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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (25 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which ongoing efforts are made to identify the causes of intermittent outbreaks of bovine TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25526/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (25 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all food imports into this country remain subject to Irish and EU standards in respect of husbandry, processing and production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25527/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to encourage compliance to meet emission reduction targets, while at the same time ensuring that the agri-food industry is not damaged given the prospect of world food shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25528/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that Irish fishermen will retain their fishing entitlements into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25529/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (25 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which investigations into child abuse continue vigorously, in order to ensure the safety of children in the home or in institutional care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25506/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Planning Issues (25 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 18 May 2023, if the developer is unilaterally extending the scale of the development, which appears to be in excess of that authorised by way of exemption or other arrangement; if the scale of the work to date is entirely associated with the use authorised by his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (25 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a SUSI grant might be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25497/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris, the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste, and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for facilitating the publication of the so-called parental alienation report. I do not, as yet, know what it is in that report but I hope it will be sufficient starkly and suddenly to discontinue the practice. I compliment all involved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for arriving late. I was otherwise engaged. I welcome our guests this afternoon. To what extent is technology being developed that would be triggered by an attempted scam of the nature that has been discussed? What exists at present? I know about this to my cost from getting money at the hole in the wall. I put in my usual PIN, and I always check it, to be told that it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is it possible to highlight a situation, perhaps with a red alert, to the effect that an attempt has been made? I know the banks have the technology to see that several attempts have been made to put in a PIN and shut down a card. In the case of a debit card this can be quite an inconvenience if someone needs cash. We will not speak about cash in the context of the machine in Leinster...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I appreciate it but I do not always appreciate it at the time. It happens once every six or seven months, especially when people are tired and it is late in the evening. There is a pattern whereby the banks question a number put in late in the evening on the basis it could be a scammer. More than likely it is not a scammer but they want to be sure and I realise this. A particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I realise that measures have to be taken to protect the customer and I am glad to see it but I want to come back to the original question. Much more needs to be done with regard to technology. Social media has been mentioned. It has many advantages but it also has disadvantages. I am not inclined to believe everything I see or hear on social media and I would not want anybody else to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is there a possibility that because the advertiser is a person of high repute, the online advertisement could lose some of its value?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I will say it another way. If something has been advertised on television and radio, when a customer sees something of that nature online, the immediate reaction might well be that something is a scam because it is on social media.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Would it be beyond possibility that in Irish banks, a particular branch might be contactable by a customer directly as opposed to going through a call centre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I accidentally got through on one occasion. Unfortunately, on more than one occasion I had to go through the whole "press button one, then press button two, then sorry the line is broken down, goodbye" rigmarole.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses. I have a couple of questions as I have to go to another meeting. On the national service plan, to what extent have the causes of the logjams been identified in respect of the delivery of services? How have they been identified so far? In some cases, they are still to be identified. What are the anticipated positive effects those identifications and spotting of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent have the challenges that have already emerged from the various CHOs been evaluated? To what degree is Mr. Gloster satisfied that the remedies for dealing with those issues will suffice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Which CHOs are performing better and which are not performing so well based on populations challenges, etc? For example, I am thinking of CHO 9, which comes up in correspondence on a regular basis. Have the challenges in that area been pencilled in? There are certainly population challenges in that area. To what extent is it likely to impact in a beneficial way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: In the overall picture let us look at the various CHOs, including those under pressure or those not performing as well as they could or should be, for whatever reason. To what extent has the HSE looked at the least performing CHOs to try to bring them to a reasonably acceptable level in addition to them improving, developing and evolving as they move forward?