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Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I am always willing to oblige.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick will go first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implcations for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: And from whom?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implcations for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Unfortunately, I will have to go to the Dáil for Question Time. First, we should remember one thing: Brexit was not our idea. We did not invent it but there are consequences for us. The presumption on the basis of all the information so far is that it will be a stark, hardline Brexit. The expert opinion we have to go on is that the former Prime Ministers, John Major and Tony Blair,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: On International Women's Day I point out that the Domestic Violence Bill 2017 is promised legislation and the pre-legislative scrutiny was completed in September 2015. When is the Bill likely to come to the House in its final form?

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: It is en route.

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: We are back on this particular subject again, sadly. It serves us all to ponder how we got here and how we have got here on so many occasions in the past. The question arises as to whether we can be absolutely certain that we will not have to visit a similar situation to this in the future. There are lessons to be learned, which include the need for careful checking. The protection system...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 25. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate resources remain available for child psychology and psychiatry services, with particular reference to early intervention and identification of the relevant and appropriate supports, thereby making available an adequate suite of services to meet the growing requirements evenly throughout the country; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting lists for the various procedures are likely to be improved in the course of 2017, having regard to the demographics and the improvements made or to be made in terms of improving staffing levels and facilities and the maximisation of the utilisation of theatre facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12041/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for contributory State pension of a person (details supplied); the options available in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12254/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that the medical cards will be approved for all children currently in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12413/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which assessments are readily available for children with special needs with particular reference to conditions requiring early diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12406/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which speech and language therapy is available to all children with such a requirement here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the mental health needs of children and adults continue to be monitored and met here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12408/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long Stay Residential Units (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate long-term care continues to be provided for in the public sector having particular regard to the need to retain adequate accommodation thereby alleviating the burden on acute hospitals already affected by bed shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12409/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to utilise the benefit of the single EU market to facilitate the negotiation of an affordable price for specific new drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12410/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Data (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children listed for orthodontic treatment in categories A, B and C; the number of children currently in the course of receiving such treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12411/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it might be possible to streamline and expedite the process of medical card applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12412/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which procedures are in place to ensure that persons that do not qualify for medical cards on income grounds might be re-evaluated and their eligibility suitably weighted to take account of a particular illness, terminal or otherwise, which might require extraordinary care, cost, attention and stress to the particular families; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can provide or avail of step-down bed accommodation in all areas throughout the country as a means of alleviating overcrowding in public hospitals in general; if he has examined the potential use of decommissioned beds or wards in or adjacent to the public hospitals thereby providing an available solution; and if he will make a...