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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 821. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision will issue in respect of an appeal for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21753/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Issues (28 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 833. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to inflation of house prices through the practice known as gazumping; the action that can be taken to address this issue which currently can result in up to a €50,000 hike in the price of a modest three-bedroom house; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22192/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 837. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the progress towards combatting the Covid-19 pandemic with particular reference to the need to ensure that the progress is maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21121/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (28 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 940. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21476/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1048. To ask the Minister for Health when a new general practitioner will be assigned following a request to change general practitioner in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (28 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1065. To ask the Minister for Health when appropriate access to a psychologist will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1101. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which general practitioners, pharmacists and other authorised personnel are progressing the Covid-19 inoculation programme; if all of the methods currently in place are equally successful in dealing with the vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1102. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all persons over 70 years of age have been given a first Covid-19 vaccination; the number outstanding in this cohort; his proposals to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1103. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which Covid-19 vaccinations are available at weekends by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22349/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1180. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received an application from a group (details supplied) for funding to support its programme; the extent to which she expects to be in a position to respond positively in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21785/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister's statement on the need to ensure the vigorous pursuit of policies that are helpful to Ireland in the international arena. If we do not do it, nobody else will do it for us. The use of the OECD as a means of achieving that objective is to be welcomed. Is it expected that Ireland's peripheral geographic position in the European Union will be taken into account in a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad it is in the Minister's hands. I have no doubt he is looking forward to the challenges ahead. I hope the outcome will be as anticipated and I am reassured in that regard. In this context, does the Minister expect to receive a certain degree of solidarity from our EU colleagues, notwithstanding that they may have other issues too?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I presume that, as the Minister indicated, he will emphasise the availability in this country of a highly skilled workforce and the high standard of education, and that this should not be held against us in the debate that lies ahead. If we are in a position to produce a high-quality product, whether in materials, technology or whatever the case may be, it should not naturally follow that we...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Taoiseach for coming before the committee and giving of his time. How much time do I have?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I can do a lot with eight minutes if I use it properly. I thank and congratulate all of the people in the public and private sectors who have been involved in fighting the virus, which looked like an impossible task at the beginning but is beginning to show results. Will a resurgence in the virus require a further intervention in some shape or form? I do not suggest a lockdown. Do the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: In the context of the situation thereafter and recovery, I agree entirely with the gradual phasing out of supports and the necessity to phase them out in a way that ensures a valley does not occur again and no further damage is done. In that context, will particular attention be given to those sectors of the economy that were particularly hard done by during the lockdown? In local towns and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Like the Taoiseach and everybody else, I have observed trends and issues that have arisen from time to time in Northern Ireland. There is a recognition that the peace process must be worked at on a continual basis and that measures must be taken to address issues that might arise at local level in the North of Ireland. I know that there has been quite an amount of discussion on whether a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: We all recognise the remarkable performance of this country in the context of Brexit and the manner in which everybody involved - the Government, Ministers and the private and public sectors - responded to the challenges, of which there were many. Is it intended to continue a vigorous campaign at home and abroad to ensure that new markets, both import and export, are a continuous objective...

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (22 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am happy to support these motions, which are important. It is important at this stage to give reassurance to the small business sector, in particular, which has been severely hit on three occasions in the past ten years. The first was the economic crash, the second was Brexit and coming along in tandem with that was Covid. One of the issues that has emerged in recent days is that the...