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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which extra teachers have been deployed at primary and second level throughout the country in line with requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42503/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding to the provision of a Gaelcholaiste in north County Kildare; the extent to which plans are proceeding as expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42504/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to improve the career guidance service throughout second level education; if he anticipates an improvement in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42506/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Therapy Services (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which speech and language therapy continues to be available to pupils with a specific requirement in north County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42507/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Quality Assurance Compliance (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which third level education requires ongoing assessment and updating in line with best practice internationally in order to ensure the ability of graduates to compete internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42508/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied); the steps the person can now take to regularise the person's status with a view to having the ability to work to support the person's children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that deportation of a person (details supplied) may lead to a serious threat to his or her well-being; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42239/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42276/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 412. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make Naltrexone available under the medical card scheme, with particular reference to persons who have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42023/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to refuse an application for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42006/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42016/18]

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (17 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this very important issue, albeit only ten minutes. I could speak for a great deal longer, but that is for another day. At the outset, I commend Mr Justice Charleton on identifying Sergeant Maurice McCabe as an innocent victim of circumstances over which he had no control. That is as it should be. Many others, however, have something to answer...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am easy about that. It depends on the House.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I will wait for another slot.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on the Bill. Along with other Members I happen to be one of the people who sat in committee for the final quarter of last year discussing this particular issue. There was a general recognition that there was an evolution of thinking in the course of the examination of the witnesses and their submissions to the committee hearings. I have the...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry about that.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (17 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he expects An Garda Síochána to be in a position to respond rapidly to the activities of criminal gangs roaming throughout the country particularly in the run up to Christmas; if he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the resources to deal with issues arising; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (17 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which policing methods here are in accordance with best practice throughout Europe and globally with particular reference to the strength of the force, deployment techniques, the availability of modern technology and intelligence in the fight against crime, including organised crime; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (17 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for sentencing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42728/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (17 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of cases in which his Department has subsequently refused or reduced pension entitlement in which a serving soldier has been injured on duty and whose award arising therefrom ultimately affects the person's pension entitlements, such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42737/18]