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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I will add a question or two - it is too inviting to allow the occasion to pass. I presume this Bill will address any outstanding issues arising from the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation. To what extent does it address the issues arising from FEMPI throughout the public service? My other question relates to capital spending in future. To what extent will...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: That concludes Committee Stage. Do members have any questions or comments on the Bill before we conclude? They are all silent. That is a good thing as it indicates satisfaction. The Minister has made many remarks already. Does he have any further closing remarks?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: That was actually discussed at yesterday's meeting of the committee.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Provision is being made insofar as the committee is required to do so.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (13 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Public Service Pay Bill 2020 and has made an amendment thereto. Under Standing Order 100(2), this shall be deemed to be the report of the select committee on the Bill....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have indicated their intention to withdraw from Covid-19 support payments and return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26153/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the extent to which the Minister has information derived from the contact she has received from employers and employees. What is the extent to which those who have contacted, or have been contacted, have an indication of work available to them when they are ready to go back? I have two questions on the same subject. I am sorry about that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her reply. Can any indication be gleaned from the information available as to which sectors show the most likely signs of recovering in the earliest stages, be it agrifood, retail or transport? In order to ensure continuity of payment, with the phasing out of one payment and its replacement with employment, at this stage people need to know where they are heading in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I join other Deputies in complimenting the work done by the Minister and her Department in what were very challenging times. I have no doubt that in the weeks ahead she will be equally up to the task of dovetailing activities in such a way as to ensure a smooth return to work for the people who have been out of work, be they employers or employees, and that such a return will be backed up...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her Department anticipates a reduction in Covid-19 support payments to be replaced by employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26152/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for the previous replies and reiterate our appreciation of the work being done. Is it possible to determine the areas most likely to respond quickly in bringing their employees back to work? Have the indicators so far given that information? For instance, the construction, retail and wholesale sectors. Does she see them progressing in the way anticipated?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Is it possible at this stage to give some indication from available information as to the areas most likely to be affected by jobs being no longer available? Is the potential for recovery still there for those sectors and, as a result, the employment potential for employees?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Under the bilateral arrangements that exist between this country and a number of other countries in respect of social welfare, is it possible to arrange a payment based on their contributions in the country from which they are leaving?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is her policy to provide gender neutral toilets in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a social welfare payment will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25612/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the scale and availability of Covid-19-related supports with particular reference to the demands arising from the extension of restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5574/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which bereavement support applications have been approved in the past 12 months; the degree to which the demand has grown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5575/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments made by her Department in each of the past three years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26557/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the processing of applications for various social welfare payments is in line with the most expeditious practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26548/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for a State pension, contributory, received by her Department in the past 12 months; the number granted, refused or pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26549/21]