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Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I propose to move on now. We will take sections one by one. If members could indicate-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy may make one more comment but that will be the end of it because we have to show progress. I advise members that if there is a particular issue they want to pursue, they should indicate at this stage their intention to come back to it on Report Stage, as the Minister of State has already set out she will do.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I have to move on.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Excuse me for a minute. I want to move on and show some progress on the subject matter before us. As we come to each section, if members indicate that it is their intention to introduce an amendment on Report Stage, that would be fine. The Minister of State has already indicated it is her intention to do so.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: That is noted for future reference and the next Stage.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: One hears strange things here from time to time. Deputy Shortall has already spoken on the issue she wants to raise on Report Stage and that is noted. The Deputy has also raised the same and similar issues. That is noted.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I noticed that.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: The matter has already been alluded to. The Minister of State will reply.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024 and has made no amendment thereto.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State and her officials for coming to the committee and for effectively and efficiently dealing with the matter before it. I also thank the members of the committee who applied themselves diligently and dealt with the matter.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Do members which to raise any other issues?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that school places will be provided to children (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25622/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a dedicated SNA can be assigned to the child of a person (details supplied), given the combination of her autism diagnosis with her intellectual disability diagnosis are giving rise to extremely difficult in-school circumstances; the procedure to apply for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25660/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all is in order with the school transport application of the children of a person (details supplied); when confirmation of a bus ticket will be forthcoming for the next school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25710/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for EUTR1 application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25701/24]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: We are dealing with statements only. We cannot have interruptions.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 13. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she expects to examine the possibility of allowing pro rata pensions for those that currently have insufficient contributions to qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25393/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to an old bugbear of mine with the number of people who fall short of the necessary contributions due to a variety of circumstances, such as women who are spouses of self-employed people, where the Department does not always allow a partnership to exist in determining the eligibility for an insurance-based pension, and where people have a shortage of contributions in any...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: It does not actually. In a short sojourn in that Department, I made an attempt a number of times to change the situation whereby people had an entitlement because they had an average of more than 21 contributions in a year and qualified for a pension, and people with fewer than 21 contributions qualified for no pension. I contended that it was unconstitutional despite the fact that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I agree that the Minister has made many important improvements, but there is always room for more, particularly in cases where there is an obvious want or deficiency in the system that does not meet a particular situation. Might the Minister look at the possible costs of having a pro rata pension made available to all persons based on their level of contributions and without reference to the...