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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (8 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 1455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for an increase for qualified adult on their invalidity pension payment in respect of their spouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19580/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (8 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 1458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs application form has been returned and is being processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19618/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 1494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for disability allowance and or invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); when payment can be restored in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19741/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (8 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 1497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19787/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (8 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 1498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct rate of jobseeker's allowance payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19790/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (8 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 1501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an illness benefit payment can be changed to a local area in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19938/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (8 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 1504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a change of address in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20044/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for those Living with a Neurological Condition: Discussion (8 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for my late arrival, but I had another engagement. While I only caught the tail-end of the presentations, I am familiar with the subject matter under discussion. How can we improve the public information programme on all of the issues with which the organisations are dealing? We hear about various conditions and how matters have progressed to the extent that it is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for those Living with a Neurological Condition: Discussion (8 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Yes. It is about all other issues where information is important such as on how to deal with situations which arise in the public arena.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department can access particular European Union funding or other sources to address the issues for Irish agriculture arising in the context of Brexit and future uncertainty as a result; the steps he can take in the short term to address the issues drawn to his attention by the farming community recently on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which his Department can assist the agrifood sector now and in the long term, having particular regard to the impact of Brexit and the destabilisation of markets as a result of the ongoing and drawn-out discussions on Brexit.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. In light of the ongoing and drawn-out discussions on Brexit, is there scope for an intervention with interim measures that may offset the negative impact and potential instability arising in the market, particularly in the beef area? Does the Minister believe it may be possible to move forward a plan in this context in the near future?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister and he has very correctly assessed the position. It is also important to recognise that as time drags on and there is continued indecision with respect to the outcome of Brexit, there will always be a potentially destabilising factor for the markets. In light of this, will the European Union institutions and colleagues in the Union be sufficiently alert to and aware of...

Report of Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Congratulations.

Report of Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: We will deal with that later.

Report of Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: It is a little different from the usual Private Members' motions we discuss. I am simply following the instructions before me. I did not invent them.

Report of Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: It is amendment No. 3, which was tabled by Fianna Fáil. Amendment No. 4 was tabled by Sinn Féin and it falls. We do not put it to the House.

Report of Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: They cannot be moved because amendment No. 3 was agreed.

Report of Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: It is an alternative. The matter will be explained after the House rises. Those are the rules.

Report of Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (9 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: It would have been better if it could have been done in another way but that was not possible. I accept the points raised but what has happened does not take away from the strength of the debate, the motion or the sentiments expressed by the Members. There is general recognition of that from the Minister and the Members on the Government side.