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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department monitors possible illegal adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38266/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department can ensure the protection of children of refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38267/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a back to education allowance will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38252/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if immediate steps can be taken to restore a travel pass in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38256/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38257/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) has made adequate contributions to qualify for a State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38260/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (20 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which regulations are in place to ensure the protection of children who themselves or whose parents may be in emergency housing accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38269/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the proposed revision of bus services affecting the main towns in north County Kildare will be carried out in such a way so as to ensure existing services are not interfered with, that the convenience for commuters and passengers remains paramount and that particular attention will given to meeting the needs of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the ongoing BusConnects review of services which is intended to improve and expand the efficiency and availability of services. In some cases, however, it has a negative effect on existing services; hence the reason I am asking the question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. The presumption is that the target is to improve the quality, frequency and efficiency of services in moving people from A to B as quickly and effectively as possible. Unfortunately, it also involves interference with some of the existing services in a way that might be difficult for people with mobility issues and who have already become...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. The only thing that worries me is that I saw a reply to a letter I sent to the Department recently, in which it was indicated that one bus stop was close to another. I assure the Minister that, for people with mobility issues, it was not. The reality is that the stops were at least 300 m or 400 m apart. To an able-bodied person, that is nothing, but to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I cannot understand how the Chairman could do anything in my absence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: My apologies, as I had to attend the Dáil for Question Time. I welcome our guests. I have four, or maybe five, questions for them. Form the discussions that have taken place between the professional groups, the Department of Health and the HSE, has agreement been reached, and is everyone in accord, on the concept of doing everything possible to meet the January deadline? Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Who has been missing most consistently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Who has been missing most consistently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The question I asked was who is most likely to be missing from the meetings and interactions that have taken place over the past few months. Who was most often the absent partner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Everybody takes holidays some time in August, expect perhaps me. The point is it is important for us to know if any particular group is foot-dragging, for want of a better description.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The witnesses are getting it right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I want to emphasise the question. We should make no mistake that there are many things we need to get right in the health services in general. It is no reflection on anybody in the room but if we do not get something right soon, our credibility as a nation among the family of nations will be seriously at risk. We all need to put our shoulders to the wheel, whether we are administrators,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: That is not true.