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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which borrowing costs here are affecting growth and development of SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43334/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the most appropriate procedure to regularise the residency status here of persons (details supplied); if the persons can be facilitated in their efforts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43315/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when family reunification will be considered in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43316/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency status of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43318/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the determination of eligibility for leave to remain in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43320/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency and leave to remain in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43321/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure now available to a person (details supplied) in respect of their planned application for stamp 4 status and-or leave to remain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43323/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43314/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); if the relevant forms will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43214/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker's payment will be restored in the case of persons (details supplied); if a disability allowance in the case of a person will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43313/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the travel and diet supplement will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43317/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an entitlement to FIS exists in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure to be followed to enable a person (details supplied) to obtain a PPS number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43322/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (12 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further assistance is available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43324/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses for their very interesting observations. My first question is for Dr. Aiken, who has done a great deal of helpful research in this area. She showed us a chart displaying the number of women who were satisfied after the abortion, including cohorts who felt safe, who felt relieved, satisfied, happy, pleased, and empowered. The chart also showed groups of women who felt...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Has Dr. Aiken done any research into the countries with readily accessible abortion services as compared to those, like Ireland, that do not? To what degree does either group of countries rely on online service? How great is that reliance, for example, where abortion is readily available? I presume that follow-up counselling is available in those countries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses for coming before us and for their informative opening papers. In regard to the determination of fatal foetal abnormalities, are there any particular situations that come to mind, given the previous history of medical conditions, where it might be possible to indicate to the potential mother that she could be in danger and how often have they occurred? In regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Very quickly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I will be a very good boy and be very quick. Why should a woman's life be artificially prolonged, for want of a different expression, to facilitate the development of a foetus? Would it not be obvious to most people regardless of the law that it was an abuse of the system? Why should it take place? How has this taken place? In respect of a baby who dies prematurely before the normal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Generally but not always.