Results 47,001-47,020 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. To what degree has any examination been carried out as to the underlying causes of long-term youth unemployment? To what extent have the qualifications of the young people on the live register been examined with a view to ascertaining how best to ensure people in the category have the best possible chance of achieving employment at the earliest...

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I again thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome the individual, one-to-one assessment, which can personalise the attention given to the unemployed person, whether they are young or older. One of the experiences that has shown up over the years is that people in the early 60s age bracket seem to have different requirements from others in the sense that they may have been out of work for...

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which progress has been made in addressing the issue whereby women, for one reason or another, are deprived of contributory pensions having retired from the workplace while raising their families or due to the marriage ban and that have made a major contribution to society in the course of their working lives; if their cases will be...

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: My question, as does my colleague’s, relates to those women who, for one reason or other, had to leave the workforce either to raise a family or because of the marriage ban. As a result, they find themselves in a position of qualifying for a lower amount of a pension or, in some cases, no pension at all. It might be said their spouses might qualify but that is not the issue. There...

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. There are several issues which slipped through the net but which we have discussed in the past. There is a question about the methodology of the calculation of an entitlement to a contributory pension. It is meant to be over the years within which a person worked, starting from the beginning to the conclusion. Take the case of people who may have worked...

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister clearly understands the implication of the situation and the complicated issues that are involved. We are trying to encourage him to change the system to accommodate the people to whom we refer. In the case of the employment, it is not as easy to establish the existence of a partnership as it was. At the beginning of the downturn in the economy, changes were made that mean it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will defer the deportation of a person (details supplied); if she will review this case as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2640/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of undocumented persons deported from Ireland in the past 12 months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2745/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 17 January 2017, if she will outline the decision reached in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2885/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2888/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the documentation outstanding regarding an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2894/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of rent support on a county basis or in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3230/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3221/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which adequate resources continue to be made available to his Department to meet exceptional needs payment requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3222/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible in all areas throughout the country with particular reference to meeting out of hours and emergency needs when necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3226/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of a basis supplementary social welfare payment; the extent to which the numbers dependent on such payment has fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3231/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which his Department continues to be in the position to avail of European Union support to alleviate youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3223/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Data (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the age profile of those persons on the live register continues to be monitored with a view to making any adjustments necessary to assist those most in need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3224/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he has examined the ineligibility of entitlement to contributory old age pension for women who had to give up work in the public sector due to the marriage ban or who took time out to rear their families and subsequently returned to the workforce but who do not qualify for a contributory old age pension despite having made a...