Results 46,441-46,460 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (17 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of houses allocated to tenants by each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35588/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has investigated the inclusion of a rapid build housing programme in each local authority experiencing a housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35590/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which enhanced measures can be put in place to make housing more affordable to first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35592/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a carer's allowance will be paid in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35594/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (17 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a disability allowance payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35605/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 214. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35608/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Recycling Policy (17 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the extent to which his Department supports the principle of recycling of electrical goods, having particular regard to the efforts made by a company (details supplied) which endeavours to recycle such goods but finds it difficult to access the material for such recycling due to alternative disposal methods...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The criminal justice (legal aid) Bill is promised legislation. I ask the Taoiseach the extent to which the Bill has been drafted and when it might be ready to come before the House.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he has identified the various groups, such as the disability sector, carers, widows, pensioners and those dependent on means-tested payments, affected by financial cutbacks by his Department brought about through the financial crisis with a view to identifying an appropriate restoration programme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he will improve waiting times in respect of the determination of appeals and access to oral hearings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36001/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he can continue to reduce the time taken to process appeals in respect of various social protection payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36295/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Appeals (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35899/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a jobseekers' allowance claim will be reopened in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35948/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36109/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 2 November 2016, if he will address the issues raised in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36185/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of women previously in receipt of one-parent family allowance that have experienced a net reduction in their weekly income arising from the changes that have taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36288/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for one-parent family allowance refused on all grounds on a monthly basis over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36289/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the applications for various social protection payments which are most commonly refused on application and referred to appeal or an oral hearing; the number of cases subsequently rejected or approved on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36290/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of oral hearings that have taken place in the past 12 months in respect of the various payments made by his Department to social protection recipients; the number of cases where the original decision was overturned arising from the hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36299/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (22 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the various youth unemployment alleviation measures have resulted in successful full-time job placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36291/16]