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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47626/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 25 October 2018, if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47644/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she proposes to support cultural projects in the arts and culture sectors in the course of 2018, with particular reference to annual or special events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47627/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she is likely to offer financial support to organisations involved in the promotion of various cultural events at local level with particular reference to the need to encourage interest in the arts and national heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47628/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which her Department remains actively engaged in historical site and building restoration works at various sites; the extent to which she can play an expanded role in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47629/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of historical and-or heritage buildings under review with the objective of restoration with particular reference to the need to promote local items of historical interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the maximisation of interest in historical sites and buildings with a view to the promotion of local and historical interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of derelict or semi-derelict and-or abandoned castles and houses of historical interest with a view to possible restoration or use as museums or community centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47634/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she can offer grant assistance towards historical buildings that may benefit from basic restoration works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47635/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which ongoing evaluation is taking place in respect of heritage sites with a view to archaeological exploration and excavation in circumstances in which it is suitable in the context of the promotion of such sites for educational and tourism purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47631/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to liaise with local community organisations involved in the presentation of music and drama; the degree to which financial support will be offered directly or through the Arts Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47632/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Promotion (15 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she anticipates the film industry here and abroad to utilise the scenery here for filming on location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47636/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Committee of the Regions: Discussion. (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the members of the delegation and compliment them on the work they are doing in liaising with their colleagues in Europe. The importance of that work needs to be emphasised. It is extremely important for parliamentarians and local authority members across Europe to interact with each other in order to be up to speed on what affects them in their own place. That gives them an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Committee of the Regions: Discussion. (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Mr. Gerry Murray referred to rural Ireland and population decline. This stems from economics. The economic experts will tell us that we can provide services for 100,000 people in a very small space, but not in a widely spread rural area. That is not necessarily true because packing a population into too small a space has other consequence with which we unfortunately have to deal. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister and the officials from the Department and the HSE. I fully appreciate the quality of the service provided throughout the health services at all levels and the degree to which staff are dedicated to their role. I worry about the deployment of personnel, an issue I have raised on many occasions in the past. To what extent does the deployment of staff, resources...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: That is not what is stated in my reply. Where have the increased number of staff been deployed? Have they been deployed in the areas most in need of additional staff? From my time in public life, there have been long periods where we have been told by experts that we needed less hospital beds. That was a mantra up to seven or eight years ago. I do not know why that was the case, but it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Are the part-time staff not paid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Sometimes they are paid more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I used to be a member of a health board once upon a time and I always foresaw confusing replies. I am confused now. I raised the question as to whether those part-time staff are being paid. We have to quantify them in terms of whole-time equivalents in the system. Do we have the numbers in the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: There were 29,000 fewer people working in the health service three to four years ago. Is that true?