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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (30 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a residential care place for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17044/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests to the meeting and thank them for the information they have provided. I want to deal with a couple of things very quickly, the first of which is with regard to inflation. Inflation rates are running somewhat ahead of predictions at this stage and are accelerating. Has the Central Bank a role in determining what causes the inflation? For instance, it can readily be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: It is not going down; it is going up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Has the Central Bank been able to identify any particular issues that are not related to those Mr. Makhlouf talked about in respect of supply and demand but where inflation exists and the response is it is a fact of life, everybody is doing it, so it is current and it is going to happen? Is the bank challenging the cause or causes where it can?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: It is partly a statistical phenomenon, but that phenomenon is supposed to be explained to people. For example, it is not sufficient to say that there is general inflation and that we will be hit by it the same as everyone else. That does not always apply. There is inflation that is attributable to a particular issue and there is inflation which is not. The inflation which is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: It is whatever Mr. Makhlouf wants to make of it. I contend that banks are disappearing and I am looking for his response to that and whether he thinks it is a good thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The public do not get consulted. The banks decide that for themselves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I want to make two last comments, Chairman, if that is possible and I will be quick. One relates to the financial crash. The banks were in a position to be able to do something about it. The Central Bank allowed the banks to continue to lend incessantly, against fresh air, for want of a better description, as someone commented recently. In other words, there was insufficient collateral to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ukraine War (29 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 34. To ask the Taoiseach the nature of the dialogue he has had with representatives of Ukraine with particular reference to the ongoing conflict. [12789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which drug-related crime and increase in the use of drugs is being noted with a view to a serious crackdown on the issues involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the strength of the bail laws have contributed to a reduction in crimes committed by those while on bail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (29 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the issue of fuel security in Europe has been discussed during exchanges with his European Union colleagues in recent weeks and days. [15301/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if circumstances or an exemption exists whereby a first-time buyer (details supplied) can be eligible for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16453/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a new court order proving dispense of guardian's consent is being requested when the original court order has been supplied in the case of a person's application for a passport (details supplied); the reason that the original court order is not being accepted; if the original court order can be accepted given the particular...

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

Bernard Durkan: 458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal against a decision to cease a carer's allowance payment in respect of their spouse in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be updated, including accepting an acknowledgement of the appeal submitted on 30 November 2021; if a supplementary welfare payment will issue given no...

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

Bernard Durkan: 462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that an alleged overpayment has occurred in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15822/22]

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

Bernard Durkan: 463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a late appeal will be accepted and an oral hearing will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15844/22]

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

Bernard Durkan: 465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a social welfare payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15853/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (29 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15997/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (29 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the best route to progress an application for long-term residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15827/22]