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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: All my contributions have been limited and with the passage of time have become even more limited. As the Chairman knows, I am a very simple country boy and have simplistic solutions to everything, including some of the complicated issues raised by Deputy Kelleher. I see two issues. First, there is overcrowding in accident and emergency departments. This has occurred every year for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: It may be well understood but how far down the road have we gone in terms of transmitting the understanding into dealing with the issue? If someone dealing with the public identifies a 20% deficiency in the degree to which the service can be provided, how does one transmit that into dealing with it? It is a 25% deficiency in the costs and the layout and the facilities that are there. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: When can we expect that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Is this a new initiative?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland's campaign continues to position it in the most advantageous situation possible post-Brexit in the context of having unimpeded access to existing markets including the UK, incorporating the concept of an all-Ireland market and the maintenance of the traditional common travel area thereby eliminating a customs...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the decision to refuse jobseeker's allowance will be urgently reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8884/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for jobseeker's benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); if supplementary welfare will issue in the interim due to ongoing hardship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8896/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which consideration has been given or is likely to be given to major reform of the UN with a view to enabling that organisation undertake humanitarian protection programmes with particular reference to the protection of civilians including children that have become vulnerable in such situations; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Terrorism (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union and United Nations colleagues continue to address the threat of international terrorism; if any particular initiatives are likely with a view to protecting citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8999/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if humanitarian aid continues to be made available in the regions throughout the globe currently most affected by conflict; if adequate steps have been taken to ensure the availability of aid and the establishment of safe havens for civilians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9000/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which particular emphasis is placed on efforts within the European Union to address the issue of euroscepticism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European colleagues continue to engage with their colleagues in the UK with a view to addressing any concerns that might exist in the event of a British exit from the European Union; if the full implications for Britain, Ireland, Northern Ireland and the European Union have been fully examined and steps...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in South Sudan remains under observation by the European Union with a view to making positive impact to protect civilians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9003/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which new trading links continue to be established globally; the extent to which it is expected that Ireland can benefit from such developments in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9004/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he and his colleagues at European Union and United Nations level continue to focus on the activities of Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, with particular reference to the degree to which the principles of democracy continue to be ignored and the extent to which arbitrary executions, the persecution of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which European Union enlargement continues to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9006/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which aid and support continue to be provided to the civilian population in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9007/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (22 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to support a person (details supplied); if it is expected that a breakthrough will be achieved resulting in their release or return here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9008/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: There is the issue of expensive drugs for deserving patients. To what extent, if any, is there application of the Single Market in this regard right across the European Union? Has it been done already or can it be done? Have comparisons been made of the difference between servicing the costs and needs of individual patients in this country and patients in other European countries? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Joint Sitting with Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome Mr. Timmermans and his colleagues. We welcome his words of comfort and solidarity with respect to the negotiations on Brexit. We do not need to make that case to him. He is clearly very conscious of our needs in that area. Mr. Timmermans mentioned that he was surprised at how quickly the country recovered. Yes, we did. We knew at the outset that we had to make severe...