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Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (14 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome this legislation for a number of reasons. I refer to the important points made by other speakers on the detention of juveniles and the detention of all prisoners, which I will speak on in a moment. In 1985, TK Whitaker wrote, on the viability of St. Patrick's Institution as a corrective, rehabilitative or educational centre for reintroducing young people who have erred into...

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (14 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (14 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (14 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I agree with the motion. As somebody who has dealt with quite a number of cases of deportation, as I am sure everybody else in the House has, I am a little concerned and I ask that the Minister bear in mind the individual nature of the cases. In some circumstances, a person has been deemed appropriate for deportation but on subsequent review of the case, the person has had the decision...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Do I have five minutes?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have the opportunity for a quick few words on this subject. Many subjects have been covered in this debate on housing. It is an issue we have all watched grow, and not to our satisfaction, over the past 20 years and it is more than 20 years since a decision was made to shift sole responsibility for providing local authority housing away from local authorities and towards the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: No. It used to be.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the aftermath of his welcome investment in the public housing programme, if that programme can be accelerated to provide substantially more housing accommodation in the short to medium term, if he will put a sequence of steps in place, in conjunction with the local authorities, to access off-balance-sheet recorded...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an increase in rent support in line with increased rent will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44588/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection notwithstanding the reply to previous parliamentary questions and the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, if other options are available to meet the person's rent increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44596/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Payments (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a payment under the jobseeker's scheme will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44601/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to partial rent support of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if efforts will be made to ensure that the person's position is not detrimentally affected in the approach to the festive season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44602/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44607/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which it is concluded that a person (details supplied) in County Longford is a property owner, given that the person is not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44599/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44579/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if previous disqualification for eligibility for naturalisation arising from a number of offences will permanently disqualify a person (details supplied) in County Dublin from eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44580/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a previously refused application for family reunification by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be reconsidered and if further medical evidence will be accepted in the context of a review. [44581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if health needs will be borne in mind in determining eligibility for residency status by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44582/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44583/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a temporary travel pass and visa will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44584/15]