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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Unfortunately, unless we tackle these issues head on and deal with them, we will be talking about the same issues in five and ten years. It is all very well to talk about austerity, which was mentioned a couple of times, but we never had austerity in this country. We had the IMF running the country when the money supply was cut off. It was unfairly cut off to a lot of people who were very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Dr. Quinlan and Dr. Crowley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I recognise what Dr. Crowley is saying and that there is no quick fix, but there cannot be no quick fix forever. It must be possible to solve the problem at some stage. If we do not put in place the mechanism to deal with it, the public will lose confidence, politicians will lose confidence and GPs will lose confidence, and we will then be in the situation where we are not capable of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Dr. Madeleine Ní Dhálaigh wishes to come in, and I put the same question to her. We need to respond but if we cannot make a quick fix then let us have some fix in the shortest time possible. If we have to import personnel then let us do it. Let us recognise the problem and address it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Can access be improved? Given the situation presenting, what steps are necessary to improve that, steamline it and ensure there is ready access?

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Further, and arising from the Minister of State's reply, to what extent does his Department continue to monitor the performance of each local authority to ensure that those areas most seriously affected by a shortage of housing receive an early and rapid response from the local authorities in order to address the issues to which the Minister of State referred and of which everybody is aware?

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which his Department is in dialogue with the various local authorities with a view to ensuring a precise number of housing scheme starts in the current and subsequent years in order to enhance the supply of housing at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3251/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to encourage the dialogue between the Minister of State's office and the various local authorities with a view to maximising the latter's ability to deliver as anticipated under Housing for All.

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. To what extent will there be an increased demand for housing arising from economic recovery in the wake of Covid? Such housing may need to be delivered in a shorter space of time. Might it be possible to provide the necessary wherewithal to ensure that, in anticipation of the increased demand, the number of houses can be increased beyond what is...

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Michael Collins is sharing time with his colleagues.

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Like others, I wish to extend our sympathy to the family of Ashling Murphy and to the community in general. It is so sad that we are speaking on this subject this afternoon. Ours is supposed to be a more civilised society as time passes. We expect that we have learned from the past, but I am not so certain. What is emerging now is an increasingly aggressive and violent society. We should...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the progress to date in the development of the shared island theme; and the various entities with which his Department has interacted in recent times in this regard. [61938/21]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which he and his Department continue to engage in dialogue with all communities in Northern Ireland with a view to strengthening and improving confidence through the medium of the shared island concept. [63310/21]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 14. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made on the shared island initiative; and the extent to which specific objectives can be and are being achieved. [3252/22]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. To what extent can he use this shared island facility to establish a greater level of confidence between the communities in Northern Ireland and between the North and the South? This is an important issue now, namely, the building of confidence to progress the rest of the objectives of the programme. Is the Taoiseach satisfied with the progress made...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: National Risk Assessment (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Is sufficient emphasis being placed on the supply of goods and services in the update and review that is taking place in light of the issues arising from Brexit and its ongoing implications? To what extent are the Taoiseach and his Department continuing to identify the best way to offset any negative impacts now emerging? The supply of fuel, an issue that has already engaged the House...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: National Risk Assessment (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which the ongoing national risk assessment has identified particular issues needing priority attention. [61939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further effort is needed to accelerate the Housing for All programme in order to ensure more flexibility in respect of loans for affordable housing and an improved programme of housing starts in each local authority area commensurate with the number of families on local authority housing waiting lists and rent supported...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new housing scheme currently in hand or proposed in 2022 by each local authority by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3540/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses built by each local authority in 2021; the number proposed for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3541/22]