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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Croke Park Agreement Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if in the context of cost-cutting measures arising from the Memorandum of Understanding entered into by his predecessors, he and his Department will endeavour to maintain the integrity of frontline services throughout the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10710/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Retirements (27 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons that have left the public service in each of the past five years to date either by way of natural retirement or redundancy; the extent to which the national pay bill has been affected as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10711/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (27 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government Department or bodies under their aegis that have shown the least progress in terms of public sector reform in the past five years ; the way this compares with those Departments that have achieved most in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10714/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of State Assets (27 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the sale of State assets is proposed as a means of achieving budgetary targets in the coming year; if any such sales will have due regard for the need to preserve the integrity of the respective sectors in the national interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10718/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (27 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which insurance and procurement costs can be adjusted with a view to the maximisation of benefit and budgetary reduction for the benefit of the Exchequer over the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10720/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (27 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the appeal will reach a conclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10530/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Appeals (27 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in the determination of an application for one parent family payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10662/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Croke Park Agreement Review (27 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the context of the review of the Croke Park Agreement or other discussions, it might have been found possible to identify the needs of public sector workers currently working in excess of the statutory working week with a view to minimising on them the impact the extent to which cost-cutting measures arising from the implementation of the...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Like other speakers, I am glad to have an opportunity to speak in this debate. It is interesting and ironic that we visit once again our dark past and the secrets with which our society lived. One ponders whether we still have secrets that we as a society have not necessarily addressed. It is always better to address issues of this nature at the time they emerge rather than in retrospect,...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to ask about two items of promised legislation. The first is the children (amendment) Bill, which was promised. I ask the Taoiseach whether the heads have been discussed and approved. Similarly, to what extent have the heads of the Red Cross (amendment) Bill been discussed, and have they been approved? When will these Bills come before the House?

Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: That is a double negative.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Prices (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he and his Department directly or in conjunction with the Regulator have endeavoured to ascertain the extent to which petrol and diesel prices at filling stations accurately reflect oil prices on the world markets throughout each of the past six years to date; if he will set out the prices charged per...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has analysed the energy market requirements and targets in respect of conventional and alternative electricity-generating sources with a view to determination of the extent to which reliance on imported fossil fuels can be reduced annually over the next ten years; the extent to which he anticipates...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Enterprise Statistics (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Taoiseach the number of new enterprises created annually in each of the past four years to date; the numbers in the manufacturing and service sectors; his plans for the future in this regard. [9444/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent supplement is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9534/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a reduced rate of supplementary welfare allowance recently issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9715/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 22 January 2012, if she will re-examine the case of an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9865/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress in respect of an application for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare when payment will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9904/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-examine entitlement to rent allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9930/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of hours of care required to qualify for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10036/13]