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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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 21. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he and his Department continue to concentrate on waiting lists in respect of health procedures in general throughout the country; the extent to which adequate success is being achieved in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19769/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 55. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the operation of national accident and emergency departments in all hospitals throughout the country with a view to eliminating, insofar as is possible, avertable accidents; if action can be taken to ensure that patients on trollies can have reduced waiting times; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Policy (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the performance in both the public and private sectors with a view to ensuring a reasonable degree of equality throughout the economy in terms of opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20130/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects the various targets in Project Ireland 2040 to be achieved on time and within budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20131/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects the various targets in Project Ireland 2040 to be achieved on time and within budget; the degree to which reforms throughout the public sector remain in place to ensure accountability, collective responsibility and good value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20132/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views and vision for the upgrading of basic infrastructure here in order to better cater for the increased population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20133/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the context of economic progress over the next year, he expects to invoke any further reforms to address any likely issues that might arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20134/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to rely on reform as a means of meeting public expenditure challenges ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20135/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which all Departments and subsidiary agencies continue to observe, in letter and in spirit, the principles of reform as a means of reducing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20139/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has identified any particular tendencies in the context of public spending, current or capital, including any inflationary elements which may require any corrective measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20136/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Industry (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department monitors inflation in the construction sector, with particular reference to the impact on the delivery and cost of major capital health projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20137/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any changes in respect of procurement are contemplated with a view to speeding up various infrastructural proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20138/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the degree to which controls exercised by his Department continue to contribute in a meaningful way to national guidelines in respect of pay and conditions throughout the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20140/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which payment has been refused in respect of carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); if her case can be fully and independently examined without reference to previous decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20123/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether family income supplement might be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20120/24]