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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status or entitlement to an Irish passport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17259/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17260/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency position in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17262/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in processing an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17266/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how best a person (details supplied) should proceed to obtain stamp 4 from her current stamp 1 status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17270/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the extent, if any, to which cosmetic surgery might be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17268/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 313. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17272/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I raise again the issue of the use of parental alienation in family law in this country. It continues apace and results in the exclusion of children and parents from the family home with the clear objective of winning the case by using a legal formula that is not the creation of this House but that of case law. In many cases, parents, mostly mothers, are prevented from seeing or speaking to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if urgent reconsideration can be given to the school transport application in the case of a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16825/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of an appeal for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16813/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16823/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); if a decision is due to issue, given they are due to travel shortly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16824/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment can be offered to a person (details supplied); the options available in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16863/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I will not delay. I thank our guests for coming along and giving us their knowledge of the condition. Are many people without income at present as a result of the intermittency of the condition?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Is there difficulty processing the social welfare claims?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Or disability allowance in the first instance. How many people have difficulty getting disability benefit? This is a disability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Normally, it requires an agreement from the Department of Social Protection that the condition is likely to last for more than 12 months. That is preliminary to qualification for disability allowance. Disability benefit, however, is different because it draws on the social welfare contribution scheme. Is there any link or correlation between the incidence and the difficulty in obtaining a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: In the event of a person having this debilitating condition for more than a year, it is then obvious that the condition lasts for more than 12 months and is likely to continue for the next 12 months. There should not be a difficulty there. We will have to probe that with the Department of Social Protection. Generally, applications for the disability allowance and all payments other than...