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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Payments (1 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in respect of a one-parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10663/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which speech and language therapy continues to be available to pupils with a specific requirement in Kildare north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10755/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (1 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Health if reconsideration will be given to making the drug Respreeza available through the HSE with particular reference to the fact that it is a life changing therapy for the treatment of emphysema due to alpha-1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Parliament Information Office in Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome Mr. Temple-Smithson. I congratulate him. He comes at a very important time and juncture in terms of the relationship between the individual member states and the European institutions of the parliament and the Commission. He also comes at a very important time from the point of view of the international image of the EU, where it is going and where it is likely to end up....

Other Questions: Budget Measures (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role he envisages for reform in 2017 and thereafter in the context of the need to ensure the smooth operation of the economy in competitive mode. [10622/17]

Other Questions: Budget Measures (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the extent to which the Minister foresees an ongoing role for reform in the budgetary process and the benefits to accrue.

Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which spending remains on target and within budget for 2017, with particular reference to any sectors which might have the potential to lead to an overspend by year's end; if any adjustments are likely to be made in high pressure areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10621/17]

Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: This question refers to the extent to which monitoring takes place with regard to the budget for the current year and the degree to which any identification has been made of possible overspends under various headings and how they might best be handled.

Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for the comprehensive reply. Has any Department edged closer to the red line than others? Have some Departments been better at keeping in mind their obligations to stay within budget? Given the nature and importance of the Minister's job in the overall budgeting context, to what extent is it possible to ensure that any corrective measures that are required can be made?

Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Of the various elements of the public sector that incurred quite a considerable level of expenditure restrictions and wage cuts during the more severe days of the economic recession, can fairness and equity be applied in return for the sacrifices made by each and all areas in the public sector during that period without placing any other at a disadvantage?

Other Questions: National Museum (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Was any thought given to the Seanad relocating to the old parliament building at the Bank of Ireland? I do not wish to be overly grand about this but it would have been a nice correlation.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: In accordance with Standing Order 70(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Thursday, 7 March 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10996/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 19 January 2017, when update of stamp 4 will be arranged in the case of a person (detail supplied); if all matters relating to the request from INIS by way of letter dated 6 January 2017 and not referred to in the aforementioned reply have now been complied with; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10998/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11000/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11003/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a joint spouse visa application will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11007/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance if assistance under the help-to-buy scheme will be afforded to a person (details supplied) who moved into their new property just a couple of weeks before the scheme was initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10815/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (2 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department can offer further latitude for immediate expenditure by the various local authorities on measures to address the housing crisis by way of direct build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11016/17]