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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a further social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6785/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a change of payment details for a child benefit payment can be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason that the information provided cannot be processed in the normal manner; the reason that the information is required to be provided by post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by the parents of a child (details supplied) to secure citizenship for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6866/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to regularise their position in the case of a person (details supplied); if the person is eligible to apply for the recently announced scheme for the undocumented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 150. To ask the Minister for Health when appropriate treatment via mental health services will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6916/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry for butting in and butting out. There are three meetings going on so forgive me if I repeat what I have said before. I will say what I want to say in one fell swoop. I always hear how we can improve the systems and that we should try to do that. My worry is that, before the economic crash in this country, numerous people were quoting from time to time that we were one of the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Thank you. I have an easy question in regard to inflation. To what extent are we vulnerable in terms of international trends and issues? My reason for raising that question is that, some years ago, I was in another European country that had a very busy port and there were about ten oil tankers anchored far offshore. When I inquired as to what they were doing there, I was told they were...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: If I could, I will raise one item before the Chairman moves on. To what extent is modern technology likely to be used in the compilation of the census? Will it be done at the enumerator level or as part of the census?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Is the Taoiseach satisfied that, in comparison with other jurisdictions, we dealt with Covid as well as could have been expected or better than was originally expected? My instinct suggests we did quite well.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: In respect of the security of the IT systems in the Department of Health and all the other Departments, can we conclude we have adequate protection to deter and deflect all such attempts in the future? Inflation is creating a problem and I have tabled numerous parliamentary questions about it to various Ministers. I accept that the fuel issue and the potential unrest in eastern Europe have...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: It is a question of the possibility of trying to ensure people are not branded unnecessarily, whatever the type of case and regardless of whether it involves public representatives of private citizens. Everybody has a right to due process and natural justice. The ultimate decision, which is made in the courts, could be subject to appeal, but the point is that the axe has fallen and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses. It would appear that co-ordination is urgently required on the provision of services. In other words there is a multiplicity of organisations all providing services, whether they be public, private or not-for-profit. There is a necessity for a co-ordinated approach. Otherwise it becomes very unwieldy and I think it is unwieldy at present. How do the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Point taken.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Does it operate at present? Is it working?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: My question originates from the idea of somebody requiring nursing home quality care at home. How quickly can this be administered? How quickly can the application be processed? Who does the processing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I would like to interpose another question because we are running out of time. There needs to be a model to which everybody can operate. That way the consumer is likely to be best served. Travel time has been mentioned. We politicians have our own way of assessing travel time because we do what we call clinics and the public call various other things. Travel time is hugely important....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The point has been made on the minimum wage and recruitment. It is a matter for the various services to try to ensure that recruitment and retention are possible. Is there a way to deal with the competition between the HSE and the care sector for employees? I have mentioned co-ordination. A co-ordinated effort should mean people do not bump each other in the course of seeking employment....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which third and fourth level education is likely to focus on the need to supply suitably qualified staff in the public and private sectors and in areas currently experiencing difficulties in obtaining and retaining staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6349/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: This question is about the extent to which the Minister remains focused on the need to supply the workforce with suitably qualified people as quickly and as often as needs arise.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. Is it possible, or has consideration been given, to turn on an accelerated supply of suitably qualified people, particularly in the tourism, hotel and catering sectors, where premises cannot open fully, even though they want to, due to a lack of suitably qualified staff?