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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which it is intended to promote the various forms of the arts throughout the current year with particular reference to the utilisation of the Gathering as a means to promote the national image to generate employment and economic revival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4806/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department can identify, promote and support cultural events throughout the current year which might be of substantial economic benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4810/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he expects the arts to attract private sector or voluntary funding in the course of the current year; the way this might be used to incentivise development of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4807/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has received any communication indicating heritage sites or buildings deemed to be at risk for whatever reason; the number of sites or locations made known to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4808/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has received applications for funding for the improvement, renovation, restoration or conservation of buildings, sites or national monuments; the extent to which any such locations are likely to receive attention in the current and future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4809/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department might consider the promotion of jointly sponsored cultural events with the US in the course of the current year in a mutually beneficial fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4811/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which he expects to be in a position to enhance the national image throughout the EU through the medium of the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4812/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Funding (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has identified the availability of funding from EU sources for the promotion and development of festivals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4816/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which group, bodies or agencies promoting the arts or involved in productions, on a county basis, applied for and or received financial assistance by way of grant or other award in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4817/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Aid (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for grant aid or other forms of financial support received by his Department or bodies under his aegis funded by his Department from applicants in County Kildare; the extent to which it has been found possible to respond positively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4818/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which support services of a medical/psychiatric nature are available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4632/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (29 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects the various employment training, educational and/or other temporary employment measures and youth outreach provisions to positively impact on the numbers on the current live register with particular reference to the needs of the long-term unemployed and specifically long-term youth unemployment; her views on whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which it has been found possible to shorten the time taken to process applications for each category of social welfare payment; the area or areas still requiring further attention in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4539/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to monitor the staff requirements throughout her Department with particular reference to the need to eliminate backlogs arising from the increased number of applicants for various payments; if it has been found possible to respond to on-going and increasing demand arising from the economic situation which she...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Application Numbers (29 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for rent support, mortgage interest relief, supplementary welfare or other basic payments received in each of the past two years to date; the numbers approved under each heading; the numbers referred to appeal; the number of decisions overturned on appeal; the average length of time taken overall under each heading; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Application Numbers (29 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for rent support received on a county basis in each of the past four years to date; the numbers granted, refused or pending in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4535/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Application Numbers (29 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received in her Department or through the Health Service Executive for mortgage interest support in each of the past three years to date; the number granted refused or pending; the average length of time taken to determine such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4543/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Trends (29 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Taoiseach the total number of persons employed in the economy as of the 31 of December 2012, in each of the past seven years to date; the total number of jobs lost and or created in respect of the period in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3669/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Trends (29 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Taoiseach the total number of manufacturing jobs lost and or created in each of the past seven years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3670/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Trends (29 Jan 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Taoiseach the total number of jobs lost or created in the services sectors in each of the past seven years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3671/13]