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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (10 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 578. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she maintains dialogue with the Prison Service with a view to providing appropriate support for first-time offender juveniles on their release from prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51841/19]

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Drugs Dealing (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The order of appearance of the next two Topical Issue matters, Nos. 3 and 4, by agreement with the Ministers and the Deputies, has been reversed.

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Road Safety Data (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Order, please.

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Road Safety Data (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Order, please. We cannot have that debate. Please allow the Minister to conclude.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: When is the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill it likely to come before the House, and will it happen in this session?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects Funding (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 6. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which the support and services provided by his Department have been most regularly sought by communities nationwide; his views on whether adequate interaction takes place at present; if changes are envisaged which may broaden the appeal and availability and consequently further improve community involvement; and if he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects Funding (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which local communities have ready access to the kind of funding which they see as being fundamental to their needs and whether it might be possible to improve the existing situation or if it is working satisfactorily.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects Funding (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply and I note the expansion of the various programmes. For example, where conditional expenditure, matching expenditure or some proportion of expenditure is expected by the body or group which has applied, such conditions sometimes put them in a difficult position. It may be virtually a charity and dependent entirely on what it gets either by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects Funding (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I am aware of one or two of them as well. It is because of interaction with them that I discovered it might be possible to ease the sharp corners that exist in a way that would be beneficial to both the Department and themselves. Following on the Minister's comments, I certainly would be prepared to go back and interact with them and try to improve the situation.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Budgets (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding made available in support of community and rural development programmes in the past 12 months; his plans for further investment in the area in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50614/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50966/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); if residency will be considered under a case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50967/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50968/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50969/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50970/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to extending a 30 day short-stay visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50971/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a position in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50972/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50973/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which grant aid support will be offered to support a community-based organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50827/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (5 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which assistance is available to facilitate localised transport with particular reference to areas not covered by public transport with a view to facilitating shopping, socialising or community interaction with specific reference to the need to prevent isolation in either urban or rural communities nationwide and in...