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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 1905. To ask the Minister for Health if a local general practitioner will be assigned to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2370/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 2064. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding for the provision and installation of a defibrillator will be considered for the area of Clonagh, County Kildare; the correct procedure to be followed to apply for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2335/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to make a point of order, Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: How do we deal with it? Do we cut off the supply? If we do not cut off or limit the supply severely, we will make the situation worse.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: There is a point that we need to emphasise in this debate. The previous speaker referred to the broad spectrum of opinion that is emerging and that is quite true. I find one thing difficult to understand. We have read, for instance, in reports from Tallaght and so on about young mothers being forced into prostitution to pay for drugs. Whether that is crack cocaine or a beginner drug like...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he remains confident that existing or established bus and rail transport has sufficiently linked up with the newer public transport systems, with a view to giving modern, reliable public transport options in all areas throughout the country, urban and rural; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62301/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which all public transport is in the course of decarbonisation; the achievements to date in this regard; the projections for the future, including timelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the durability of Ireland’s economy and its continued ability to withstand economic shocks, internal or external; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62304/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains confident that inflationary forces remain within the manageability of the economy; if indicators exist that such inflationary tendencies are likely to level off as predicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62303/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to ensure that commuters in north County Kildare can rely on an increase in commuter rail capacity by one or other means over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62742/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total commuter passenger requirement on a daily basis to and from the various rail stations throughout north County Kildare; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to enhance the availability of rail services to these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62752/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects extra rail carriages to be made available throughout the north County Kildare commuter belt in the course of the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62743/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total expected investment in the rail service throughout County Kildare with particular reference to increasing the services to meet increased demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62748/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which rail carriages on all lines throughout the country have been upgraded or are in course to so be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to ensure that the extension of the DART on the western route will continue to an area past Kilcock to facilitate the maximisation of space for parking and a wider catchment area with consequent beneficial impact towards alleviation of traffic concentration on roads; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he will influence the extension of the DART to facilitate the catchment areas of Kilcock and Enfield as requested by the vast majority of interest in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62745/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the extension of the DART or other rail extensions will fully utilise the opportunity to provide increased capacity and frequency of commuter rail services to existing stations such as Maynooth, Kilcock, Leixlip, Confey, Hazelhatch and Sallins and in such a way as to ensure that as the population increases,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that during the extension of DART and or other rail services throughout north County Kildare, a special effort is made to ensure that existing roads and bridges are properly realigned in order to continue to facilitate the existing and growing population and to ensure the minimum interruption of existing services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which bus services are available now or to become available in the rural hinterlands of Ardclough, Straffan and Rathcoffey, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62749/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (16 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which public transport can link up the various rural areas throughout north County Kildare that do not currently have access to bus or rail transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62750/21]