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Topical Issue Matters (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice - cuts to the subsidy of group water schemes; (2) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need for a fresh inquiry into the Stardust fire; (3) Deputy Eoghan Murphy - the possibility of an exemption from...

Customs Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Finian McGrath is holder of the record for the second highest level of speaking time in the Dáil in 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Relief Application (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review cases whereby homeowners were refused mortgage relief on the basis that the mortgage was unsustainable or that a lending institution was unlikely to facilitate a restructuring of repayments in cases where this has subsequently been proven to be incorrect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4974/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to monitor the situation in respect of applicants on local authority housing lists living in counties immediately adjacent to Dublin in receipt of rent support in respect of private accommodation, the rent of which is rapidly moving beyond the ability of the tenants to pay; if her attention has been drawn to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the same support as is now available to local housing applicants in Dublin to local authority housing applicants in County Kildare who are living in private rental accommodation and who are unable to meet the market-related rent demands, having particular regard to the likelihood of accelerated homelessness in the absence of any...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 27 January 2015, wherein it is affirmed that her Department had not made any contact with a person regarding an ongoing entitlement to rent supplement, when in fact the person was instructed to seek a reduction in rent from the person's landlord in line with the maximum on foot of which supplement in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Appeals (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be provided to individual circumstances wherein mortgage support was refused on the basis of lack of sustainability and failure to enter into arrangement with lenders, given that a number of agreements have now been reached with lenders, which would be more valuable if mortgage support was made available, even for a short...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Appeals (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for mortgage support who were refused such payment in County Kildare in the past five years on the basis of the alleged unsustainability of their cases; if a review of such cases will be undertaken where viability has subsequently been proven; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5292/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she has received communications from lone parents whose support has been reduced in the past 12 months and now find themselves in a vulnerable position; if her attention has been drawn to the extent of such hardship; if she will provide interim assistance where the level of the reduction of one-parent family allowance has...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce improvements to the system to ensure families who become homeless as a result of rent increases will not have their relevant social welfare payments discontinued with resultant hardship and administration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5285/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that will be taken to alleviate hardship caused to families who have become homeless and whose social welfare payments have ceased; if arrangements will be put in place to ensure against such possibilities in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5287/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in respect of whom application has been made for exceptional needs payments in the past 12 months; the way this compares with previous years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5286/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which efforts continue to be made to address the issue of long-term unemployment; the progress to date in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5288/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in addressing the issue of youth unemployment; the extent to which targets will be met during the current year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Delays (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the sections of her Department currently affected by longer than average appeal waiting times; the extent to which she will address this issue during the current year and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Benefits (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to assist, by way of unemployment assistance and jobseeker's allowance, those persons who were previously self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5291/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Data (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the age profile of those on the live register continues to be monitored with a view to making any adjustments necessary to assist those most in need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5293/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Appeals (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is recognised that repossession of a home will become inevitable in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare in the absence of mortgage support, which has been discontinued despite clear evidence to the persons' continued entitlement in this regard; that this family need cancer treatment and treatment for childrens'...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-open a claim for a one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5314/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (5 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all social welfare entitlements as requested are in payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5391/15]