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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for domiciliary care allowance who have been refused in the past twelve months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51068/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the exceptional needs payment that have been awarded and refused in the past twelve months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51069/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which social welfare appeals against refusal for various payments including oral hearings are being processed within a reasonable time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51070/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which applications for carer’s allowance have been approved and refused in the past twelve months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51071/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 329. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children currently in foster care at present; the extent to which the level of care is satisfactory and in accordance with regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51072/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Human Rights (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 330. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which children’s rights continue to be maintained in accordance with the Children’s Rights Referendum and subsequent legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51073/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Human Rights (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he remains satisfied that the rights and entitlements of children are adequately protected without intrusion from any other source or threat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51081/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Safety (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 331. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has been ordered not to interfere in some instances where the children’s rights are being determined by reference to a single person, unchallenged; if Tusla needs to exert itself in respect of its responsibility in such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51074/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Safety (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is deemed to be in accordance with the rights of children, as determined by a referendum and legislation, to forcibly, in certain instances, remove children from the custody of their mother, and place them otherwise in what might be an undesirable situation depending on their circumstances; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Safety (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 334. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the number of children under the possible threat of mental, physical, sexual or other abuse comes to the attention of Tusla who can engage without interference from any other source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51077/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 332. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children now in the various forms of institutional or custodial care; the extent to which children’s rights continue to be observed in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51075/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Safety (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 335. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children, if any, whose cases are under investigation by his Department or bodies under the aegis of this Department at this present time; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the past twelve months to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51078/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 336. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the funds available to his Department remain adequate to meet whatever challenges may arise, for whatever reason in the course of the next twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51079/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 337. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of instances in respect of which a report from a child psychologist is required or desirable; the extent to which this is normally undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51080/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a refusal by SUSI of a higher education grant in the name of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and who was deemed ineligible for whatever reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51082/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in regard to possible naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51052/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case for naturalisation and decision to deport may be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); if the entire case could now be reviewed given that so much time has elapsed and they have made this country their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51056/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which occupational therapy and speech and language therapy have been made available in the case of a child (details supplied) given that they have been deemed to suffer from a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51049/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (13 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 466. To ask the Minister for Health if and when speech and language therapy may be made available in the case of the son of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51058/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 Oct 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a birth certificate submitted as part of application for an Irish passport can be returned in the case of a person (details supplied) who urgently requires the documentation to be returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50391/22]