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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff (3 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department and agencies under her remit will take a leading role in terms of promoting a better work-life balance for employees; the way in which remote working can assist with this objective; if consideration will be given to introducing guidelines regarding the right to disconnect as has happened in France; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 429. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for chiropody treatment will be made available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50265/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (3 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if AIM support funding awarded to a school (details supplied) can be backdated allowing for 38 weeks of payment in line with the number of weeks in the preschool year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50262/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (3 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when backdated partial capacity and invalidity pension payments will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50263/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals in her Department in respect to various decisions made regarding applications for payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50366/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons registered as being in receipt of short-term jobseekers’ allowance and long-term jobseeker’s allowance payments, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50367/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of applicants for the State pension (contributory) who fall short of the required number of contributions in order to qualify has been examined; if pro rata payments will be considered in such cases in view of the fact that such contributors receive no benefit for their contributions; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals being determined on a weekly basis; the number of appeals arising each week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50626/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of various disability payments; the extent to which the number has fluctuated in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50627/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants in receipt of household packages and free schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which previous arrangements in respect of applicants for the State pension (contributory) continue to qualify and benefit from joint contributions in the UK and here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50629/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the entitlement to a State pension (contributory) in case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50630/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for the State pension (contributory) who have been refused on the basis of insufficient contributions in each of the past three years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50631/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50632/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tús Programme (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the situation will be examined in which participants in the Tús scheme who wish to continue employment through the scheme in their local communities are restricted from so doing after one year despite the fact that they can make a significant contribution to their respective communities that subsequently have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services Provision (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible in all areas throughout County Kildare with particular reference to meeting out of hours and emergency needs in circumstances in which it is necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50634/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Health Sector (Resumed): Discussion with Fórsa (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their submission. I agree on the need for managers to direct; we need a command system. I feel that the command system has failed but I cannot put my finger on the reason for that. For instance, if people are on trolleys in a hospital I immediately ask why they are there. Is the hospital the appropriate place for them in the first instance?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Health Sector (Resumed): Discussion with Fórsa (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The next issue is the staffing levels and the configuration of the staff. I came across a situation recently where there was only one doctor available in a hospital. I do not know who decided that. I do not know how that came about but it should not happen. If that is the way it is, there is a reason for it, we need to know what is the reason for it and we need to do something about it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Health Sector (Resumed): Discussion with Fórsa (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The Chairman will be glad to know I have only one more question anyway. I am aware the Chairman is anxious. I am also anxious, I can assure him, to get parity with everybody in this business. The point I want to make is this. There is a proportionality issue as well. If we employ 10,000 new staff over a period of time, there must be a proportional number of those proposed for the...

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Likewise, it is an issue close to my heart. I strongly support the views expressed by Deputy Naughten. There should be no situation where the patient finds out after the event that he or she is not covered because the treatment was provided in a particular hospital. The insurance companies need to make up their minds. The patient is entitled to full information prior to treatment. It...