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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 152, in the name of Deputy Wallace, arises out of committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 152 to 160, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: There is a number of amendments remaining and they will have to dealt with on the next occasion.

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Members of the Technical Group, namely, Deputies Thomas Pringle, John Halligan, Finian McGrath, Catherine Murphy and Joan Collins, are sharing a ten minute slot.

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Deputies Brendan Ryan, Jerry Buttimer, Anthony Lawlor, Michelle Mulherin, Arthur Spring, Áine Collins, Dan Neville and Patrick O' Donovan will be sharing time.

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: One speaker, please.

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Next to speak was to be Deputy Michelle Mulherin but she is not present and neither is Deputy Arthur Spring. I, therefore, call Deputy Áine Collins. I presume her two colleagues are not coming back in and that the time is to be shared between the rest of the Deputies, but we will see what happens.

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I am grateful to Sinn Féin for bringing this issue before the House in this format because it gives us a greater opportunity to look again at the housing issue and the origins of the problems we face at present. This crisis, and it is a crisis, does not have its origins in the last three and a half or four years, or even in the last ten years. Its origins are in bad planning in the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent, if any, to which scope exists for an increase to be made to the various social welfare payments that have been subject to reduction or cessation, or have received no increase in payment for several years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33085/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to set out the extent to which youth unemployment is being specifically targeted and alleviated, unilaterally and with the help of the European Union institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33636/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the way in which the procedures for examination of applications for social welfare payments can be standardised and streamlined to eliminate any possible delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33626/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the way in which the reduction in the live register can contribute to expediting the process for various social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33627/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and-or jobseeker's benefit at 31 December in each year from 2008 to 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33628/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a contributory State pension and a non-contributory State pension at the end of each year from 2008 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33630/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the facilities in her Department to examine all aspects of applications for contributory State pension, where the applicant refers to information relating to employment not included in the calculations which determined entitlement to a full pension or part thereof; if she is satisfied that adequate provision is being made to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how her Department monitors rent supplement to ensure that everything possible is done to maximise the impact on the housing situation and homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33631/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how provision can be made to address any issues arising from cutbacks forced upon her Department arising from the memorandum of understanding she inherited, with particular reference to families, adults and children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33632/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she has examined the overall social welfare budget, with a view to identifying those areas and persons whose payments were most severely impacted on during the economic downturn; the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address these issues in future years; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent, if any, to which she is aware of any hardship to lone parents, arising from changes in the one-parent family payment, with particular reference to situations where the payment subsequently fell short of the previous entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33633/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection whether the extent of the negative impact of the cessation of mortgage interest relief on particular families has been examined; whether anything can be done to support these families, where loss of the family home is imminent through no fault of the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33635/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (30 Sep 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average length of time taken to determine all social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33637/15]