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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance received on a monthly basis in each of the past three years to date; the number of granted, refused or appealed in each period; the number of cases in which the original decision was overturned on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28490/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for one parent family allowance on a monthly basis in each of the past three years to date; the number granted, refused or appealed in each period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28491/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 478: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for sick benefit currently pending or on appeal; when the backlog is likely to be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28492/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for jobseeker's allowance currently pending or on appeal; when the backlog is likely to be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28493/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 481: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for unemployment assistance currently pending or on appeal; when the backlog is likely to be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28495/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance currently pending or on appeal; when the backlog is likely to be cleared. [28494/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 482: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for means-tested old age pension currently pending or on appeal; when the backlog is likely to be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28496/10]
- Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 589: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if assistance or advice can be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 who wishes to return to education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28047/10]
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 590: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 16 June 2010, when will a direct, specific and comprehensive reply relating to the child in question be provided; if her attention has been drawn to the considerable stress and pressure that this family is under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28048/10]
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 591: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the procedure to be followed by the parents of a child (details supplied) in the event of their failure to secure a second level place for him; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28049/10]
- Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I raised an issue of promised legislation with the Minister for Finance when he took the Order of Business last Thursday. Since then, the IMF has suggested that national governments should take some initiatives to assist home owners who find themselves in negative equity, in arrears with their mortgages and possibly unemployed. In the meantime, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and...
- Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I am trying to put my question in context.
- Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: There is no other time or place. Can I finish my question on promised legislation? Can I ask the Taoiseach if the Government intends to proceed with the legislation that was promised to the House in November 2009, during the debate on NAMA? In that context, will those who are engaged in discussions with the lending institutions remember that the issue relates to compound interest being...
- Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: No, I am not. It is clear that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government did not understand what I was talking about.
- Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Can I ask the Taoiseach what the Government's intention is now?
- Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Taoiseach. My other question relates to promised legislation as well. Deputies on this side of the House have repeatedly raised what has now been described by a representative of the Garda as a breakdown in law and order. In that context, can I ask the Taoiseach if any effort will be made to enforce the legislation that has already been passed by this House or to introduce the...
- Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: What is wrong with that?
- Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: For God's sake, one could not embellish it enough for this Government.
- Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I have to embellish it, a Cheann Comhairle, because those on the Government side do not seem to understand it.
- Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)
Bernard Durkan: There is no date for law and order either.