Results 8,581-8,600 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Secondment Policy in the Civil and Public Service: Engagement with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am not asking him to run in my constituency but I am sure he knows about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for this morning's presentation. It is something I have spoken about as far back as last November in the wake of what we had seen of Covid-19 at that stage. I spoke particularly of the need to superimpose on the system a way of dealing with the health services generally similar to what we had done with Covid-19. I have a number of questions I wish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I do not want verbal answers; I want written answers. It is not fair to the person giving the answers to have to do without and it is not fair to me if they are not all answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I have four more questions and I will see how it goes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: If we are out time, I might as well finish now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: If the Chair can wait-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I need full written replies to them all. How is the HSE board alerted to conditions in all hospitals, accident and emergency departments and whatever in all parts of the regions? In other words, is the chain of command working in two directions, from the ground up and from the top down, or is it just a wait-and-see situation? As was referenced earlier, what happens when cases go wrong?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We need an update on the extension and building programme for the entire country. It has a bearing on everything else. I am not a critic of the health services. As Mr. Reid stated, the way we deal with issues at this level has a bearing on the general picture of what the public can expect. I have always been a supporter of the health services, but they need to be the best. There is no...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The third Topical Issue matter is in the names of Deputies Carthy, Kenny and Mairéad Farrell.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We have one minute left for the question and the answer.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I appreciate that the body charged with running the airport is the ultimate authority. Unfortunately, it did not seem to plan for what was happening and what everybody knew what is happening. The effect of Covid was that certain payments were made that were to be made to many employers throughout the country. A generous subsidy was invoked. However, it would appear that the airport...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way and the reason that the Dublin Airport Authority was able to qualify for the employment wage subsidy scheme while at the same time making employees redundant while also launching a recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30690/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I would be concerned about the way in which it was handled. It was quite possible to project forward what would be required in the future, knowing what had prevailed and knowing as well that there were considerably generous subventions from Government to ensure that positions of employment were retained and the service was able to continue in the face of serious trading challenges. What...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I hate to disagree with my more learned colleagues on this subject, but I know a little about it too. We need to be careful not to scare people away from the remedy to our issue, the emissions. The way to do it is by electric vehicles. Whether the car is large or small, it needs its space on the road. More importantly, at the present time we need to encourage car users and owners to move...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: This is important legislation and I commend the Minister of State on bringing it forward. It is only a short Bill. It is short in implications in terms of what it has to say to us now but it is very important in the way it ties it up. It reminds me of the phrase "and-or" and an issue the House has discussed in the past, that is, the meaning of "may" or "shall" in relation to what...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Energy Prices (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the Government can offer any further assistance to the transport sector by whatever means with a view to ensuring that the rising transport costs do not become prohibitive in the context of economic progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position in regard to the originally proposed Naas outer and inner ring roads in respect of which the locally elected councillors indicated their preference; if the required finance will be made available to carry out the preferred options of the locally-elected councillors; if urgent action can be taken to ensure the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which ongoing traffic management proposals in respect of the various towns in County Kildare are advanced with due regard for the existing population who may be discommoded by some of the proposals; if these matters will be fully considered with a view to amicable solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he remains assured of smooth flowing traffic patterns throughout County Kildare and in all cities, towns and villages throughout the country in the aftermath of the lockdown and conscious of the need to restore the economy to its full potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30961/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made to date in the adoption of traffic management plans for Celbridge which will cater for the needs of the indigenous population of the town as well as deflecting through traffic and ensuring that both objectives continue to be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30963/22]