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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: That is to give us a profile of how matters are progressing, what is waiting insofar as new drugs are concerned, the potential conditions to which they apply, and the impact they are likely to have on the health conditions of patients. A lot of work has been done on child and adolescent mental health, etc., and the Minister of State has done a huge amount of work in that area, which is...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: And in again.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Going back to my previous references to medical cards, and while I emphasise that I am taking into account the number of extra medical cards issued, it is tempting nonetheless to identify the number of vulnerable patients being treated for cancer or who are about to be treated for cancer and the extent to which, when we pursue their individual cases, we get a limited response. I have brought...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Why is that? Are the levels of remuneration we offer not in accord with expectations? Is the responsibility too great? Is the area for which the relevant people will have responsibility too large? Is the job too onerous? Do we need more people to share the burden? What can be done to intervene?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I congratulate the Minister for a very comprehensive and progressive budget in respect of her Department addressing issues that long awaited somebody to address them, and her Department anticipating other issues. It is a good and progressive response to the challenges behind us and ahead of us at present which affect everybody. I will raise two issues that affect one group of people who...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: My point is there is no seamless transfer from domiciliary care allowance to another payment. Very often the response is that the child needs no more care or attention than any child of a similar age. I challenge that response and I have had countless issues to deal with over the years. It means that very often, that child is an indefinite burden on the parent or parents, as the case may...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Inquisitor.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has identified issues likely to impede progress on the delivery of the national development plan; the provisions he has put in place to offset these problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52294/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which the Minister of State can and has identified potential blockages to the onward progress of the national development plan, which should take precedence, and the extent to which he has identified proposals to remedy them.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for that reply. Given the extensive nature of the national development plan, there are ample opportunities to slow down the plan depending on in whose interests it might be and there are ample opportunities to sidestep actions that might slow down the plan. The question to which I am seeking an answer is whether anybody has undertaken to identify those issues...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I appreciate the Minister of State's candour. However, I get suspicious at times like this because hidden within the answer is a potential code to the effect that it will be decided in the interest of public spending, inflation etc. Some of those issues can also impact on inflation in a positive way from the point of view of the Government. There might be a possibility of identifying them...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Our thoughts go out to the children and their carer who were so callously attacked a few days ago and left in a life-threatening condition. We should record the bravery with which passers-by reacted to the situation regardless of their own safety. They were prepared to help. That is the real spirit of Ireland. The real thinking people of Ireland are the ones who respond to the call of an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department continues to identify, isolate and confront delays in the delivery of various services such as housing, health services and educational needs, with a view to ensuring a smooth transition of procedures in order to facilitate the meeting of the various needs on an ongoing basis; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has interaction with other European countries with a view to ensuring that the benefits arising from membership of the EU in terms of financial stratagems do not militate against Irish interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52558/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if and when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52142/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) is entitled to an increase in their pension as a former civil servant as part of the Building Momentum agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52478/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to utilise the concept of reform to enhance and improve delivery of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52553/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Projects (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to indicate the extent to which reform has become an integral part of all Departments with a view to speeding up the relevant processes in respect of Government projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52554/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (28 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department receives as near as possible estimates from each Department in the preparation of annual budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52555/23]