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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20572/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa application will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20581/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 2428. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can remain cautiously optimistic in the context of the vaccination programme here as a facilitator for the reopening of business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1637. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it can be found possible to provide appropriate treatment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1638. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which provisions have been put in place to meet the requirements of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1639. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in meeting requirements of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18518/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 2067. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative options available to parents who are attempting to secure an autism assessment for their child but who cannot afford to wait the time via the public system or the fees via the private system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19731/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 2071. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on Prader-Willi syndrome will be published; the extent to which matters arising are in hand with a view to meeting the concerns of families affected by this particular condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19741/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 2072. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the provision of a respite centre for persons affected by Prader-Willi syndrome; if budgetary provision is adequate to meet this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19742/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 2073. To ask the Minister for Health when a specifically dedicated area in psychiatry will be apportioned to studies relating to Prader-Willi syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19743/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 2104. To ask the Minister for Health when access to required health services including urgently required investigative procedures can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19858/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 2125. To ask the Minister for Health when the appropriate mental health service will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19918/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (21 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 2226. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20183/21]

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. As someone who, like Deputy McGuinness, has spent the past 20-odd years dealing with immigration issues, I believe and hope we have learned a lot but we still have much to learn. We should avoid trying to create a divisive debate that tries to throw the blame onto one sector or other in our society. That does not solve the problem. We need...

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (22 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am happy to support these motions, which are important. It is important at this stage to give reassurance to the small business sector, in particular, which has been severely hit on three occasions in the past ten years. The first was the economic crash, the second was Brexit and coming along in tandem with that was Covid. One of the issues that has emerged in recent days is that the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (22 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the level of rent allowance payable was reduced following reassessment in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be reassessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20963/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister's statement on the need to ensure the vigorous pursuit of policies that are helpful to Ireland in the international arena. If we do not do it, nobody else will do it for us. The use of the OECD as a means of achieving that objective is to be welcomed. Is it expected that Ireland's peripheral geographic position in the European Union will be taken into account in a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad it is in the Minister's hands. I have no doubt he is looking forward to the challenges ahead. I hope the outcome will be as anticipated and I am reassured in that regard. In this context, does the Minister expect to receive a certain degree of solidarity from our EU colleagues, notwithstanding that they may have other issues too?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I presume that, as the Minister indicated, he will emphasise the availability in this country of a highly skilled workforce and the high standard of education, and that this should not be held against us in the debate that lies ahead. If we are in a position to produce a high-quality product, whether in materials, technology or whatever the case may be, it should not naturally follow that we...