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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, and that as well. Parking is an issue I raised at the beginning of the meeting because I noticed it emerged as a concern again in recent weeks. Some of us raised this issue before work on the hospital started and before plans were finalised. You have to get staff and patients into the hospital. I know the Luas passes alongside the building and a good bus service also goes through the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: No. I am within my time. I was the only member who kept to his or her time in the first round. The first point of contact between a patient and a hospital is very often the parking area. Is that not amazing? Therefore, it is hugely important. We need to be alert to the issue and make sure we do whatever can be done to make it easier for the patient. It is so simple and is of equal...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I do not necessarily want to make an issue of it but-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The clock was not turned off; it was accidental. Was it turned off for anyone else? Anyway, it is important that we on this committee, Members of the Houses and the public are satisfied that everything possible is being done to address the issues that affect patients. We must try to make sure we overcome the obstacles, the snags and the whatabouts that have dogged the service for years....

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: For further information, the closure of nursing homes is alarming. We need hospital beds in whatever way we find them and a number of facilities are closing. We need to identify the causes and remedy them as soon as possible. It is more we need of all, not less.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister and Minister of State.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: That is the business of the meeting.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I would agree with that, as long as we do not delay any procedures or spending that is urgently required at the present time. It is a bit like the US, which is good at these kind of things toward the end of the year. I do not want to see any part of the service discontinued as a result of failure to pass the Supplementary Estimate. I would emphasise that in the first instance. I would ask...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2023 (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied that all critical issues anticipated in Budget 2023 have been adequately dealt with notwithstanding the ongoing economic and cost-of-living issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed contributors who do not have sufficient contributions to warrant the payment of a pension; if she might undertake a review of the situation with the possibility of making a pro-rata payment in line with their particular contributions or alternative; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pension Provisions (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 303. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied), who was employed in his Department for over 30 years and who feels that their pension entitlements have not been accurately calculated; if all relevant increments in this case have been applied correctly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58726/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of exceptional needs' payment application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58693/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the living alone allowance will be backdated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made to date on the determination of an application for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which documentation, including medical evidence, has been furnished to her Department in connection with the disability allowance and or possible invalidity pension application in the name of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59349/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which oral hearings in respect of appeals against disallowance for various payments are up-to-date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59538/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment assistance on a short or long-term basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59539/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department continue to meet the requirements of persons with insufficient income to meet their ongoing requirements including cost-of-living requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59540/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which social welfare appeals by applicants can be expedited in order to ensure that hardship does not occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59541/22]