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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Health when necessary additional home help hours will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8529/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 158. To ask the Minister for Health when the next tranche of publicly advertised primary care centres for third party operation lease will be announced; when a centre will open at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8605/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason credits are not applied in the case of widower's and widow's payments for the purpose of availing of dental and optical benefits; her plans to amend the status quo in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8513/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible to receive an increased pension and arrears following a recent pension review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8527/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if and when income eligibility limits will be revised to address the issues experienced by applicants for local authority housing who find themselves ineligible for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan on the grounds of insufficient income and equally ineligible for inclusion on local authority housing waiting lists due to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications received to date by county; the number approved, refused or pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8707/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if and when extra resources will be allocated to Kildare County Council to meet the requirements of the disabled persons grant scheme and housing adaptation grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8708/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when extra funding will be allocated to the various local authorities to ensure the continuation of Rebuilding Ireland home loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8709/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date towards the reactivation of development at Naas Town Centre, Naas, County Kildare; if all outstanding issues in respect of way leaves and rights of way have been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8711/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which emergency local authority housing provision has been made in respect of each local authority with particular reference to those most affected by homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8712/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps still to be taken to accommodate persons who find themselves homeless through no fault of their own while in some cases suffering from ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8713/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families rehoused by Kildare County Council in each of the past four years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8718/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing tenancies entered into in the past 12 months; the number of tenancies arranged between approved housing bodies and local authority housing applicants in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8714/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new applicants registered on local authority housing waiting lists in each of the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8715/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that will be taken to ameliorate the situation affecting families becoming homeless through buy-to-let repossessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8716/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which planning procedures can be expedited to facilitate the building of extra local authority houses with particular reference to the need to make a serious impact on the number on local authority waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8717/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the committee again and being forthright in the information made available to us. I will make two or three brief points. I refer to direct access to the Continent post-Brexit from the point of view of Irish exporters by way of Rosslare or other ports. Questions have been raised as to whether that might not be easy to do. I do not see any...

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 16 proposes to delete the words "by the Minister" and substitute them with "by the Board with the approval of the Minister given". This is an unusual use of language. Does that mean with the prior approval of the Minister or with the approval of the Minister post the decision?

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: My apologies. I thought it was included in the group.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: This is a fundamental part of the restructuring of the health services. My views on the composition of the board have been on the record for a long time. This is not criticism of the Minister or any members of the board or my colleagues. However, I strongly believe that for a board to work, its composition should be drawn from the country at large. Individually, they should have the...