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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (20 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home bed places currently available in private nursing homes in County Kildare; the number in public or voluntary homes; the level of occupancy in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31156/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS general practitioners currently in the GMS systems throughout north County Kildare; the number of vacancies or replacements required to bring staffing up to the optimum levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31157/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (20 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 589. To ask the Minister for Health if a policy decision has been made to reduce the number of beds and as a consequence patient accommodation in publicly funded nursing homes currently operated by the HSE in County Kildare and throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31158/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 714. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31529/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I submitted the question prior to the recent budgetary announcements in anticipation of some of the measures contained therein, given the number of informative leaks we had. To what extent has attention been focused on possible gaps in the system whereby people qualify for assistance to a certain point, or do not qualify because of intermittent employment or because insufficient evidence...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I suggest a greater use of exceptional needs payments in cases where emergencies arise, which is what that particular payment was meant to address. The payment is for circumstances in which it is deemed necessary to support the family or individual in question, and I would ask if that might be borne in mind in these particular circumstances.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 6. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he is satisfied that the budget of 2021 sufficiently addresses the unemployment issues arising from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30551/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: This question was put down prior to the announcement of further Covid-related restrictions but in anticipation of such restrictions. It seeks to ascertain the level of preparedness in terms of supports.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 41. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that Ireland remains attractive as a location for foreign direct investment; if in recent months there has been a fluctuation in Ireland's position in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30550/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which the State is experiencing increasing competition for foreign direct investment; the degree to which the State continues to achieve in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30872/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to identify and make provision for a fallout from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to make provision to ensure a fair and competitive position for the State in the aftermath of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30873/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to make provision for alternative routes to their markers for exporters here in the aftermath of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30876/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the ten countries with which the State continues to have the most trade in terms of imports and exports; the opportunities that might arise in these areas in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which his Department expects to combat the negative aspects of Covid-19 in the year ahead with particular reference to maintaining the highest possible levels of activity in the areas of trade, enterprise and employment; the extent to which he expects to achieve success in respect of each; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 83. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he foresees the availability of sufficient resources to ensure adequate investment and activity in the manufacturing and services sectors; the extent to which investment has fluctuated in each in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30875/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Economic Policy (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 85. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which industry and trade here have made sufficient and adequate provision to meet the challenges arising from Brexit and Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30877/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Economic Policy (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to encourage new, indigenous and foreign direct investment in all regions here, thereby addressing particular economic issues that may arise or have arisen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30878/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Job Creation (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 88. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the job creation in both the services and manufacturing sectors here in the past five years, respectively; his views on that which the future holds for these prospects over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30881/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Economic Competitiveness (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 89. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he and his Department have evaluated increased costs to industry here that might impact on job creation in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30882/20]