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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the official policy and protocols regarding the seeking of application for planting forestry in a special area of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16364/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which salmon numbers in the various rivers here continue to be monitored; if there has been a noticeable drop-off in salmon returning to traditional spawning grounds; if wild salmon is a threatened species; if overfishing off Greenland has affected the numbers returning to spawn in rivers here; if there...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of savings a person may have and still qualify for a means-tested payment or part thereof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15408/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full extent and scale of the services provided to her Department by Seetec Ireland; if she has received complaints regarding the manner in which the public are dealt with; if action is warranted or has been taken arising therefrom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15409/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision to refuse invalidity pension will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15433/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of State pension and dependent allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) and their spouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16224/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16730/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if homeless families with young children are being allocated access to emergency accommodation after 8 p.m.; the number of times this happened in 2018; his plans to address this issue with particular reference to the risk to children who have no place of safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16130/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if homeless families in Dublin have been referred to Garda stations late at night due to an inadequate supply of housing and emergency accommodation; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16131/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place to provide a place of safety for homeless families that are not allocated emergency accommodation until late at night and that have nowhere safe to stay while they await emergency accommodation placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16132/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place to provide for the protection and welfare of homeless children whose families are not allocated emergency accommodation until late in the evening and that have nowhere safe to stay while they await emergency accommodation placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16133/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of families that are allocated emergency accommodation on a one night only basis (details supplied); his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16134/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (17 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless families in emergency accommodation that do not have an allocated support worker; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16135/18]

Topical Issue Matters (29 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Thomas Pringle - to discuss the staffing shortages in Scoil Mhuire, Creeslough, County Donegal; (2) Deputy Gino Kenny - to discuss the planning issues surrounding Larkfield House in Clondalkin; (3) Deputies Niamh Smyth,...

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: One speaker, please.

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the prefab replacement programme to which his Department has committed is on track and meeting the targets on time and in line with the expectations as expressed by the relevant school management authorities at primary and second level throughout the country and in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: This question is similar to the last and relates to the extent to which the programme to replace prefabs is ongoing throughout the country, especially in County Kildare.

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. Can I further inquire as to whether particular or specific criteria are to be applied with a view, in the first instance, to taking out the prefabs which are in the worst condition? Is there a plan in place to do that? Will schools whose entire student populations are in prefabs get priority treatment?

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: To refer to a school the Minister will know well, Newtown school in Enfield, the entire pupil body of that school is in prefab accommodation and has been for some years. Will it be possible to identify such schools with a view to treating them with particular urgency, because the degree to which prefabs can deteriorate over a very short time brings an urgency of its own?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programme already announced is proceeding in line with expectations nationally and throughout County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14457/18]