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- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permissions applied for and refused by county in each of the past three years to date; the way such figures will inform housing policy going forward with particular reference to giving the local population a chance to live in their local area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12303/22]
- Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 1 to 13, inclusive, have been ruled out of order.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: As there are no amendments on Report Stage, we will proceed to the Fifth Stage.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: The order in front of me is that I have to proceed.
- Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I must now deal with a postponed division on amendment No. 1 to the Second Stage motion on the Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021, taken on Thursday, 24 February 2022. On the question, "That the amendment to the motion be made", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2) that division must be taken now.
- Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: From the Seanad (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: A message will be sent to Seanad Éireann acquainting it that Dáil Éireann has agreed to the amendments.
- Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: From the Seanad (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and will be discussed together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests and thank them for coming in. I have listened to carefully and, like a number of other speakers, I am confused. One can probably speculate as to whether I was confused before listening to the dissertation or as a result of it. However, suffice it to say, I am thoroughly confused now. Has there been dissension within the administration of the services in the Cork-Kerry...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Dissension in any context whatsoever. There appears to be a dispute among management, administration, etc., as to what should be done in certain cases because the outcome has not been satisfactory. Therefore, there must be some correlation of opinions within the operation of the service. The question still stands. Is there dissension?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Yes, Mr. Fitzgerald can.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Did the HSE review them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Did the HSE have inquiries in this regard before the Maskey report? Were there other indications that everything was not running according to plan? For example, it appears that a number of situations were unsatisfactory. For instance, the governance group met every four months, which is totally inadequate to deal with the situation of running the services.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Does Mr. Fitzgerald agree that the governance structure did not work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Patients suffered as a result.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: That is fine. As a result, an inadequate service was provided to the people of the Kerry and Cork areas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)
Bernard Durkan: The governance structure did not work and when it became obvious that was the case, action was taken. Has that action been satisfactory? Has it dealt with the issues that have been raised? Have structures that will work been put in place? Those structures must not become a reason for further debate on the subject of the Kerry and Cork areas.