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Other Questions: Garda Investigations (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: We will not have time. Deputy Mac Lochlainn may make a short intervention.

Topical Issue Matters (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Michael Healy-Rae and Martin Ferris - the need to address specific tendering activity for public contracts and private work in County Kerry; (2) Deputy John Browne - the need to maintain existing services and staff...

Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: They were huge previously.

Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Deputy Martin for his strong support for the bail legislation. I have raised the issue during the past 15 years and I am delighted to hear, at long last, that we are making serious inroads and that the Opposition is totally supportive of it.

Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: The Garda Síochána (Compensation for Malicious Injuries) Bill is due and is a moot point at a time when the risks gardaí take in the course of their duty is clearly noted. I refer not just to the recent death but also to the number of gardaí who have been injured. During the past five years, 2,100 gardaí have had to take time off and sick leave due to injuries...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects to increase Garda Síochána strength at various stations arising from the ongoing recruitment programme, with particular reference to augmenting strength at stations that experienced reduced manpower in recent years, with particular reference to the need to address the demographics and ensure the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects extra members of An Garda Síochána to become available for duty over the next five years; if adequate resources for the procurement of modern technology are likely to become more available; if Garda Síochána deployment and policing strategy is likely to compare favourably with other...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Places (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 13 October 2015, when a jobseeker's allowance will be paid, given that the person (details supplied) has attended the local office in Dún Laoghaire on numerous occasions, but who has been turned away for not having a national passport, despite having grown up and been educated...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the provision and increase of rent support will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36059/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a one-parent family allowance is payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a back to education allowance, or equivalent, is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36064/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if eligibility for a disability allowance will be reviewed or appealed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36067/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which rent support will be increased for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36068/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a back to education allowance, or any assistance, is available for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36070/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if rent support will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36073/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent support for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36121/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Longford in updating a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36076/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining a matter under the removals section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service under regulation 20 of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons Regulations) 2006 and 2008 for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36298/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 405. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 29 September 2015 in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 whose three children, aged five, eight and nine, were all born here, notwithstanding her failure to renew their entitlement to remain in the State as a spouse of a European Union national, if favourable consideration may be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (20 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 389. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serious offences, including unlawful killing, allegedly committed by persons while on bail in each of the past 12 years to date; the extent to which provision is being made to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36627/15]