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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in ensuring a school (details supplied) will be open and fully operational for the school term 2023/2024; if she will provide clarification as to when construction is likely to commence on site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24183/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a specialist consultant report is required in addition to a letter from a general practitioner which clearly outlines a permanent incapability to work in the context of deciding whether a person is permanently incapable of work; if a specialist consultant report carries more weight than a report by a general practitioner...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the waiting time for a decision in respect of applications for various social welfare payments has been shortened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24891/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 525. 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. [24894/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which applicants with insufficient contributions to qualify for the State pension (contributory) might have their cases reviewed with the possibility of a pro rata payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24892/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which she and her office continue to ensure the making of a basic payment to applicants of social welfare payments while the primary application is being processed in order to alleviate hardship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24893/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals being determined on a weekly basis; the number of appeals arising each week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24895/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which satisfactory provision has been made for those retiring at 65 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24896/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the number of applications for various social welfare payments has fluctuated in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24897/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of recipients of the State pension non-contributory in the past two years; the extent to which this number has fluctuated or is likely to so do; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24898/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of recipients of child benefit payments; the extent to which this has fluctuated in the past two years and is likely to so do in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24899/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of exceptional needs payments made in each of the past two years to date; the most common reasons for which the payment was sought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24900/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests. Obviously, they are concerned about, and aware of, the issues raised by various other committee members who claim to represent the general public in its entirety. I remind everyone that we on this side of the table have also been elected by the people, and we represent the general public and the taxpayer to the same extent as has always been the case. Is Mr. Menton...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Without any difficulty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Is Mr. Menton aware of the concern expressed by some current and former clinicians in the National Maternity Hospital?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: How will he address those concerns?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Our guests are obviously all aware of the regulations incorporated into the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, which applies to all hospital groups regardless. Are the witnesses aware of any situation where the full extent of that legislation has been denied to women in general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy, I hope. At last count-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Similarly, are any of our guests aware of the implications of the 2018 legislation arising from the repeal of the eighth amendment to the Constitution? That legislation was debated at great length by a committee similar to this one. Have they have had any difficulty with the implementation of that legislation in the last four years? Do they foresee any difficulty with its continued...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: There has been much discussion around tradition, ethos and experiences of the past. Are our guests satisfied that we are looking at a new era, that this is sufficiently guaranteed and that the State's interest is sufficiently guaranteed? In the event of everything being liquidated, for example, are they satisfied that the State's interest is fully protected in so far as is possible?