Results 51,061-51,080 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff (22 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate staff remain available to the various sections of her Department with a view to ensuring the smooth and effective operation of all the services for which she is responsible; if particular issues have arisen or are likely to arise in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9244/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (22 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 210. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which support services are being made available to children that may be at risk as result of being undocumented non-nationals; the extent to which further measures are planned to protect such children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9245/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services Provision (22 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she envisages improved counselling services for children at risk and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (22 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment of jobseeker's allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9026/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Eligibility (22 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9254/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (22 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details suplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9260/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (22 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer’s allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9261/18]

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the housing needs reflected in the waiting lists of the various local authorities are being met in line with requirements; the extent to which waiting lists have been reduced; if adequate provision of emergency housing accommodation has become or is becoming available; whether there is a need for an...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he expects to meet the most urgent and pressing housing needs in the shortest possible time, with particular reference to the housing crisis and rapid, modular and traditional local authority builds; his plans to invoke emergency legislation to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I have tabled this question to evaluate the extent of the expected demand for local authority housing, particularly in the counties adjoining Dublin city and county. I compliment the Minister and the Department on the efforts they are making, but I am concerned that the tide is so great that they will fall short of the target by a long shot. I ask for particular steps to be taken to address...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and I acknowledge that he and the Minister are making genuine efforts to deal with this issue. However, they should bear in mind that I have spoken to their predecessors going back as far as the former Minister of State with responsibility for housing, Mr. Michael Finneran. I indicated to the then Minister of State that the problems we are...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I want to believe what I am hearing and I know the Minister of State spoke with great honesty, but as a long-time Deputy, I have seen too much evidence to suggest the Minister and Minister of State, other Deputies and, more important, the homeless people we represent will be disappointed. I ask the Minister to have a further re-evaluation of this issue done with a view to identifying the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be restored to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9899/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 495. To ask the Minister for Health if contact can be made with persons (details supplied) with a view to facilitating home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9986/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9613/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 695. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a €70 supplementary payment has ceased in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9935/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has satisfied himself regarding the adequacy of resources available to his Department to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis (details supplied); his plans to introduce the extra supports required to deal with this ongoing issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8417/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct build local authority houses he expects to take place in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10106/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (27 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and location of local authorities that have advanced plans to provide local authority houses on publically owned lands in the next twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10107/18]