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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategy Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 225. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the mission statement for his Department including its various aspirations and objectives achievable over a specific time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26175/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seniors Alert Scheme (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he expects to be in a position to support security or senior alert schemes to facilitate persons living in isolated areas throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26177/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services Provision (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent of library support provisions he expects to be in a position to make throughout the country in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26178/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Marriages (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the requirements in respect of two single persons seeking permission to marry in a registry office that have previously been married by traditional rights in their homeland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26165/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if reconsideration will be given to an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); if their case can be re-examined with a view to allocation of the payment in view of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26140/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for rent support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26144/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure to be followed to register a change of address in respect of a public services card holder with a view to ensuring correct procedures are followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26151/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) who received an overpayment in respect of which they have been asked to make restitution will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26161/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26162/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister of State and her colleagues to the meeting. I compliment her, her ministerial colleague and the Taoiseach on the tremendous stance they have taken and work done relating to Brexit in particular. I will speak to the other issues in a moment. I worry sometimes when I hear comments from negotiators on the British side resembling jingoism in the oldest form. Reference...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: We also need to be cautious not to show weakness in our negotiating position. If we are seen to waiver in any way in our negotiating position, negotiated by the European Union on our behalf, then we are lost because that then becomes the starting point and then there will follow a series of compromises. That is not the way those negotiations should take place. A country decided to leave...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: My question on the degree to which the public and the private sector are monitored has already been asked. Why exclude the private sector from the supervision and monitoring that is required? That leads to my next question. If the private sector is excluded, I cannot ask for a comparison between the number of incidents reported from the private sector and the public sector, which would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am specifically interested in the number of cases that have gone to a full hearing as opposed to those settled on the steps of court.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Is open disclosure practised in all hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: That does not answer my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It does not happen in all settings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: One issue, and it refers back to an earlier question I had, is the reporting of adverse events. On whom do the witnesses depend for that report now, and on whom will they depend for such a report after the passing of this Bill or other legislation? For example, there is a freedom of information officer in virtually every public body. That person decides on the status of the information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I will bank it. I have almost covered it all anyway but how quickly does information become available and what action can be taken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The question also relates to the speed with which it can be determined that an incident or a near miss has taken place. I would have thought that the simplest thing in the world would be to have a nationwide system whereby if an incident occurs, which is life threatening or has an impact on the quality of life of a patient for the rest of their lives and it has happened in many cases, that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she can facilitate a comprehensive evaluation of the extent to which children were illegally adopted, removed from their natural parents and in some cases transported to other jurisdictions in return for a fee in the past; if such activities have been detected as being ongoing in recent times; and if she will make a...