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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: On this question of a population increase by 2% or 84,000 every year since 2019, this means there has been cumulative population growth of 422,000 between 2019 and 2024. How much of that is indigenous growth and how much of it is due to inward migration?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: We should have them because it gives a slanted impression. For instance, I do not see the number of people over 75 coming into the country as being in any way of the level referred to here but, by comparison, I see a huge number of young people coming in. I would say the ratio is very different from what these figures suggest. As well as that, I heard on a radio programme this morning...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Cloncurry drug treatment centre in Enfield, which is on the border of my constituency, is a case in point. I invite the Minister of State to visit if he gets a chance. It would be important to the assessment of the need and threat.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I support the point raised by Deputy Boyd Barrett regarding the completion of what would be local authority houses in private estates. From my examination, the finishing leaves much to be desired. The houses were meant for social housing, be it on the local authority side or the approved housing body side.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: They are not up to the required standard or in keeping with the standard of the rest of the development. Within a very short space of time, they have started showing flaws such as leakages, dampness, poor plumbing, poor electrics, etc. The real tell-tale of any development is the finish in the bathrooms, where the tiling can clearly be at variance with the standard found in the rest of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which broadband provision throughout the country is progressing as intended; if efforts continue to bridge communication gaps that have become obvious; if he can see a means whereby the provision of broadband throughout all the regions can be maximised in early date; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address issues like reduction, reuse and recycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41651/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the success of the deposit return scheme for plastic bottles to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41652/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which mobile telephone services remain good when compared with other European Union member states or adjoining countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the ongoing steps to support remote working through the roll-out of high-speed fibre broadband connections, particularly to blackspot-prone rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41654/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland’s emissions have been reduced in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41655/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which deficiencies in the availability of adequate broadband facilities continue to be identified in all areas throughout County Kildare; the remedial action in hand to address this issue, given the importance of access to high-speed broadband for commercial and educational purposes; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which wind and solar electricity generating targets are being realised at present; the extent to which such generation can be accelerated in the short to medium term, with particular reference to the expected contribution to the national grid over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the alternative energy electricity generating programme continues at pace, with particular reference to availing of wind generation, onshore and offshore; the precise extent to which this capacity has increased or is increasing with a view to maximisation at the earliest possible date; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which wind or solar electricity generation farms continue to be encouraged in the short, medium and long term, with a view to contributing to and stabilising the national grid, given requirements likely in the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41660/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he continues to liaise with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that both climate emission reduction requirements are met alongside agri-food objectives, thereby protecting a major national industry of food production together with the need to observe best practice in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he is satisfied regarding investment in broadband infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41662/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the provision of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied); the current status of current pending project plans; the length of time they have been pending; the likely advancement of the project in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41540/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41571/24]