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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Deficit (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the budget deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product has fluctuated in each of the past five years and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34283/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: GDP-GNP Levels (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the average industrial wage and GDP per capita here compares with other EU, eurozone and non-eurozone states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34284/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that first-time house buyers or the purchasers of a family home will not be priced out of the market in the future particularly in Dublin and surrounding counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34285/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent report carried out by his Department in conjunction with the ESRI in respect of the economic impact of Brexit, the extent to which efforts are in hand to address the issues emerging with particular reference to the need to compensate for the impact on GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34359/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Loan Books Purchasers (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to modify the impact on business here with particular reference to small and medium sized enterprises that have been affected by the off loading of loan books to third parties by various lending institutions, some of whom have ceased to trade in this jurisdiction but whose banking activities had a major negative impact which results...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the precise circumstances of alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34261/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will again review all previous employments in the case of a person (details supplied), details of which have already been submitted in the course of previous parliamentary questions and that contributions in respect of all such employments have been incorporated when calculating old age contributory pension entitlements; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a rent payment increase in line with documentation will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34266/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34269/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment for a thyroid condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34264/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 29 September 2016, the means whereby a person (details supplied) can avail of psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34267/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 329. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedure to be followed to obtain a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34260/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The Chairman knows I am famous for my short questions. Unlike my colleague, Deputy Kelly, with whom I get along very well, I do not agree with having very few people at meetings of this nature. Occasionally, one needs a full house in order to get a comprehensive response to the issues that are likely to be raised by an equally large delegation from the committee. I compliment the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I knew the Chairman would be appreciative of that.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The Garda Síochána (compensation for malicious injuries) Bill is promised legislation. Has a schedule been agreed for introducing it to the House and when is it likely to pass all Stages?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (15 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which habitual offenders are facilitated with early release; the number of such offenders released prior to the completion of their sentence in 2016 to date; if any, all or none of such prisoners were offered or received educational or rehabilitative training while in prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34830/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bail Law (15 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any evaluation has been carried out to assess the damage to the morale of An Garda Síochána arising from countless hours in pursuit of persons with, in some cases, hundreds of convictions for offences committed while on bail (details supplied); if she expects to take action on these issues in the near future; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (15 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility pursuant to section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34586/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (15 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which adequate resources remain available to CAB; the extent to which that body can combat organised crime by way of confiscation of assets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35198/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (15 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate and sufficient prison spaces are available to meet requirements at the present time with particular reference to the need to segregate serious offenders from those found guilty of less serious crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35199/16]