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

Bernard Durkan: 569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for a State pension, contributory, refused in the past 12 months on the basis of insufficient contributions; the number granted on appeal; if a mechanism exists for those deemed ineligible to supplement their contributions with a view to qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

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

Bernard Durkan: 570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases in which the relevant contributions for the State old age pension have been refunded in which the applicant did not qualify on contribution grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26551/21]

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

Bernard Durkan: 571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of carer’s allowance; the extent to which the numbers have fluctuated in the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26552/21]

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

Bernard Durkan: 572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the processing of applications for widow's and widower's State pensions are up to date at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26553/21]

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

Bernard Durkan: 573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected that oral hearings in respect of social welfare appeals cases are likely to recommence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26554/21]

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

Bernard Durkan: 574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State old age pension, contributory, who are aged 100 years or more to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26555/21]

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

Bernard Durkan: 575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State old age pension, non-contributory, who are aged 100 years or more to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26556/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the change of a status application from stamp 3 to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when the application will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25607/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Freedom of Speech (18 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences brought to her attention deemed to have been in breach of legislation affecting the balance between freedom of speech and the control of expressions of hate or incitement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26120/21]

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on this issue. It is emotive and needs to be dealt with. I reject in their entirety the continuous allegations against Fine Gael and whoever else to the effect that we are all a bunch of hard right-wing opportunists and that we have no concern for the people. I remind everybody on all sides of the House that in the 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 1980s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure in each of the past ten years to date specifically devoted to affordable house building where the purchaser has unimpeded access to the market without the intrusion and competition of investment funds; the number of families housed by the local authorities in the same period; the number of local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (19 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the permanent relationship between persons (details supplied) will be recognised as a basis for naturalisation in the case of one of the persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (19 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if required documentation in the case of a person (details supplied) has now been received in her Department which was sent by tracked international post; the steps now being taken to progress the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26795/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I have a couple of short questions. I welcome the opportunity to have this exchange of views. I used to be my party's spokesman in this area once upon a time a long time ago. I must not have had too much of an effect, because we are still dealing with the same problems. Does Insurance Ireland regulate the level of risk that may be undertaken by the various insurance companies? I refer to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Insurance Ireland does not preset standards or advise the insurance companies as to what they might do. I was wondering about that point, because if the activities of one or more of the insurance companies were of an overly risky nature, that might have an impact on the entire industry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Has the insurance industry become involved during the past ten to 12 years in providing cover against loss in the financial services sector? I posed a question to the Minister some years ago because I was given information to the effect that several lenders had taken insurance cover against some risks. In fact, it was alleged at the time that those lenders were going to get paid by two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: How many claims were paid out where negligence was suggested or where the insurance taken out was to cover various risks? A reply to a parliamentary question stated that some are covered in the high-risk category, but the Minister was not sure how many or what percentage were covered. That set off alarm bells because insurers would not have to cover too many. All they needed was to cover...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Mr. O'Rourke should not be shy. This involves the entire insurance industry. He should be flamboyant on this, come right out and say it as it is. He can tell all to me; I will not tell anybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: It may well be the judicious one at the time but I am not so sure it was the correct one. My immediate suspicions were aroused as to what extent cover might be offered to people who are trading in a fashion not in accordance with the rules, and who may have been compensated and drew down the cover. I certainly would like to feel that Insurance Ireland was looking at these kinds of...