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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if and when it will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30664/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Springboard Programme (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate eligibility for social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is undertaking a Springboard internship at present and receiving no payment; if she will outline the reason top up payment is available on the JobBridge scheme but not the Springboard scheme; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she has noted the concerns of lone parents who may have suffered a loss of income due to changes in the administration of the one parent family allowance, with particular reference to lone parents in part time employment and in receipt of the relevant allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31627/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 416. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the issue of youth unemployment continues to be tackled by her Department; if she has discussions with other relevant Departments in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31636/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the number in receipt of jobseeker's allowance has fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31628/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 410. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the number of persons in receipt of family income supplement has fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31629/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which adequate staff remain available to her Department with particular reference to extra administrative activity workload arising from the introduction of new schemes and the ongoing economic situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31630/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the budget available to her Department remains adequate to meet requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31631/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the level of rent support available to applicants on local authority housing waiting lists having particular regard to current market trends; if she is in a position to make any provision to assist persons likely to become homeless in the current situation; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 414. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the various jobs, training, internship or other similar opportunities remain to be availed of by those on the live register and or in receipt of job seeker's allowance; the extent to which experience indicates the success of the various schemes annually since their inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 415. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which provisions continue to be made to address the issue of long term unemployment; the number of individual cases satisfactorily addressed in this regard in each of the past three years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31635/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 417. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which applications for various forms of assistance or allowance including jobseeker's allowance from the self-employed continue to be processed by her Department; the number of such applications that have been successful in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31637/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received and approved for dental benefit in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31638/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time taken to process applications for dental or ophthalmic benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31639/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 421. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason mortgage interest relief has been reduced or terminated in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the decision in this case is in accord with general policy in that, if pursued nationally will lead to large scale home repossessions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31667/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 600. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 3 July 2014, if all documentation requested by her Department in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been received in the relevant section; if in the event of a positive decision it will be possible for them to make an application for naturalisation; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 622. To ask the Minister for Health if a new medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30788/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 630. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise downwards a family's contribution towards the nursing home support-fair deal scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30876/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 648. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who have submitted all requested documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31029/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (15 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 669. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which a medical card was withdrawn and a GP only visit card issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will review this decision as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31352/14]