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Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on housing took place. [11561/23]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update in respect of the Cabinet committee on housing. [13633/23]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Notwithstanding all the debate that has surrounded this issue in recent weeks and over the past couple of years, a new initiative is required which would give an indication to the general public that help is on the way. I note that last year was the best delivery for a long time. The Government needs to make the case also that local authorities do not build houses and have not done for 30...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I agree with the Minister for an obvious reason. There is a certain amount of turbulence in those markets and also in the financial markets. By way of comparison, the UK, as opposed to the European Union, moved into that area recently and then withdrew from it quickly. It made two or three attempts to do so. One thing we do not need is instability or doubt. The situation that has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a permanent site will be found for a school (details supplied) given the school has been open and operating since September 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an EU Treaty Rights application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise the status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15719/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, for a minor injuries unit in north County Kildare, with particular reference to rapid population growth in this area, that many GPs are not taking on new patients, and the need to free up the local emergency department services for more urgent cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15576/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses and wish to be associated with the remarks made by the Cathaoirleach. I will try to deal with the recurring fundamental issues that have dogged the health services for the past number of years. There are underlying reasons but that does not mean that we must not try to tackle them in the shortest possible time. On the main issue of waiting lists and capacity in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is it recognised that the recurrence of similar issues year after year is likely to demoralise the people who work in the health services in general and, possibly, dissuade people from working in the health services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Recruitment and retention is now a serious issue. Can this matter be mastered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is there not a danger that we seem to concentrate on micromanaging the situation, which emerges whenever an obstacle springs up and bites us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: That to my mind, in the absence of macro management, will prevent or attempt to prevent some of these emergencies from appearing on the skyline.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is the implementation of Sláintecare sufficient in terms of catching up and implementation in general to ensure all parties to it are confident that we are going in the right direction and at the speed required?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Will we be able to avoid the issues which have dogged us in recent years, such as those in respect of emergencies, access, accident and emergency in particular regions in the south west, and so on? I do not want to go into the details again but one size should fit all. If the service is available and this of a high standard, it also needs to apply throughout the regions and everywhere,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Does everybody within the service know what is expected of them at the present time in addressing the salient issues that have again appeared and reappeared over recent years and is everybody aware of the necessity to implement a particular, specific programme to avoid those kinds of things re-occurring? I note our witnesses mentioned two emergencies. Of course, emergencies will recur, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chair.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet Committee on a Humanitarian Response to Ukraine took place. [11563/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I ask the extent to which consideration was given to ensuring refugees were accommodated in as short a time as possible and that we do not have a situation whereby refugees have to sleep in the open or in the unsafe, insecure, unfortunate and difficult conditions that have been outlined in recent days and whether it is likely to be possible to make...