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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for various unemployment reliefs such as JobBridge that continue to be awarded; the extent to which the schemes are proving successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47335/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children whose parents heretofore were in receipt of domiciliary care allowance who are reaching 16 years of age qualified for invalidity pension or disability allowance thereafter in the past 12 months; the number of such applications rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47337/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which adequate resources continue to be made available to her Department to meet exceptional needs payment requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47338/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47339/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 118. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47363/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Data (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons currently involved in retraining-upskilling schemes; the number of job placements achieved arising from such schemes over the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47336/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Palestine and Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests and thank them for coming along to speak to us. I have a question regarding the debate taking place in the House during Private Members' time in which, apparently, there is unanimous willingness to assist in a positive way and to try to put international pressure on the various combatants, for want of a better description, and various positions. To what extent does the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Palestine and Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I have visited the region on more than one occasion and I have seen little progress made over a 35-year period. Therefore, I wonder if it is possible or feasible to achieve a settlement. In terms of the potential for a two-state solution, one will discover when one visits the area that there are three or four states so I am not sure there will be success. That question has been raised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Palestine and Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Did former US President Bill Clinton not bring----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Palestine and Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I accept the point Ms Minch makes, but if something has not worked for 30 or 40 years or whatever the case may be, it is not likely to work in the immediate future at least. With no disrespect to all the Oslo accords or whatever, or to Bill Clinton, who made huge efforts in that area to coerce the opposing factions to come together, I believe the time has come to look at other possibilities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Palestine and Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (10 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I do not accept that Bill Clinton just put on moral pressure. He put a huge effort into bringing the sides together and into establishing a platform for a peace process, and I say "a platform". He was very disappointed and clearly indicated so. The possibility of American aid in the form Mr. Costello is talking about being brought to a halt is fairly slim in the circumstances. I do not...

Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: More lies.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The environmental liability Bill is important promised legislation. When is it intended to bring it before the House and have the heads have been cleared by Government? Similarly, in regard to the role of the probation services Bill, No. 40 on the list of promised legislation, when is it anticipated that Bill will come before the House?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (11 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which measures are put in place to ensure adequate investment in the telecommunications sector with particular reference to an accelerated expansion programme for high-speed state of the art broadband; if a determination has been made as to the extent to which this may be achieved in the short and medium...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (11 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which it is expected to confidently rely on adequate non-fossil fuel generated electricity in the future with particular reference to the short, medium and long term having due regard for current and projected economic growth and resultant energy requirements; the extent to which a determination has been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (11 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate entitlement to disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47639/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Applications (11 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when mortgage support may be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47648/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (11 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if all relevant documentation has been received in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47654/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47658/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent ito which rent support may be increased in the case of persons (details suplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47660/14]