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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chair. I welcome our guests and thank them for the work they have put into the subject matter before us. Can I ask what changes need to be made to the Bill as it now stands to make it acceptable for process through Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I have a couple of questions left as per the Chair's tolerance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: We paid the ESB bill; we will hang in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Would it be true to say that the international atmosphere is more amenable to taking action now than it was a year ago, for example, due to the obvious horrendous actions by Israel at the moment against Hamas in the West Bank and in Gaza? It appears to me that the letter from the Minister to the Ceann Comhairle indicates an anxiety on the part of the Minister to proceed in some fashion or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: To be sure to be sure, to be safe to be safe, can I ask, in respect of databases and the information available and collated and so on, to what extent is a list available of the companies directly involved in investment in the occupied territories? Is there another list of companies that operate and co-operate with those companies directly affected? In other words, companies that benefit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I have lots of other questions; I could keep it going for quite a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: No. I will not abuse the position of the Chair. I can do it from here but not from the Chair. It appears to me that there would be an inclination on behalf of the Minister to engage with the subject in a way that has not been done heretofore because of a changing atmosphere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome Mr. Gloster and his colleagues and thank them for taking the time to meet us. I look forward to a fruitful meeting. I refer to the extent to which Mr. Gloster has been able to focus on the sensitive pinch points noticeable throughout the health service in recent years. To what extent has he been able to concentrate on them and appoint dedicated officers with direct...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I refer to the examination of sensitive issues over the past 12 months or so. Have Mr. Gloster and his colleagues been able to reassure themselves that it is possible to improve the services to the extent expected by the public, given that some of these services have been highlighted several times in recent years? Is it possible to achieve the kind of progress necessary? If not, what is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Have improvements been achieved in the layout of the various accident and emergency units throughout the country regarding the extent to which security is available to protect staff and patients? To what extent have measures been put in place to ensure that people who are waiting in accident and emergency departments are not intimidated by some of the activity that goes on there? I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Have those challenges been adequately identified and has provision been made for improvements that are going to become visible soon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Is there a particular reason for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: We continue to receive calls from the families of children with disabilities or children awaiting diagnoses for obvious conditions, who are waiting for long periods during which they seem to be isolated and forgotten. This is causing great stress to parents and the children themselves. Last night, I met a person with neurological problems. There seems to be a particular problem in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I will come back to that point.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action in hand to address the ongoing safety concerns of parents regarding their children's safety travelling to a school (details supplied), including the safety and limitations of the structure they are schooled in; the proposed timeline for providing a new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11807/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school place for September 2024 will be offered to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12045/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all steps possible can be taken to ensure that the son of a person (details supplied) secures a school place in the same school as their sibling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12838/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts can be made to ensure a school place can be found for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12881/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision of an appeal's officer in the recent appeal case for carer’s allowance (details supplied) can reissue to the appellant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11581/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 731. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determining an appeal (details supplied); when a final determination is likely to issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12028/24]