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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [11562/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent was time given to the isolation of the issues that cause the greatest concern in the course of the past year, especially to areas such as logjams, lack of capacity, lack of GPs, lack of access to emergency departments and so on? Was enough time given to ensuring they will not recur in the future and that a renewed effort will be made to introduce the elements of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing pro-rata pensions on the basis of the proportion of contributions made by the pensioner relative to the qualifying number of such contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15150/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which appeals against negative decisions in response to applications for domiciliary care allowance can be expedited and incorporate fully the concerns and challenges experienced by parents of children with particular or specific needs as diagnosed by their professional medical/psychiatric expertise, as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund is likely to issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who applied in recent months but is yet to receive a reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14789/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts are being made to facilitate school places in the local secondary school of the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place in a local special school for September 2023 can be found for a child (details supplied). [14844/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a procedure/method exists whereby a person (details supplied) can care for her two elderly parents but also accrue credits towards her State pension given as she does not appear to qualify for the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance via an exceptional needs payment can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14996/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an assistant supervisor (details supplied) for a community scheme; when an outcome will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is possible for her Department to make contact with their counterparts in the UK with a view to determination of entitlement to a UK pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15257/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of social welfare payments currently being paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15266/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of carer’s allowance payment currently being paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15267/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to what extent oral hearings in respect of appeals against disallowance for various payments are up to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15441/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received by her Department in the past twelve months; the number of applications granted and refused in the same period; the number of decisions appealed and subsequently overturned on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15442/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the invalidity pension received by her Department in the past twelve months; the number of applications granted and refused in the same period; the number of decisions appealed and subsequently overturned on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15443/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance received by her Department in the past twelve months; the number of applications granted and refused in the same period; the number of decisions appealed and subsequently overturned on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15444/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension (contributory) received by her Department in the past twelve months; the number of applications granted and refused in the same period; the number of decisions appealed and subsequently overturned on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15446/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension (non-contributory) received by her Department in the past twelve months; the number of applications granted and refused in the same period; the number of decisions appealed and subsequently overturned on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15447/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the possible cost of introducing prorate pensions for those who have made pension contributions but an insufficient amount to qualify for a pension in a single year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15445/23]