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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (11 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of refugees/asylum seekers/undocumented persons currently in this jurisdiction for more than ten years who have, for one reason or another, been refused long-term residency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 816. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a discretionary medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34128/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 817. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment with a specialist doctor can be urgently facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 850. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people, other than those in prison, currently involved in drug rehabilitation programmes; the extent of the programmes, whether first-time involvement or not in such programme; the number of persons who have been involved in such programmes more than once or more than five programmes in the past twelve months; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Again I raise a question I have had to raise on several occasions with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, namely parental alienation and the degree to which it continues to be used in family law. I have gone through this to some extent. Parents – mostly women but in some cases men – continue to have decisions made about them by way of reference to so-called expert...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: This is not an exchange of views; this is a reply.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Before moving on, I wish to bring to the attention of everyone in the House the need to ensure the question is asked clearly and that ample time is given for the reply. Somebody attempting to interrupt and provide a reply to their own question will be disallowed.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department might seek quotations from builders/developers for the provision of a specific number of public authority houses, aimed at filling gaps not currently being met for various reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33081/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if some consideration can be given to the development of a subsidised sites scheme on public or private lands with a view to making affordable or local authority housing more readily accessible; if any consideration has already been given to such a proposal and how it might meet current demands and as housing continues to be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a more personalised approach might be given to applicants who are being refused on various grounds in respect of applications they have made in the genuine expectation that an appeal or a review would be beneficial to their case reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33078/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she might review applicants previously refused for the State pension (contributory) on the basis of insufficiency of contributions, with a view to allowing payments on a pro-rata basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33079/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) might qualify for assistance towards schoolbooks given that they are not currently in receipt of a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33391/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update in respect of a carer's allowance payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33246/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update in respect of an appeal for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33247/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal against a decision to refuse the invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); whether any further information is outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33262/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which oral hearings in respect of appeals against disallowance for various payments are up to date; the number of oral hearing appeals that have taken place to date in 2023; how this compares with the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33371/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which self-employed or other contributions in respect of State pension applications to her Department have been refused on the grounds of an insufficiency of contributions in each of the past five years to date; if any consideration has been given to the awarding of pensions in such cases on a pro-rata basis,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Jul 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the waiting time for decision in respect of applications for various social welfare payments has been shortened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33373/23]