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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (24 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the serious hardship caused in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case can be urgently examined with a view to early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23071/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Does the Chairman wish me to stick to ten minutes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses for coming before us this morning. Their information is quite enlightening. I have a number of questions about the two-year training programme, which is regarded as the ideal situation. Does this apply in the United States of America and in other laboratories outside of Ireland, and does the sector here have any control over that? I must mention that I am biased...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Is there any way to compare the quality of the tests in the various laboratories here and in the United States?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I have a short comment. In a previous incarnation, I tabled parliamentary questions on cancer research, the incidence of cancer and its various forms in different regions of Ireland prior to the National Cancer Registry being established. It has done an excellent job and a huge amount of work, but since it was established one can no longer get parliamentary replies on the matter. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I will not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our guests for their attendance and for being so open in the manner in which they have discussed this issue. Incidentally, I have always been a strong supporter of the BreastCheck programme. I was also my party's spokesman for this area many years ago. If the programme us to be successful, it must be efficient, effective and protect itself. Those involved in the programme cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am trying to separate that issue from the rest of this discussion. I want to isolate it and direct it at the group present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Would a patient ever ask a consultant why a test conducted six months, one year or two years earlier did not show a cancer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: As strange is it may seem, the odd patient comes to us politicians to make a complaint from time to time. I often wonder whether it might be better for the system to respond without prejudice and to talk about arbitration or whatever the case may be. One can achieve quite a lot without massive costs. This is not a stroke against my colleague or anything like that but I have to mention a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Somebody said 99%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: That is good. It is fine but it is not accurate. If a woman happens to be one of the 10%, she will obviously feel aggrieved. Is there anything we can learn or do to try to narrow that any further? We have listened to the witnesses' submissions. Repeated mammogram tests might not be the answer either. It might cause greater stress and so on. Is there any way we can deal with that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I compliment the BreastCheck system for all it has achieved and for the tremendous work that has been achieved in terms of identifying and putting in place the necessary treatment.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the strength of An Garda Síochána has been augmented to date; the degree to which the strength of the force will be increased in the future; if he expects stations in both urban and rural areas to benefit from the increase in the strength of the force; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which consideration has been given to a serious plan to tackle organised criminal gangs with particular reference to the possibility of proscribing their membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22655/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which an adequate number of judges are being appointed to the various courts in order to minimise delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22827/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the identity of the membership of criminal gangs is known; if such membership can be targeted in order to limit the activity and influence of such gangs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22818/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which criminal gang members have been offered rehabilitative or educational training while in prison; the number that have had more than one referral for such training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22819/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Policing Plans (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the structures of An Garda Síochána are adequate to meet the challenges of modern criminality; his plans to modernise same including the use of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22820/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners incarcerated in high security or moderate security prisons to date; the extent to which the numbers are subject to fluctuation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22821/18]