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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Is it recognised that all Departments have to stay within budget, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Because of overruns.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Ms Ní Sheaghdha.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which bilateral and multilateral aid continues to reach the intended targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46375/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has discretion to increase the pension entitlement of a member of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he expects the Brexit discussions to remain positive from an Irish point of view, with particular reference to trade discussions with the UK in the aftermath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46604/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, his officials and the embassies and consulates overseas continue to seek out new trading partnerships within the EU and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46605/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland has succeeded in forming new trading relationships throughout Africa; the role his Department plays in such developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46606/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish overseas development aid continues to arrive at its planned targets throughout the various intended locations globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46607/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his colleagues, through the aegis of the EU and the UN, continue to be successful in meeting the aid requirements at the ten most sensitive conflict zones globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46608/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue in the Middle East peace process, in particular with reference to the need for permanent structures to encourage progress in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46609/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to pressurise Boko Haram and Al Shabaab with a view to curtailing their respective activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46611/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in regard to EU enlargement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46612/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which financial commitments made by the international community in respect of aid to various disaster areas has improved over the past ten years, particularly in the areas of co-ordination and delivery of such commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46613/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, through the EU and UN, the international community continues to monitor the top ten conflict locations worldwide involving war, human rights abuses, including genocide and abuse of women and children; if the international community remains effective in dealing with such issues; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to monitor events in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46615/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Relations (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she, through the international community, uses her influence to discourage trade wars; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46610/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (12 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if special arrangements will be made to address the issues in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46158/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (7 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Has the Minister of State set particular targets or specified a timeline for achieving targets on an ongoing basis to catch up through replacing retirees with new recruits?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (7 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Will the Minister of State indicate when that target of 9,500 might be reached? Will that be in six months or a year? Such an indication could eliminate the doubt about the direction in which the strength of the Defence Forces is going.