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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for the disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40362/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Visa Applications (20 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the visa applications for the family of a person (details supplied) are expected to be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39533/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Visa Applications (20 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa application for the mother of a person (details supplied) will be assessed with a view to granting the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Immigration Status (20 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application to the undocumented scheme in the case of a person (details supplied), whose vetting was completed on 29 April 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39964/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Visa Applications (20 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 712. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate if and when a visa is likely to issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting decision for a number of weeks, who is employment permit approved and whose employer requires their assistance as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40555/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (20 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 808. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when respite will be restored in the case of the son of a person (details supplied), whose respite has been continuously cancelled over the summer months; the plan of action in their case going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39517/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 827. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when appropriate supports will be provided to the son of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39790/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (20 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 883. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1005 of 8 November 2022, if a case manager has been appointed and met with the family of a person (details supplied); the steps currently being taken to provide them with the care required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39514/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 990. To ask the Minister for Health the process to be followed to apply for reimbursement for an urgent cataract removal operation which had to be carried out at short notice in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40342/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1056. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI will be encouraged to reconsider the refusal of a higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39576/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (19 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Apologies have been received from Deputies Matthews and Doherty. I now propose to go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Central Bank of Ireland and ESRI (19 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chairman. I will ask Dr. Kelly about the hedging which he referred to in the energy market. To what extent has anybody in authority investigated the manner in which it works? We all understand how it works - they have to project ahead and when the shock is coming, they hedge - but when they revert, it is not so clear. There is always the question among both commercial and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Central Bank of Ireland and ESRI (19 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: No.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Central Bank of Ireland and ESRI (19 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: It is whether the containment measures, such as interest rate increases and so on, should be shorter, sharper increases in order to slow it down and go back to what the original target is supposed to be. For example, if we are in the business of reducing inflation, what is the best way to do it? Will we do it on an annual basis for five years and strangle ourselves in the course of it so it...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Central Bank of Ireland and ESRI (19 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: My time is up but I may have an opportunity to come in again later.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Central Bank of Ireland and ESRI (19 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: A point occurred to me which presents a challenge to governments, some more than others. To my mind, there is a possibility that the same rules do not seem to apply right across Europe. The costs are different. We are in the European Union and we have a Single Market, which is supposed to deliver in a particular way, but I do not know whether it does. There are exceptions to that. The...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Central Bank of Ireland and ESRI (19 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests and thank them for their contributions, not only now but over the years. I have had occasion, as I am sure everybody has had from time to time, to question some of the decisions and opinions at particular times. The difficulty is from the point of view of the experiences of the past. How much have we learned? We are in a pretty difficult situation at present, not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Central Bank of Ireland and ESRI (19 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: In the witnesses’ opinions, do they see a need for a correlation between the totality of the national debt, the need for reserves and for putting money aside for any shocks that might occur in the future and the domestic demand arising from the cost-of-living crisis? How do we get the right balance there?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Central Bank of Ireland and ESRI (19 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Law Cases (13 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State.