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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (14 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider refusal of an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53927/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (14 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker’s allowance application will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53930/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (14 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to previous parliamentary questions in the case of a person (details supplied), if an exceptional needs payment will be reconsidered as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53932/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund (14 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to previous parliamentary questions in respect of a preferential claim against a person (details supplied), if this can be taken into account in the determination of the person's case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53935/17]

Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I call an tAire, the final speaker, to wrap up. I do not think he will be able to conclude his wrap-up in the time allotted. Only three minutes or so remain. What does the Minister think?

Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I am easy.

Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: No, I am not; I am merely saying there are only two or three minutes left, after which the Minister will have to move the adjournment.

Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister has 15 minutes in all, but not today. The order of the House states we will finish at 2.30 p.m.

Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (15 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Like others, I wish to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the House and those outside the House, including officials, Ministers and Deputies, a happy and safe Christmas and new year.

Message from Seanad (15 Dec 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Seanad Éireann has passed the Irish Sign Language Bill 2016 - changed from Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 - without amendment.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Ministerial Responsibilities (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for the development of services within his portfolio in the coming years, with particular reference to the need to develop and modernise services affecting rural Ireland and the Border regions; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to interact with and provide funding for voluntary community groups, while at...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Ministerial Responsibilities (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to encourage the Minister and Minister of State to outline their mission statement in respect of their respective portfolios and the extent to which they intend to interact with the community and take full advantage of the important role they have to play in the reorganisation and reinvigoration of rural Ireland.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Ministerial Responsibilities (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for the comprehensive nature of the reply. Like my colleague, Deputy McLoughlin, I wish to inquire as to the extent to which the national planning strategy will come under the Minister's microscope. For example, Professor Caulfield has referred many times to the depopulation of rural Ireland and lack of footfall and, as a result, the lack of opportunity in terms of job...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Telecommunications Services Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the progress of the mobile phone and broadband task force, particularly in the context of the recommendations or actions for which his Department is responsible; if the task force will produce an annual report for its first full year in operation; if a work plan for 2018 has been prepared and agreed with...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Telecommunications Services Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the mobile phone and broadband task force. How has it progressed? How many meetings has it had and what conclusions has it reached? Will it produce an annual report? To what degree have the stakeholders been fully acquainted with the urgent necessity to deal with the deficiency in broadband and mobile telephony service provision in rural areas?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Telecommunications Services Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. What precisely will be done to address the deficiencies in both the quality and speed of broadband and mobile telephony services? What will the stakeholders do to address the major deficiencies relating to these services, which are hugely important to the business, education and health sectors?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Telecommunications Services Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. Will he give further details on the improvements to mobile phone coverage in the short term? In other jurisdictions across Europe, it has been possible to provide a satisfactory service which we do not seem to be able to provide in this country. There appears to be little we can do over time. Will the Minister of State give an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Clearance Certificates (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax clearance certificate will be provided by the Revenue Commissioners to a person (details supplied) in order for them to draw down a farm payment from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54348/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a required school place in Clane, County Kildare, will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54552/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to obtain Irish citizenship and a passport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54413/17]