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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 362. To ask the Minister for Health if dental check-ups for children living in Celbridge, County Kildare, are taking place in Celbridge or elsewhere in the county; if every effort is being made to keep these appointments as close to the local area as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17633/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (16 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17288/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (16 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if requested documentation has now been received in the relevant section of her Department in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17527/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (16 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason rent allowance ceased being paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17529/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which can be taken to encourage lenders, directly or through the medium of the Central Bank, when dealing with borrowers in arrears to take into account the willingness of the borrowers to make reasonable repayments in line with their circumstances rather than liquidation, particularly in circumstances in which the family home or small business is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which the Minister, whether directly or through the aegis of the Central Bank, can influence the manner in which borrowers in arrears are treated, especially where the borrowers are making realistic payments.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I further seek to ascertain whether it might be timely to visit again the manner in which all borrowers are being treated. There is a vast difference between those who refuse to make any payment and those who are struggling to make payments but are achieving reasonable results. Some lending institutions are surreptitiously offering the properties for sale under the counter. This is not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I appreciate the extent of the role and the position that the Minister must have in this situation. However, I am a little concerned, having dealt with many such cases, that the lenders do not always tell the full and true story. I find that, wrapped up in the statistics, can be a multitude of stories which ultimately boil down to individual families and households losing their small...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Competitiveness (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economy performs robustly and competitively in line with other economies across Europe; if specific precautions are required at this juncture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17799/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Competitiveness (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance if specific issues affecting the competitiveness of the economy have been identified; if remedial action is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18035/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and the Central Bank continue to monitor the impact venture capital companies are likely to have on the housing market in view of their increased stake in the business and the extent to which they influence rising market prices. [18028/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossessions Rate (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he directly, or through the Central Bank, continues to monitor the levels of repossessions by lending institutions in respect of family homes in which the borrower continues to make realistic repayments in circumstances in which the lender decided to claim repossession nonetheless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18029/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossessions Rate (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of family homes or rental properties repossessed by each of the lending institutions, their agents or successors in the past five years; the number of families forced onto the local authority housing waiting list as a result; the extent to which offers were made to the lenders to continue meeting repayments which were subsequently rejected by the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which working capital is being provided by the various lending institutions for the farming and business sectors with particular reference to the need to ensure the ability of productive sectors to have ready access to competitively priced credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18031/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which each of the main banks have facilitated the borrowing requirements of the construction sector in the past 12 months; if each are performing adequately in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18041/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the preparations undertaken by his and other Departments for Brexit notwithstanding the ongoing delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18032/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to be in a position to defend the 12.5% corporation tax and dispel the misinformation propagated by certain persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18033/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has identified particular or specific threats to the stability of the economy pre or post-Brexit, with particular reference to changing training conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18034/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to monitor activities in the insurance industry with particular reference to arresting the upward spiral of premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18036/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance if reference can be made to comparisons with other jurisdictions throughout Europe in respect of insurance costs here with a view to ensuring the competitiveness of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18037/19]