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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she is aware of the concerns of community employment supervisors in respect of their pensions; if the matter will be considered as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22731/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 674. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent and appropriate treatment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22561/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 689. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which provision continues to be made for pharmaceutical companies providing for rare and orphan diseases; the extent to which applications are in hand for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22639/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that remain on hand for approval for drugs to treat rare and orphan diseases; the length of time taken to process such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22640/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 693. To ask the Minister for Health when a wheelchair will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22670/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 697. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by a group (details supplied) in regard to ensuring a high-quality level of service on an ongoing basis; his proposals in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22686/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (10 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 884. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to liaise with local community groups in County Kildare and throughout the country with a view to ensuring that adequate support is available to facilitate their recovery notwithstanding the continued existence of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22603/22]

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this important issue. It goes without saying that all present condemn the atrocities that have led to this situation and the aggression by a country that professes to be an international model of some sort. The pattern of events that is taking place is the same as that which took place in a different time and a different country when the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (5 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Yes. There is a need to ensure every opportunity for recovery in the tourism sector, which is willing and anxious to proceed in the way already mentioned but needs that little bit extra.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (5 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she can assist the hospitality and tourism sector towards full economic recovery in the wake of Covid-19 with particular reference to the utilisation of particular methods to ensure the availability of necessary staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (5 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she expects to utilise Ireland’s culture in the promotion of a positive image at home and abroad which will ultimately benefit the tourism sector throughout the country with particular reference to the promotion of historic houses and ancient sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will increase the income thresholds for local authority housing applicants in order to ensure that urgent progress is made to enable those being excluded on income grounds from local authority housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22130/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which each local authority has achieved progress in relation to the provision of affordable first-time buyers local authority housing in sufficient numbers to accelerate the provision of such housing in order to meet the twin growing demands of the existing population and anticipated refugee requirement; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils who are attending their second closest school will be deemed eligible for school transport for the school year 2022-2023 as was in the case in 2021-2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22540/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I listened carefully to what the Minister had to say. It is difficult to predict. We live in unsettled and unsettling times. We do not know where the war will go and how it will affect us, or whether it will or will not to a greater extent. There are, however, some positive signs. Everybody is hiring at present. Everybody is looking for employees. I am sure some of the refugees will...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister. I have one other question. I happened to go on a tour across the centre of the country to the western seaboard over Easter. I was amazed at the heavy vehicular traffic on the road in both directions. It would appear manufacturing and exporting is growing and holding its own. How can we facilitate that? For instance, there is a dearth of heavy truck drivers at the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister and the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in the determination of applications for passports in the case of siblings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21716/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport that is waiting to be printed will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21997/22]