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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: While I accept the points made by Deputy Colreavy, it is my view that decorum will always win provided everyone shows it. It is when we resort to other means that we must ask ourselves whether they always succeed.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Instruction to Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 4 is out of order as it does not arise from Committee Stage proceedings.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: They will never change.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Is there none coming from that side of the House?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 16. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he has identified a shortage of nursing staff throughout the public health service as a contributory cause of overcrowding at accident and emergency units; if the various initiatives he has taken, or proposes to take, will adequately address this issue in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27601/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 29. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor the number of patients awaiting various elective procedures at all public and private hospitals; the extent to which the through-put of patients will be compared with a view to ensuring a more rapid and effective process; the extent to which he has identified the various obstacles to achieving this objective; and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining eligibility for a dietary allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27993/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a full jobseeker's allowance of €188 will be reinstated to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28014/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining a review in respect of eligibility for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28033/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an application for an invalidity pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28034/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an application for an invalidity pension to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28036/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a final decision will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 whose appeal was recently allowed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Widow's Pension Eligibility (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 9 June 2015, if employment undertaken in Sligo town, secretarial work for two years and further employment in Teeling Street in Sligo for one year between 1974 and 1976, have been taken into consideration when calculating a widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s pension in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a relevant social welfare payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, all of whose payments have ceased except child benefit, given that the person has received no other payment for the past three months and is now about to be evicted by the person's landlord due to rent arrears; if the matter...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when the relevant payment in lieu of the one-parent family payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has insufficient working hours to qualify for family income supplement; if an exceptional needs payment will be made in the interim, given that the person has two dependants; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection If an increase in rent support is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28113/15]