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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Why have they so many more people involved in the area? Obviously, we have not kept pace with them. Is there any particular reason? Have they been more advanced in their research, genetics and so on and so forth? Is that traditional or is it something that has emerged over the past number of years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: What are the things that we need to avail of------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: However, if we want to develop a strategy, would it not be beneficial to have the full support of our European colleagues? Like Ireland, the rest of Europe is also entitled to the best available practice in dealing with rare diseases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I would like to set out my real concern. We were able to give protection to the general public 35 years ago on the construction of a house through the structural guarantee scheme, the premium bond scheme, or whatever it became later. All these things fell into the dustbin during the course of the Celtic tiger. However, the general public, the consumer, had to pay up. The consumer was left...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: What about the European focus? To what extent has Rare Diseases Ireland or CHI at Crumlin liaised with the rest of Europe, with a view to co-ordinating our efforts? This goes back to the Single Market. I have always held the view that we are part of Europe. We are, therefore, entitled to the same services as those available in the rest of Europe at the same time, not some years later....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 12. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which her Department has continued to monitor and identify areas throughout the country deficient in adequate modernisation and development to meet modern-day challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27944/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the tremendous work already undertaken by the Minister and to extending that further. In that regard, I am enquiring to what extent it is to be expected that areas will look well and be well in respect of having the ability to attract investment. In that context, to what degree will not only working from home be a desirable target but also the possibility of working...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. Furthermore, to what extent can modern facilities be made available in urban and rural areas throughout the country to reduce commuting times for many of the people working in bigger corporations who may sometimes be travelling as much as 100 miles or 150 miles each day to get to work? Is it also possible to relocate sufficient resources to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister again. We will welcome her whenever she wishes to return to my constituency. In a further enquiry on this issue, to what extent does the Minister and her Department liaise with the major corporations with many employees to seek the possible relocation of a portion of their staff to an area which may alleviate the need for long daily commutes?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I support my colleagues in this particularly important debate. Now we have reached a stage where the light at the end of the tunnel is beginning to emerge in controlling the virus, it is equally important that our economy should respond to the needs of the workforce. We must do this with the utmost urgency and in a variety of ways. The European green certificate is one way of moving...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to press for digital hubs throughout the country in both urban and rural areas presently deficient in investment in jobs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to deregistering a vehicle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when PPS numbers will issue to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27506/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the case of a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27428/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a visa in the case of persons (details supplied); if an application will be treated as an emergency application given the worsening situation in Nigeria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27495/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a change of status from stamp 3 to stamp 4 can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa application will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27507/21]