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

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a partial carer's allowance will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47858/22]

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

Bernard Durkan: 207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47859/22]

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

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the jobseeker's allowance will be restored immediately in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47862/22]

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

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency position in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47854/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (29 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 270. To ask the Minister for Health if a deferral for the time being will be offered in respect of a debt (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47860/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the provision of accommodation for persons on local authority housing lists and those seeking affordable housing can be accommodated in the short term alongside the competing requirements of refugees and the number on the housing lists; if modular housing or wooden chalet-type housing will be urgently...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which an emergency plan exists to provide housing for refugees and those awaiting affordable or local authority housing, having particular regard to the circumstances now prevailing where emergency measures are needed to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47270/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which housing developments are in hand in each local authority throughout the country, as well as in County Kildare, with a view to alleviating the waiting list for local authority and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47603/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses allocated to each local authority throughout the country, including County Kildare, by way of Part 5 provision arising from private ongoing developments; the extent to which this has reduced numbers on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47605/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if plans will be put in place to arrange for modular or chalet-type wooden housing as a means of addressing the severe housing shortage, as well as the shortage of accommodation for asylum seekers, with a view to reducing the dependence on highly priced rental accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the Housing for All programme is expected to meet its targets in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47607/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants on the various housing lists held by the various local authorities throughout the country as of 1 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47610/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps, if any, that can be taken to improve the planning process in terms of more rapid determination of applications and appeals to An Bord Pleanála, having regard to the situation in respect of backlogs and waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47612/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our witnesses for coming before the committee. I would like to congratulate and thank Mr. Paul Reid for his work in the health services over the past years, and particularly in the face of the Covid crisis. It was an extremely hard call and task. It was fulfilled with great efficiency. It is a great model for the future of the delivery of the health services. I thank Mr. Reid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: What I am trying to get at is that for a long time there has been a shortfall for the end of the year. There is a shortfall after six or seven months or whatever the case may be. Can we come to grips with that? Can we accurately project what is required to do the job or is it such a floating issue that we cannot? In which case, we are all coming in on the back foot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: When it comes to the imponderables, the floating targets as it were, we should still be in a position to project what the requirement is much more accurately than we do. Other health services in other countries do so to a greater extent than we do. I would like a quick response to that. Are we not competing? Are we not capable of catching up? Are we not capable of projecting the likely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Is it not possible to have a contingency figure encompassed in the budget in such a way as to be able to call upon it as required without having to seek an increase in spending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Bernard Durkan: No, it would not be that.