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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Is it true, as has been referred to already, that several people have been tentatively identified as being future employment prospects in the health service, and that they have not been approved or that they are pending? Has any thought been given to non-binding temporary appointments that could be carried forward to the future and approved or not, as the case may be? Can that be done in...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Is it being done?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: So what is the status of the appointments? Are they temporary whole-time, temporary part-time or just temporary?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Correct. Are there posts waiting to be filled at the present time that could be filled on a temporary basis?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Could that and will that be done in order to address deficiencies in the labour force, for the want of a better description, in the short term?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: When consideration is being given to the possibility of agency staff or temporary, whole-time or part-time staff, is the advice towards the appointment of the temporary staff, as opposed to the agency staff? Which is it?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, please. I will move on. Could I ask the Minister the extent to which Sláintecare has bedded into the system, albeit in the face of considerable other challenges? Has adequate, sufficient or anticipated progress been made in incorporating into the health service the terms of the Sláintecare report?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister. I wish to ask about elective procedures, which are stockpiled at this stage to a considerable extent. Was consideration given to referring them under the treatment purchase scheme to the private hospital sector, which has been available? Some criticism has been made of the fact that it has been underutilised. To what extent, if at all, has it been utilised? To what...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: So they should be contract out quickly. I thank the Minister. Scoliosis was raised earlier. For parents with a child awaiting scoliosis procedures, a month is a long time and a year is an awful long time. In some cases, the wait has gone on far longer, which is interminable and unacceptable. I ask that the Minister put in place some emergency measures, whether outsourcing to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which adequate forward planning continues to take place in order to identify the number and location of primary and post-primary schools throughout the greater Dublin area and nationwide, having regard to population projections as identified by the local authorities through the core strategy figures; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to improve pupil-teacher ratios over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40011/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding previously awarded under the sports capital programme in the case of a club (details supplied) is secure given delays to ongoing projects due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40129/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which provision has been made for extra accommodation required at a school (details supplied); if cognisance is taken as to whether extra places need to be made in the short-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40112/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position with regard to accommodation requirements at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40113/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position with regard to the provision of the new school at Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare; the degree to which the project has been impeded by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40114/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which all required extra facilities at a school (details supplied) have been provided to date or are in course thereof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40115/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which facilities required at a school (details supplied) are being provided for in line with requirements as set out by the school authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40116/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the facilities required at a school (details supplied) have been provided in line with the wishes of the school authorities to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40117/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position in regard to outstanding requirements at a school (details supplied) in line with the proposals set out by the school authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40118/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which primary, post-primary and Gaelscoil requirements and-or additional facilities required are provided for in Leixlip, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40119/20]