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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have made an application for Rebuilding Ireland loans; the number granted, refused and pending, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39330/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if and when responsibility for processing local authority housing loans will be given to each individual local authority with a view to shortening the process period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39331/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason most commonly given for refusal of Rebuilding Ireland loans to young couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39332/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (27 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the difficulty between a person (details supplied) and Waterways Ireland has been resolved; if not, if efforts can be made to ensure that the difficulty can be resolved without delay in their case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39200/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to raise again the question of the urgent need to introduce a code of conduct to protect homeowners and small business owners who have found themselves in difficulty meeting their mortgage repayments and who are currently the subject of litigation which, if allowed to continue unabated, will result in a sharp increase in homelessness throughout the country. I understand the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time taken to determine an appeal; if steps can be taken to speed up the process and ensure that persons whose payments have been cut off continue to receive a payment for the duration of the appeal period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38848/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I was not referring to carers allowance only but to all payments that are means tested or tested on health grounds. The problem is that for the period of the review, the person may be cut off with no payment. That can cause very serious hardship to people in particularly straitened circumstances. In some cases, it can lead to someone losing his or her house due to rent arrears. That is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I appreciate the comprehensive nature of the Minister's reply. Given the number of people who will qualify for two levels of pension and are likely to opt for the higher of two, I ask for an indication of the extent to which provision is likely to be made to ensure that the system will work in the way it is intended for the benefit of all. Are those who have made contributions in this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: We should acknowledge that this change is very welcome and of huge benefit to many people who made contributions and worked extremely hard for the State or caring for others throughout their career and got no recognition for that. Will those persons who made contributions in Ireland and overseas receive the same treatment as everybody else such that there would be no balancing of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects to be in a position to address the issue of pensions for women who leave employment to rear their families and subsequently find themselves without a pension or who may have sufficient contributions but when the current criteria is applied throughout their working life, they have no entitlement to a State...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied); if a review will be undertaken with a view to reinstatement as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in respect of their mother; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39001/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when an application for illness benefit will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39005/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer's allowance whose allowance has been withdrawn for any reason in each of the past four years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39109/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the delivery of the State pension (contributory) to persons who are disqualified due to the calculation methodology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39110/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for pensions based on a combination of Irish and overseas contributions that have yielded a lesser pension to the applicant than those based solely on single country contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39111/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the State pension (contributory) based on total contributions is progressing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39112/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension (contributory); the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39113/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data (26 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension (non-contributory); the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39114/18]