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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the return of funeral and bereavement grant might be envisaged other than by way of the exceptional needs' payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59542/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 469. 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: State Pensions (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of pension applications for the contributory-related State pension received in each of the past three years to date; the number granted, refused and or pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59544/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of situations in respect of which applications for the State Pension (Contributory) were refused during the past five years to date due to insufficiency of contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59545/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 472. 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. [59546/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which waiting times for payments in respect of means-tested applications compare with contribution related payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59547/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a carer's support grant and a respite grant has not been paid in the case of a person (details supplied) who had previously received same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59550/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for a carer's allowance will be re-examined in the case of a person (details supplied) who had previously received same in view of Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59549/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the adjudication of residency status and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited given the severe condition of their health and lack of housing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58705/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application as part of the recent undocumented scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58706/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 9 November 2022, the options now available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58721/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if copies of reports, prepared pursuant to the family law area, are being routinely made available to all parties to the relevant proceedings, without exception, with particular reference to ensuring due process and fair procedures and the ability to challenge inaccuracies contained in same; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 696. To ask the Minister for Health when sacituzumab-govitecan will be approved for use by the HSE to urgently assist patients with cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59319/22]

Message from Select Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media has completed its consideration of the National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022 and has made no amendments thereto.

Estimates for Public Services 2022: Messages from Select Committees (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The Select Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2022: Votes 37 and 42. The Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: In fact, it is not happening as it should. The people involved know that full well. Where there is a terminal illness or life-threatening illness that may become terminal, what does the section want? Does it want somebody to say the patient is going to die? That is essentially what it is coming down to. That is not something I or anybody else should decide. In order to deal with the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: This relates to emergency medical cards and emergency relief where patients are suffering from a particular life-threatening situation and the need to issue a medical card quickly. It is true to say that a patient who has a life-threatening illness has enough worries but some are forced to wait again and again and are told they must apply again. The last thing that should be on the mind of...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I propose to suspend the Dáil for five minutes while we prepare for the Topical Issue debate. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I acknowledge the Minister of State's work in this area and thank her for it. This applies to a number of schools throughout the country, including in my constituency of Kildare North. I tabled separate questions about them. I refer in particular to schools that are affected by increased demand due to population increases. Even new schools are not in a position to take the students....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Transport (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to record my appreciation for the efforts made by the Minister to improve the school transport system and the measures she took during the course of the year to do so. A number of places are still available throughout the system on existing coach services. If those were replaced by larger buses, many more children could be accommodated. Would it be possible for the Minister to have...