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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, I am in my office in Leinster House. I have a couple of questions on the national children's hospital. I have heard, as I am sure others have, speculation on the likely cost, and we went through that the last day. Some suggest it is in the wrong place. Since the hospital is built, I am not certain whether a discussion on that basis is intent on doing anything material, and I do not...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Is it possible to identify specific areas where changes might be made that would improve patient safety and reduce State claims?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent can measures be taken now to reduce potential accidents or errors at birth that subsequently end up with the State Claims Agency or before the courts? Has that been done? Have the particularly sensitive areas and most common likely incidents been identified? Has the HSE been able to put in place rule-of-thumb measures that would apply in all maternity hospitals to try to...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Is it possible to reduce the time lag between the time of the incident when the liability arises and the eventual addressing of the compensation or claim in whatever area that needs to be done. I am thinking about issues that have been common in the past, such as loss of oxygen at birth with obvious consequences. A number of similar areas have serious consequences for the patient, either...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Were the Minister might able to supply this information, it would be helpful to know the length of time taken to approve the orphan and rare disease drugs. Moving on, the area of community healthcare organisation, CHO, 7 has been in difficulty for some time. It is my area and that of the Chair's, and also includes west Wicklow. I refer to CAMHS, as well as adult mental health services....

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State. I ask the Minister to send me a written update on the capital plans, extension upgrades, etc., for Naas General Hospital and the Lakeview unit.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: When? The endoscopy and oncology areas were due to be upgraded and have been listed for quite a long time.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Estimates for Public Services 2022: Message from Select Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2022: Votes 5, 12, 13, 14 and 17.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I compliment the Minister on his efforts in this area. I wish to inquire further as to the degree to which the Minister's Department continues to identify the particular weaknesses now showing up in almost every category of employment, including the teaching, medical, nursing and building professions. The technical and academic requirements are many and varied now. I am inquiring as to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I bring to the attention of the Minister that many refugees coming into the country have particular skills that are in short supply in the home market. These people are ready and willing to work. Every effort should be made to ensure they have this opportunity and that they are not diverted in any way by those who seek to protest, for one reason or another, on the basis of their right to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to identify and meet the demand in the higher education sector, with particular reference to identification of the areas now most urgently requiring employees; if he is satisfied that a sufficient supply of appropriately qualified graduates continues to be available; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I have a continued interest in the degree to which the Minister can liaise on the various opportunities that exist in industry and throughout the workplace with a view to meeting the most urgently known requirements and given that almost everybody has signs up inviting potential employees to apply.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he is in a position to augment and accelerate the housing for all programme with a view to making serious impact on the number of families seeking to avail of local authority or affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new initiatives that he can take to assist those seeking to acquire a home; if modular or other system-built housing can be considered, with a view to making a further and serious contribution to the provision of attainable housing in the short to medium-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59780/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The extent to which he continues to identify and cater for the demand in terms of graduates in the academic or technical areas, with a view to ensuring the availability of sufficient qualified persons to meet the needs of the marketplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to pursue the objective of providing more academic and technical graduates in the future; if he has identified specific targets in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60045/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most obvious likely shortages of graduates in the future to meet the demands for the technical sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60046/22]