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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52555/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52565/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision to refuse an application for the back to education allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed with particular reference to the fact they applied for the course within 14 days of the start date and also had to previously defer on medical grounds; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 711. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 713. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52040/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 722. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an appointment to update residency status can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52232/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 735. 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. [52381/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 759. 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. [52763/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 988. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients diagnosed with kidney disease in each of the past five years to date; the availability of and proposals to extend home dialysis for patients with this disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52776/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1003. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department or other bodies within this jurisdiction monitor the alternative smoking options on sale here; if all forms of vaping have been tested for addictive tendencies; the research available to date here or throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52847/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1005. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which vaping continues to be tested in Ireland with particular reference to establishing if they are in themselves habit-forming or whether their use leads to a return to conventional tobacco smoking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52849/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1004. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of home rolled tobacco cigarettes has increased during the course of the lockdown; if the use of such cigarettes has led to a return to conventional smoking habits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52848/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1006. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which his Department has monitored smoking habits in Ireland with particular reference to the need to determine whether it is on the increase or otherwise; if particular action needs to be taken to address increases in smoking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52850/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1007. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of hospital theatres throughout the country of a standard capable of facilitating orthopaedic surgery, cardiac surgery and scoliosis procedures; if there are sufficient facilities available to deal with requirements in the months and years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1008. To ask the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis procedures undertaken in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1009. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of Irish hospitals that have facilitated scoliosis procedures over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1010. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital procedures which were suspended over the past three years to date due to lack of appropriate theatre space. [52854/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (2 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which scientific evidence exists in his Department relating to the causes of the spread of bovine TB; the full extent of any samples taken from badgers, deer or other animals thereby identifying a means whereby the progress of the disease can be seriously challenged; if a deadline will be set within which...