Results 26,941-26,960 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the various contributory factors currently making it difficult to recruit or retain staff at all levels in the health service, including consultants, doctors and nursing staff; if similar difficulties are being experienced in the private health sector; if any studies have been done to identify the most salient factors affecting the issue; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has sought or received confirmation from the HSE in regard to the optimum in terms of resources and facilities required to prevent overcrowding at accident and emergency departments at various general hospitals and waiting lists for various procedures; if comparisons continue to be made with best practice in other jurisdictions, with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total entitlement to a full rate of disability allowance and invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4800/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 289. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects the capital programme in 2017 to meet the requirement in terms of extension of facilities including buildings at the various hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4915/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals projects likely to commence in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4916/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 291. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in respect of the new national children's hospital project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4917/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres which are fully staffed and operational; the extent to which evidence exists of the alleviation of overcrowding in hospital accident and emergency departments as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4918/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to encourage manufacturers of medicines to make their product available for sale to the health services at a manageable cost, with particular reference to top of the range new products with an expensive price tag; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4919/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 294. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the retention and expansion of facilities at a hospital (details supplied) having particular regard to the need for such facilities in the public sector and a lack of adequate facilities to facilitate the discharge of patients from acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4920/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 295. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department has been in a position to identify precisely the full extent of resources needed to meet eventualities such as flu epidemics or a major disaster, with particular reference to the capability of general hospitals to meet the challenge without causing difficulties at accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which plans are in preparation to ensure the retention of adequate health personnel at all levels to meet any eventualities and eliminate overcrowding at acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4922/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which an adequate supply of general practitioners, non-consultant hospital doctors, nurses and consultants is likely to become available to the public health service to ensure the elimination of waiting list and overcrowding at accident and emergency departments and the availability of community health services throughout urban and rural...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the delivery of health services here continues to be compared with such services in other jurisdictions with a view to identifying and adapting the most effective, efficient and satisfactory practices and the elimination of the opposite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4924/17]

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her reply. To what extent does she expect to be able to ensure all Departments are cohesive and co-operate in their support for the various objectives set out in the rural action plan? Does she envisage that its objectives will be achieved within a reasonable period?

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Will a specific Department play an integral part in delivering services at local level? With whom does one correspond to achieve progress, particularly if a number of interdependent agencies are involved? Will it be possible, after the first six months, to initiate reviews every three months given that the focus will be on planning in the first six months, at which point the operation of...

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 54. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she hopes to maximise opportunities for the development of the arts and a greater awareness of heritage and economic opportunities likely to arise therefrom arising from the recently announced Action Plan for Rural Development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4133/17]

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The purpose of this question is to ascertain the extent to which it is intended in the Action Plan for Rural Development to utilise the arts and our heritage as a means of improving our economic opportunities in the years ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I am not a member of the committee and thank the Chairman for allowing me the opportunity to ask some questions. Does the Commissioner accept that the 12.5% profits tax was applied to all manufacturing in Ireland by the company concerned? All the public commentary claimed Apple had paid no tax or a tax rate of 0.005%. It was claimed this was done by amalgamating the total earnings of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: In Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Is the Commissioner aware of the fact that the Revenue Commissioners have flatly rejected that suggestion? Is she aware the Revenue Commissioners stand over the fact that they have applied the 12.5% corporation profits tax in Ireland on the company’s manufacturing profits in Ireland? Does she accept it is not their responsibility to apply tax for other countries on other subsidiaries...