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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to make changes to the repair and leasing scheme to secure greater a number of properties across the four Dublin local authorities in which the demand and need for housing is greatest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Standard Authentication Framework Environment (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason precedent is being given to an in-house SAFE2 form of identity verification over internationally recognised documents that allow safe passage between countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10002/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Data (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 498. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres opened in each year from 2012, in tabular form; the centres directly funded and which were PPP respectively; if approval was granted for new primary care centres that have not yet opened; the location of these centres; the timeframe for each to become operational for each year; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans and the timeframe for planning and delivery of a western Dublin orbital route link between the N4 and N7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9936/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to examine delivering a second intersection on the N7 at Rathcoole to alleviate a traffic bottleneck in Rathcoole village, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9937/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park and Ride Facilities (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to identify a bus park and ride facility on the N7 near Rathcoole, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9938/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the public services card will be the only acceptable form of identification when applying for a new driver licence and renewing a licence or learner permit from 9 April 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10001/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person requires a passport to obtain a public services card but then needs a public services card in order to renew a passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10003/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason, if an adoption certificate does not detail a person's birth or birth mother's or father's identities, it is needed for an adopted person to get the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the gap an adoption certificate fills to deem an adopted person eligible for the public services card; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that adopted persons have to pay an additional €40 for an adoption certificate in order to comply with the public services card application process; her views on whether...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 704. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an adopted person's short form birth certificate is not deemed acceptable with regard to the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10006/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 705. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of adopted persons who have registered for a public services card with an adoption certificate; the number of such persons who have been denied a card due to not producing such a certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10007/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a situation in which an adopted person who is not aware of his or her adopted status discovers this information when presenting at the local Intreo centre to register for the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10008/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (22 Feb 2018)

John Curran: I welcome members to the meeting. Before I begin I ask them to turn off their mobile phones or put them on flight mode as they interfere with the recording as much as they do the meeting itself. I propose we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters before returning to public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

John Curran: I welcome Mr. Tim Duggan, Ms Kathleen Stack, Mr. Philip Cox and Ms Michelle O'Donnell from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, as well as Mr. Barry Lowry from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. You are all very welcome. I will ask for opening statements in a moment but before that I draw attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

John Curran: I thank Mr. Duggan and call on Mr. Lowry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

John Curran: I thank Mr. Lowry. I usually do not ask questions at this point but it might be useful for the committee to reflect back on Mr. Duggan's opening point. He said:[I]n 2004, the then Government tasked a senior level interdepartmental group with developing a framework or standard for establishing and authenticating the identity of individuals in their engagements with the public service. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

John Curran: So 2005 and 2013-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

John Curran: That is a different issue and, to be fair to others, we will come to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

John Curran: I thank the Deputy. If there is time, we will come back to him, but there are others who wish to speak.