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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she expects to be in a position to allow sporting activities including contact sports to take place throughout 2021 given the continued presence of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 293. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she has evaluated the totality of the losses suffered by the various sectors under the aegis of her Department arising from Covid-19 or other reasons; the action taken or proposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 294. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she has considered a programme to encourage renewed interest in Ireland for foreign tourists as soon as it becomes possible after the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be fully re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11317/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rape Crisis Network Funding (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of funding to be provided to a centre (details supplied) to cover services being provided in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11047/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 580. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tulsa will honour section 20 of the agreement pertaining to the dispute with a centre (details supplied) to ensure existing funding is retained pending the final arbitration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will have their eligibility for a Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant reviewed; if technical grounds will be reviewed to facilitate their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rape Crisis Network Funding (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 704. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the full extent of the demand has been assessed with a view to meeting the demand in full and in line with provisions and requirements throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10958/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 739. To ask the Minister for Health if further appointments will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11091/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 793. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card already refused will be revisited as a matter of urgency on foot of information in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11305/21]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise that I was not available for the start of the meeting. Apropos of the previous discussion on procurement, we must recognise that in an emergency we need to have an emergency procurement process. Whether it has operated effectively or efficiently remains to be seen, but it needs to be in existence. Inevitably, emergencies occur and in an emergency it is not possible to go...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I strongly support the Chairman's views on this subject. While we are on the subject of the banks, I want to remind myself and everybody else that a major issue was tracker mortgages. The banks held the view for a long time that they could not afford tracker mortgages because they were losing money on them, which, of course, was untrue. They were not losing money but, potentially, they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I have a plethora of questions but I do not propose to ask all of them. I will put them down for written answer, which is probably the best way of doing it. My first question is on those who have other conditions who are now part of a backlog awaiting attention. Have all of them had online discussions with their GP or consultant? If only a portion of them have had such discussions, what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State. Will the Minister address the question of the student nurses?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (25 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that Ireland can remain an attractive location for foreign direct investment, having particular regard to Ireland’s peripheral geographic location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10880/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (25 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which transactions, sale of loans and other activity have taken place in the past two years with reference to taking some investment funds outside the control of the Central Bank, notwithstanding the provisions of the 2018 amendment; if further legislative amendments will be considered to ensure that, notwithstanding the practice, all...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (25 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if investment funds all remain under the supervision of the Central Bank; if funds sold on to unregistered third parties are still subject to Central Bank rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10885/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (25 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of loan books currently in the hands of unregistered third parties having left institutions supervised by Central Bank rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10886/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer continued support for those areas of the economy most affected by Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10871/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects Covid-19-related supports here to equal that of adjoining or competing jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10872/21]