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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: My apologies for being absent for quite a long time. I had to attend another meeting. It is very difficult when two meetings are being held at the same time. . I welcome our guests. I have a couple of quick comments. Something that has become obvious to me and, I am sure, everybody in public life is that families that are affected by disability spend much of the time waiting for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: My apologies for being absent for quite a long time. I had to attend another meeting. It is very difficult when two meetings are being held at the same time. . I welcome our guests. I have a couple of quick comments. Something that has become obvious to me and, I am sure, everybody in public life is that families that are affected by disability spend much of the time waiting for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she can facilitate a comprehensive evaluation of the extent to which children were illegally adopted, removed from their natural parents and in some cases transported to other jurisdictions in return for a fee in the past; if such activities have been detected as being ongoing in recent times; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Budgets (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget available to her Department to cater for the full extent of her Department's responsibilities, including the protection of children, the monitoring of at risk cases and the follow-up as necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25657/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bail Law (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which new bail laws introduced in 2017 are having the desired effect with particular reference to the number of crimes committed by accused persons while on bail; the way in which the numbers of such crimes compare with the two years previous to the introduction of the new restrictions; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25833/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of instances detailed to her Department in which it was alleged that children were neglected or abused over a period of time without adequate intervention from State agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25859/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 186. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports notified to her Department relating to children at risk in each of the past two years; the degree to which it has been possible to arrange adequate and early follow-up in all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25866/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Data (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans and programmes to address issues of youth deprivation affecting young persons in socially and economically challenged urban areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25860/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Data (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of programmes available or likely to become available through her Department to assist teenagers in all areas but particularly densely populated areas that are deemed to be in need of support or guidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25861/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Data (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department has identified issues affecting children or teenagers with a view to ensuring that adequate support and advice exists and is available to young persons that may feel isolated for various reasons; the extent to which she expects ongoing progress in this area; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she continues to liaise with the various youth groups throughout the country focusing on their need in their particular environment; the degree to which she expects to be in a position to offer support to such groups in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25862/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she, her Department and-or bodies under her aegis continue to liaise with the various youth groups throughout County Kildare with a view to addressing issues of their concern; the degree to which she expects to be in a position to offer support to such groups in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential care, foster care or other care facilities; the extent to which the numbers have fluctuated in recent years; her views on whether a specific response is warranted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25865/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 187. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department has received notification over the past two years of children or young adults being abused or at risk thereof in fosterage, residential or other care arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25867/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 188. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has been assured that no illegal adoptions or placements of a permanent or temporary nature have taken place here in the past five years having particular regard to the need to protect against such activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25758/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases referred to appeal in each of the past three years to date; the number of cases granted on appeal and refused in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25770/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Appeals (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for an increase in the rate of allowance for a qualified adult in respect of the State pension (contributory) in the case of persons (details supplied); if an oral hearing will be accommodated in this instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25792/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the refusal to award an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the matter will be urgently investigated with a view to addressing at early date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25820/18]