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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Data (3 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strength of the national beef, dairy and pig herd and the sheep flock; the extent to which numbers have fluctuated over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41955/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Data (3 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which traceability, husbandry, management and hygiene tests continue to be strictly applied throughout the food sector, indigenous and imports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41956/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (3 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he anticipates ongoing growth in the beef sector with particular reference to Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41958/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (3 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which his Department monitors the costs of farm inputs such as fertilisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41959/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (3 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in registering an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); if a supplementary payment can issue in the interim in the absence of a one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41726/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (3 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41763/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (3 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for refusal of an application by a person (details supplied) for carer's allowance; if this application will be reviewed as a matter of urgency with particular reference to the level of care provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41823/17]

Report of Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Immigration, Asylum and the Refugee Crisis: Motion (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak and I recognise the facility the Acting Chairman has offered me. I strongly support the report of the committee on the basis that we in this country, more than any other country on the face of the earth, must know more about emigration than anyone else - both forced emigration and unforced emigration, including economic emigration. There are two...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: On promised legislation, the criminal law (sexual offences) Bill is to provide for presumptive minimum sentences for repeat sexual offenders and to correct an anomaly in the law in respect of penalties for incest. When is it likely that the pre-legislative scrutiny of this Bill will take place? When is the Bill likely to come before the House for a Second Reading?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 29. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to implement the recommendations of the Sláintecare report; the timeframe for same; if a specific audit is intended to identify deficiencies in the delivery of health services in general with particular reference to the identification of such issues thereby ensuring a more efficient and effective...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he is monitoring the waiting lists throughout the health services with particular reference to specific procedures such as miscellaneous orthopaedic, cardiac, neurological or other procedures, thereby alleviating pain and suffering on persons; if the utilisation of the treatment purchase scheme can be used to clear backlogs in the first...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a work permit, critical skills category, can be reconsidered in the case of a company (details supplied) in respect of a person in view of the precise requirements of the employer and the skills of the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a work permit, critical skills category, can be reconsidered in the case of a company (details supplied) in respect of a person in view of the precise requirements of the employer and the skills of the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision can be made whereby students attending courses at a college (details supplied) that are not available elsewhere can qualify for higher education grants or other support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41137/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding stamp 4 status in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been informed by their immigration officer that ministerial authorisation is required; if same can be arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41129/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position with regard to the determination of eligibility for long-term residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41131/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position with regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); if all documentation requested has been supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41132/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 125. 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. [41133/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all of the requested documentation has been received in the relevant section of his Department regarding the case of a person (details supplied); if appropriate consideration of their application for the regularisation of residency status can now take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (28 Sep 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the application for residency and naturalisation will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41135/17]