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Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy can object away.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: No. There was no second left.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: All right. I want to answer Deputy Doherty. He and I well know, as long-serving Members of this House, that at the stage he decided, for whatever reason I do not know, with a split second to spare, it does not happen that way. I am quite within my rights. The Bill is passed and we will move on to the next business, which is Private Members' business.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: This Bill, which is certified to be a money Bill in accordance with Article 22.2.1° of the Constitution, will be sent to the Seanad.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 12 is out of order.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 in the name of Deputy Doherty have been ruled out of order.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Doherty is opposing section 8. We have only 55 seconds left.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: There are 13 seconds left.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Doherty, is the amendment being pressed?

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have the opportunity to comment on this important Bill. Over the years I have spoken on many finance Bills and budgets. I do not know if one learns with the passage of time or not, but I am struck by two issues. Comparisons have been made between the current situation and the economic collapse, as if the two were the same and the same remedy should apply. Some Members still...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which special Covid-19 related payments are to continue or to be replaced by return to work incentives or other alternatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19008/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which Covid-19-related supports continue to be made available to eligible applicants nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19501/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting times for various appeals in respect of schemes or payments run by her Department; her plans to reduce such waiting times thereby easing the stress on families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19009/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details supplied); when the appeal will conclude; if an oral hearing will be required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19223/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for rent supplement in the case of a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited in view of the arrears accrued to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19224/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget for her Department to meet increased demand arising from Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19494/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she remains satisfied that waiting times in respect of appeals against decisions taken by her Department can be sufficiently reduced in order to eliminate potential hardship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19495/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which exceptional needs payments remain available to applicants in difficult circumstances that they had not anticipated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19496/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the non-contributory old age pension; the number of applications received in the past four years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19497/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which appeals against the refusal of carer’s allowance can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19498/20]