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Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: -----and I am asking that, in the context of the housing Bill-----

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I ask that-----

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Fianna Fáil signed us up for it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if arising from the number of applications for back to education allowance disallowed on the basis of the applicant having completed a course at a similar level, the conclusion of which has obviously not provided the person with sufficient skills to meet the requirements of the workplace, if she will consider examining such cases with a view to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of initiatives she has in mind to address the issue of long-term and youth unemployment; the number of short, medium and long-term places likely to be available in respect of both categories in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10441/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the precise requirement in respect of various apprenticeships has been identified by his Department with a view to encouraging the completion of apprenticeships as yet incomplete and the creation of new apprenticeships to meet the requirements of the market place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11138/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his expectations in relation to the creation of short to medium term employment in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11133/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address the issue of youth unemployment in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11134/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address the issue of long term unemployment in the course of 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11135/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to shorten the waiting period for disability-related appeals in the course of 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11136/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects responsibility for the housing needs of those on local authority housing waiting lists to transfer to the local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11137/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which means-tested social welfare payments remain available to the previously self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11139/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which JobBridge and other employment supports are likely to meet their targets in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11140/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to prevent overpayments and underpayments in respect of unemployment-related payments and supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11141/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons currently on community employment or similar training or upskilling support schemes throughout County Kildare; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the past three years; the degree to which such places are available for applicants in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11142/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Data (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department has examined the age profile of those on the live register long term with a view to initiating measures to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11143/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Application Numbers (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for invalidity pension currently on hand; the likely timescale within which it is expected that a decision will be made; the degree if any to which she can speed up the processing of such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11144/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (5 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if an oral hearing will be arranged in this instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11182/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Recent and Forthcoming Foreign Affairs Councils: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: On behalf of the committee, I thank the Tánaiste and his officials for attending this meeting. I hope the discussion will be of assistance and, dare I say, inspiration in the context of the important discussions that are now taking place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Recent and Forthcoming Foreign Affairs Councils: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: There is a broad range of issues which have been raised for the Tánaiste's response. My only point would be in defence of Yulia Tymoshenko, on whose behalf I have put down numerous parliamentary questions over the last number of years, which is that she was in prison. She will not have been exhilarated that she was kept in prison for so long, which might account for some of her...