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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57498/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57499/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57500/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on an application for residency status and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57501/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (22 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 694. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) who has recently been discharged from Blanchardstown Hospital and requires additional home help while recovering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57877/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 695. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent cranioplasty surgery will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57898/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am deputising for Deputy Higgins. I welcome our participants and I particularly welcome Ms Kavanagh and Ms Aspell who represent Kildare County Council. One of the biggest issues at present is the number of people who are on the local authority housing list, live in rental accommodation and have an income above the threshold to qualify for a local authority house. What are their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Does the number of houses becoming available, under Part V, correspond proportionately with the number of houses that are built on a yearly basis in the private sector? Are the officials certain that the houses are coming on-stream in the way expected? I have noticed in recent weeks an increasing number of people who have received notice from landlords as to the termination of their...

Impaired Farm Credit Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time next week.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Law Cases (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State and the Department for attaching importance to this issue. That deals with the issue for the future, which I welcome. Unfortunately, it does not deal with the current situation, which continues unabated. The question of parental alienation was always scoffed at by contributors in family law. It is regarded as a flawed resolution to a particular problem, which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Law Cases (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for again affording me the opportunity to raise this issue in the House. As he knows, I raised it several weeks ago, when he gave me permission to do so, as did the Leas-Cheann Comhairle subsequently. Since then, matters have got worse as opposed to better. Normally, as the Ceann Comhairle knows, if one raises a matter in this House, there is usually a hurried...

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: It may seem odd that a country Deputy should get involved in Dublin city but, as the previous speaker has just said, it is everybody's city. We all have to take responsibility for it. We take pride in it and we reserve the right to comment when things are not as they should be. I acknowledge the point raised by Deputy Bríd Smith with regard to sporting and recreational facilities,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that adequate support exists for all children insofar as is possible who might be subjected to a threat from any quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56685/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I raise a subject similar to that referenced in a previous question. I recently had occasion to see what I considered an incorrect application of the in camerarule to Tusla, which prevented it from investigating and fully supporting children who might be at risk.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for the extended nature of his reply and his understanding of the issue. In the past couple of days, I received notice from Tusla to the effect that I would not be allowed to attend a case conference because there was an objection. That was a surprise because my only interest in it was to ensure that the rights of the child and parents were preserved. Over the years,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I should mention that I also attended the Old Bailey and, again, was always welcomed. To be told by an organisation of the State, with specific powers on behalf of the State to protect specific people, in this instance, children, I was amazed at such a response. I ask the Minister to take a look at the degree to which Tusla is being overshadowed by other Departments in this regard in order...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Law Cases (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he remains satisfied that the interests of children remain to the fore to the greatest extent possible in all situations where their interests may be challenged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56684/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Law Cases (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the extent to which children's rights, interests and safety are protected in all circumstances regardless of from where a threat may come and the ability of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Tusla to intervene on their behalf as was originally intended through legislation passed by this House.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Law Cases (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister who I know to be a caring and conscientious Minister, as I would expect. However, there are circumstances at the moment where the interests of children are not being protected. The Minister referred to the courts and the need for the influence of Tusla there. In some cases throughout the country, Tusla has been prevented from giving evidence or influencing anything...