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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We have the usual statutory warning in relation to privilege. I do not need to read it out as everybody knows what it is anyway. We cannot mention or identify people, persons or places outside the arena, and if people are joining the meeting from outside the precincts of Leinster House, they have no privilege. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the implementation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Kearns. All of the issues outlined are very important. He mentioned that some people in the health service do not feel valued. That is something we have spoken about here before. It is important that those on whom we depend to deliver services are recognised for that. Where improvement is needed, we must speak on that as well. Co-ordination is hugely important, because if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We must move on as the ten-minute time slot has been exceeded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Mr. Kearns worries me with some of the things that he says because they are true. Time is something that comes in to focus. The problem is that there is not time. For instance, emergencies occur all the time. I want to bring in the rest of the speakers on my list as quickly as possible. We need to implement the proposed changes as if they were part of the system already. In other words,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: A quick one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I remind members that I intend to finish as soon as possible. I do not believe in dragging things on just for the sake of dragging them on. We have a couple of other speakers left. We are waiting for Deputy Cathal Crowe, Senator Hoey and Deputy Hourigan. In the meantime, I call Deputy Cullinane. Are you up for speaking, Deputy Cullinane, in the short time available to you?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We will conclude shortly. I will mention one or two points that came up. We hear what Mr. Kearns is saying regarding time. Time is not on our side. It is time to put the template into operation and fit the pieces on the board into place. Football terms were used in relation to it a few moments ago, but I would use road traffic. One often comes across a sign which says "Traffic Merging"....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: No. I am sorry, but Deputy Collins cannot answer his own question.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry.

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I call on Deputy Connolly on behalf of the Independent Group. Is she taking ten minutes?

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We now move to the Rural Independent Group. Deputies Mattie McGrath, Danny Healy-Rae, Richard O'Donoghue and Michael Collins are sharing ten minutes. They had two minutes each but now they have two and a quarter minutes each because Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is not present. They have gained some speaking time.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to liaise with the energy and climate reduction sectors to ensure that both agriculture production and climate measures such as emission reductions are balanced in such a way as to ensure the effectiveness and viability of both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor the impact of the revised CAP on agriculture production and exports given that Ireland may be affected; if adequate steps are being taken to ensure the retention of the maximum number of family farms and shops, and that production is maximised to the greatest extent possible having...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any assistance towards electricity and fuel bills is available to a person (details supplied) who is currently in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit and is struggling to pay for heating oil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52934/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any further assistance is available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53193/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a widower's pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53247/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when the application is expected to be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52802/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (25 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52922/22]