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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can extend the lifespan of a nursing home (details supplied) having particular regard to the high quality service and care provided there, the presence of a dedicated staff and the locally supported proposal to provide extra care facilities for the region there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12618/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Data (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres operating throughout County Kildare; the extent to which it is expected to provide more throughout the county or in lieu thereof provide upgraded health centres to meet the needs of the various communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staffing levels in all categories at Naas General Hospital are adequate to ensure the effective, efficient and safe operation of the hospital; the number of positions available waiting to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12620/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken or can take to ensure the availability of a ready supply of general practice doctors nationally in both urban and rural settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12621/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome Mr. Barry. He is still chairman designate but I am sure his appointment will prove to be very appropriate. I raised the issue of the multiplicity of boards associated with the hospital at the committee's meeting with representatives from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board when it became obvious that there were some cost overruns. Interaction between those boards...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: That supplementary is a safe bet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests to discuss this important subject. I have taken a particular interest over the years in cancer research, and particularly statistics. The correct statistical information gives an idea where attention should be directed. In recent times, it has not been possible to get this information through parliamentary questions, whereas it had been in the past. Now we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: How do those numbers-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I am aware of that, but I have been here since 9 o'clock this morning. Has there been any comparison between those who have had the benefit of early diagnosis and those who have not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses for attending and for the work in which they have been involved. I wish to take up on one or two points from the previous session. Clinical trials are not as readily available outside Dublin and Cork. What is the reason for that? What about Limerick, Waterford, Galway and Letterkenny? Surely trials should be spread across the country in an even-handed way. Do the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: While I am not an economist, I have spent much of my political life apologising to economists. The important aspect of debt is that it must be kept at a certain level relative to GDP, GNP or whatever measurement one is using, but that ratio has changed dramatically as a result of good management. If steps that were taken at great cost to the health services and across the board had not been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: We encourage that sort of thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: That is important. As I indicated, I have another question but I will wait until the end of the discussion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Several years ago, I mounted a campaign for increased laboratory facilities. We need enhanced laboratory facilities that are adequate to meet the present and growing population, which we do not currently have. It should be an urgent objective, particularly in the light of the cervical tests and the delays associated with them. We know that the practices were wrong because there was a...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Peadar Tóibín — to discuss the impact of the insurance industry on Irish business; (2) Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice — to discuss delays in the distribution of personal hygiene products from the HSE; (3)...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The courts (establishment and constitution) (amendment) Bill is promised legislation. The Bill proposes to increase the number of Appeal Court judges from nine to 15. It is scheduled for pre-legislative scrutiny. When is it likely to be referred and when is it likely to come before the House?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which he has examined the situation experienced by families suffering in the aftermath of familicide with particular reference to the need to ensure that an early warning system can be provided in which families may be briefed in situations in which a risk might exist; if consideration can also be given to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Organised Crime (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he remains satisfied with the adequacy of resources available to An Garda Síochána to assist in the fight against organised crime; the extent to which adequate intelligence remains at the disposal of An Garda Síochána; if particular issues have arisen that may require further attention...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11482/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or potential residency status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11483/19]