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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Watt. I call for Mr. Reid’s response now, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: This is something that Mr. Reid-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: What are the time slots, Chairman?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Ten minutes, Chairman, that is fine. My apologies, Chairman. There are a number of questions there that I will take written answers to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (16 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I remind members to make sure their mobile telephones are switched off because they cause interruption and interference. For the purposes of the Official Report I have been requested to identify members when they are called to speak. Apologies have been received from the Chairman, who will be here later. He will take the Chair when he arrives. Are the minutes of the joint committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I compliment all involved in the battle against Covid for the significant sacrifices they made, their commitment to their duty and the overall response of the services to the challenges. No words can convey sufficiently the public's response to their efforts. I also want the witnesses to transfer that energy, co-ordination, effort and exercise to the next challenge, which is to deliver a...

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The IMF was in government for a long time.

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The IMF was in government for ten years. The Deputy should not forget that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: At the risk of repetition, but for a valid reason, I raise the need for urgent review of the health services. I ask the Taoiseach, as a former Minister for Health who knows the subject well, that there be an emergency reappraisal of the health services with a view to delivering and bringing up-to-date waiting lists for all disciplines in the shortest time possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure the availability of an adequate number of general practitioners to meet the demand at various practices throughout the county including in County Kildare which is set to experience a large number of general practitioner retirements that will need to be filled at the earliest possible date; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 98. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he will consider new initiatives to deal with backlogs and waiting lists in respect of various procedures; if he will consider setting up key medical and surgical groups to deal with such issues as scoliosis, endoscopy, cardiovascular and oncology with a view to achieving specific targets on a weekly and monthly basis, thereby relieving...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 909. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department will avail of the help of various consultants throughout the country with particular specialties with a view to reduction in waiting lists for various procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8420/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 191. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which employment in the manufacturing sector has grown in the past five years to date. [7331/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which employment in the manufacturing and services sectors in County Kildare has fluctuated in the past three years to date. [7335/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has made provision for the recovery of the tourism sector in the course of 2022 notwithstanding the damage done by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8435/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Responsibilities (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that her media portfolio responsibilities can best be used to confront the activities of various media channels or other outlets involved in the portrayal and glorification of violence including gender and sexual violence deemed to be influential in conditioning or encouraging such behaviour; if she will enter dialogue...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7501/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7502/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Personal Injury Claims (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 409. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of situations that have arisen whereby members of the Defence Forces who were injured in the course of their duties and subsequently awarded damages by the courts are now having the value of the awards recovered by way of reduction in their pensions; his views on whether such recovery is arbitrary and attempts to reverse the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all correct procedures have been followed in dealing with an incident (details supplied); if all evidence including any arising from an investigation of An Garda Síochána has been fully taken account of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8050/22]