Results 27,501-27,520 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he continues to take to alleviate the problem of overcrowding at various general hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38213/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further streamline the medical card application process to ensure that children with disabilities are provided with the required support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38214/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Minister for Health if the processing of medical card applications can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38215/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Data (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres currently 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. [38216/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who currently hold a medical card; the number of such cards that have been withdrawn and-or updated in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38217/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 246. 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. [38218/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services Provision (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which ongoing development plans for Naas General Hospital continue with particular reference to the next phase of the development; when the funding is likely to become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38219/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Health when free transport for young adults registered at St. Raphael's, County Kildare, and attending various educational outlets can be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38220/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that rural areas continue to be included by way of provision of local health centre primary care centre with particular reference to the need to ensure a high quality of health services in all rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38221/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Health when free transport will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38222/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Health when free transport will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38223/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Health when respite accommodation will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38224/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Health when respite accommodation will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38225/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (1 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Health if, and when, respite accommodation will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38226/16]

Statute Law Revision Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (30 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I understand it is proposed to send the Bill to the relevant committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our guests for appearing before the committee today. I compliment Senator Ó Ríordáin for his work in the previous Administration, as well as the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, who is currently dealing with the issue. I have a couple of questions. In a previous incarnation, I had some experience of the Swiss experiments in Zurich and St. Gallen, as well as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our guests for being with us this afternoon. From the point of view of the Garda, what importance does the Assistant Commissioner place on the need to have an indoor facility treating people who are addicts as opposed to having an uncontrolled treatment centre on the street, on stairwells and in unhygienic situations? What degree of emphasis does he place on the controlled centre? ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: There was some reaction to a point I made earlier. To clarify, I did not refer to policing at all. I referred to the protection of the integrity of the centres, which is a totally different issue. Some people seem to have taken it as a reference to policing. Despite that some of us have hair that is reverting to blond, we have direct experience in these matters. Over many years, we...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (30 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to be in a position to continue to engage with the agri-food sector with a view to achieving a stabilisation of income deriving from agricultural produce, with particular reference to the need to ensure a sustainable income leading to a steady supply to the consumer; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (30 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a family income supplement application will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37824/16]