaise with all Departments, with a view to preventing potential expenditure overruns or making adequate provisions in the event of unforeseen circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18068/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which reforms throughout the public sector remain in place to ensure accountability, collective responsibility and good value for money; the new initiatives, if any, proposed in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18069/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he remains satisfied that each Department continues to effectively operate best practice in the context of public expenditure and reform, with a view to ensuring long-lasting benefits for the persons and the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18072/24]