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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 519. To ask the Minister for Health if and when it is expected to offer the son of a person (details supplied) an appointment for initial assessment for ADHD; the current average wait time for such appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20278/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 521. To ask the Minister for Health when all matters will be concluded with in respect of the fair deal application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20288/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 599. To ask the Minister for Health if he is in agreement with the Irish Dental Association’s policy paper “Towards a Sustainable Oral Healthcare Service”; the extent to which he expects a reliable fund stream to be available for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if efforts continue to be made to improve patient safety and best practice to ensure an improved working environment at University Hospital Limerick and to avert the repeat of recent incidents there, with particular reference to addressing the most important and fundamental issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20693/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes can be made to ensure that eligibility for a higher education grant is not based on parental income, with particular reference to students who were working but decided to return to education as mature students given that many students in these circumstances cannot afford to live independently but appear to be refused access to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 664. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to indicate the potential funding available for a group (details supplied); the appropriate scheme, if any, in respect of which this group should apply for to secure funding for this valuable community service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20190/24]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: What is the emerging evidence behind the scenes as to the eventual impact on this country of pillar 1 and pillar 2? From the evidence of the past 12 months or two years, changes have impacted our budgeting for the future. What can we expect, given we do not have many friends in that area when it is all boiled down, but we have many hostiles, from the United States to the rest of Europe,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: This is an important group of issues, as regards the climate and nature fund, and we all subscribe to and agree with them. There is, however, some indication that there is a lack of scientific evidence as regards some of the areas on which we spend money or refuse to spend money which are of an environmental or climatic nature. We accept that there is climate change and that it is a serious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses. I am in the awkward position that I have to be here and next door at the same time. It is very difficult to be in two places. Sometimes it is difficult to be in one place at the correct time. We have had extremely good performance in the delivery of health services in some hospitals and not-so-good performance in others. To what extent has there been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Are they being fixed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: How is the hospital building programme progressing across the county, including refurbishment, upgrading and expanding capacity? I refer to hospitals in places like Naas, Portlaoise, and Navan, where population pressures are high. Are we make sufficient provision for the future or are we in a situation where, by the time we get around to making changes and improvements, they are already out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: What did Mr. Watt say about Naas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I would be anxious about that because it has been there a long time and we need to be getting to the end of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: My last question is around scoliosis and the degree to which the health service is getting to grips with the issue. It is a high-profile subject which is very serious and sensitive for those affected and their families. Can we report sufficient progress in that area? Are we making a real impression? This is an issue that reflects the standards, welfare and well-being of the service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Why is it not clear-cut? Would an obvious trend not be readily visible if in one region there are one or two hospitals performing less up to scratch than in a hospital 100 miles away? There has to be some relevance to the procedures and management in the hospital itself, and the number of patients in the catchment area. There must be something that can be addressed. Why can that not be...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Again I raise the issue of the continued use of the concept of parental alienation in family law, which has no basis in Irish law whatsoever, is in violation of the Constitution and the rights of the child and is continually abusing the rights of parents - mothers and fathers - and children, who are being psychologically damaged by the continued use of this. I ask that every effort be made....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister and welcome his reply. I am thinking also of the most urgent requirements that have been urgent for a number of years such as, for instance, the Derry road which was mentioned in respect of another tragic accident overnight. There are several other projects like that, which we have talked about and where we put forward the various reasons they are an urgent necessity....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I again thank the Minister and note his warning in that regard. I wonder if it is possible to take any steps to avert, in so far as possible, the possibility of interventions or obstacles that might lead to delays of any nature.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which progress on the national development plan remains within expectations; whether any measures are needed to ensure the meeting of targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19768/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am seeking an up-to-date position on the strategic development requirements in education, roads, transport, agriculture and drainage, whether arterial or otherwise, and the degree to which it will be possible to meet the targets within the time identified.