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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 732. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 856. To ask the Minister for Health if an alternative general practitioner can be arranged in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47011/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 857. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package can be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47012/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 970. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre optic high speed broadband will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services are readily available to meet the needs of those in society that may ordinarily have had no reason to call on the social services but that may due to circumstances outside their control have to rely on exceptional needs payments in order to get by in a crisis; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made whereby emergency payments are made available in cases of extreme hardship by way of an exceptional needs payment or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for exceptional needs payments received by her Department in each of the past 12 months to date in 2017; the number approved, refused and pending, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47123/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the self-employed can qualify for various social welfare supports now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47117/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if adequate resources are in place to ensure minimum waiting times in respect of decisions on appeal with regard to various payments; if every effort is being made to reduce such waiting times to the minimum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46340/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision will be reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which State pension contributions will be enhanced in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47010/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Delays (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appeals in respect of various decisions in regard to payments made by her Department are dealt with expeditiously; if payment will continue while the case is on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47112/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she will review the current system used in the calculation to entitlement to contributory old age pension to address the imbalance whereby persons with fewer contributions can receive a higher payment than those with a considerably higher number of contributions to ensure that equity prevails,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for the contributory old age pension, jobseeker's allowance and benefit, non-contributory old age pension, disability allowance and benefit, invalidity pension, carer's allowance and benefit in each month over the past three years and to date in 2017; the number of cases granted,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the applications for various social welfare payments which are most commonly refused on application and referred to appeal or oral hearing; the number of cases subsequently rejected or approved on appeal, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible in all areas throughout County Kildare, with particular reference to meeting out-of-hours and emergency needs when necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she continues to monitor the age profile of persons who have been on the live register long term, with a view to initiating measures to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47120/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent support by county and local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47121/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which current rent supports are available and adequate to meet the housing needs of those in danger of becoming homeless under various circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47122/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Nov 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 1291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her Department interprets cohabitation, having particular regard to the number of persons who deny cohabitation in the true meaning of the word; her views on whether an assumption is made which may be unfair and inaccurate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47124/17]