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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 456. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he has received applications in 2018 for assistance from various groups throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38873/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 458. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer grant aid to rural communities involved in various projects to enhance rural life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38875/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 457. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the action he has taken to address issues of rural isolation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38874/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 460. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the main headings under which his Department expects to be in a position to offer financial assistance to voluntary groups throughout County Kildare and the country at large; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38877/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Service Provision (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 462. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date in respect of the two regional broadband action groups with particular reference to the provision of an efficient broadband network across rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38880/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Reviews (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the review of eligibility for an invalidity pension based on medical evidence submitted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38279/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of rent support being received in the case of a person (details supplied); if the highest level based on circumstances is being paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38334/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of rent support being received in the case of a person (details supplied); if the highest level based on circumstances is being paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38336/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all jobseeker's allowance entitlements since July 2018 to date have been paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38344/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for fuel allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38466/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (25 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be reviewed with a view to issuing a payment in the early future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38708/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects to be in a position to address the issue of pensions for women who leave employment to rear their families and subsequently find themselves without a pension or who may have sufficient contributions but when the current criteria is applied throughout their working life, they have no entitlement to a State...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I appreciate the comprehensive nature of the Minister's reply. Given the number of people who will qualify for two levels of pension and are likely to opt for the higher of two, I ask for an indication of the extent to which provision is likely to be made to ensure that the system will work in the way it is intended for the benefit of all. Are those who have made contributions in this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: We should acknowledge that this change is very welcome and of huge benefit to many people who made contributions and worked extremely hard for the State or caring for others throughout their career and got no recognition for that. Will those persons who made contributions in Ireland and overseas receive the same treatment as everybody else such that there would be no balancing of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time taken to determine an appeal; if steps can be taken to speed up the process and ensure that persons whose payments have been cut off continue to receive a payment for the duration of the appeal period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38848/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I was not referring to carers allowance only but to all payments that are means tested or tested on health grounds. The problem is that for the period of the review, the person may be cut off with no payment. That can cause very serious hardship to people in particularly straitened circumstances. In some cases, it can lead to someone losing his or her house due to rent arrears. That is a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to raise again the question of the urgent need to introduce a code of conduct to protect homeowners and small business owners who have found themselves in difficulty meeting their mortgage repayments and who are currently the subject of litigation which, if allowed to continue unabated, will result in a sharp increase in homelessness throughout the country. I understand the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied); if a review will be undertaken with a view to reinstatement as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in respect of their mother; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39001/18]