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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 124. 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; the extent of progress in reducing waiting times for means-tested payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15380/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which the processing of various applications for social welfare payments continues to be in line with best possible waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of decisions to refuse for jobseeker’s allowance, illness benefit and disability that have been overturned or otherwise following further appeal or review thereof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Departmental regulations or legislation which govern and guide deciding officers when assessing medical evidence submitted by an applicant as part of an application for disability allowance and invalidity pension; the length of time such regulations and or guidelines have been in place; if recent changes have taken...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the exact procedure followed within her Department when making an assessment as to whether a person meets the medical criteria for an illness-related payment; if the deciding officers who assess these cases are medical professionals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when assessing if a person is permanently incapable of work for the purpose of an application for invalidity pension, if due regard is had for the age, experience and qualifications of the applicant when making a final decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15385/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances within which section 76(1)(a) of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payment and Control) Regulations 2007 can be disregarded by a deciding officer when assessing an applicant’s medical eligibility for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15386/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps taken by her Department to ensure equity and fairness for all social welfare applicants with particular reference to applications for illness-related payments; if account is taken of the fact that whilst rules and regulations are important in creating fairness, that they should not be applied in such a strict and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the standard procedure, regulations and guidance followed by deciding officers and appeals officers when ensuring full disclosure of the reasons and justification for refusal of an application for illness-related payments is communicated to the applicants to enable due process including preparation for any further appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received by her Department since 2012 to date; the number of applications granted and refused in each year; the number of applications granted after review following initial refusal in each year; the number of applications allowed and disallowed following appeal in each year;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of the State (contributory) pension; the extent to which this number is likely to fluctuate in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15390/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of the State (non-contributory) pension; the extent to which this number is likely to fluctuate in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 136. 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 over the past two years and is likely to so do in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15392/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 174. To ask the Minister for Health if a mobility scooter will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15129/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: My apologies for ducking in and out as there is a whole series of meetings at the same time but that is in the nature of things unfortunately. I thank our guests and I will speak to the comments. I have a question in regard to interest rate increases. What are the most feared or the most obvious consequences in the event of there being interest rate increases in this country and across Europe?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Dr. Cassidy. That confirms my own thinking on the issue. The problem is that nearly all mortgages are the level now that the mortgage holder cannot pay any more and the next series of properties being built will be even more expensive, resulting in a total inability of the householder to fund any increase in their mortgage at all. My question that follows on from that is what...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: What measures have central banks taken to curtail inflation and ensure it does not get out of control? Can the ECB do this or is it left to the individual central banks of EU member states?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Could there be a conflict of interest between the interests of individual member states and those of the European Union as a whole?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I have a final question, if the Chairperson permits. Is there any mechanism to deal with the issue of price increases that are not forced by increased costs but are simply from those who are jumping onto the bandwagon and increasing prices on the basis that everybody is doing it, which will lead to disaster?