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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (13 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24735/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (13 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (13 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the exact weekly payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24738/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal will be determined in respect of a person (details supplied); if the precise indicative level of payment in the person's case has been posted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24739/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (Resumed): Heritage Sites (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. Are moves afoot to identify sites that have missed out over the years and have become largely unknown in their localities? I refer to the importance of local history and the need to protect such structures and develop them archaeologically, perhaps with a view to excavation. I once had the opportunity to visit the rock of Masada and was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (Resumed): Heritage Sites (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Are any particular initiatives being taken to encourage the private sector where monuments or sites are in private ownership with a view to ensuring their preservation into the future and to ensuring such sites do not fade from memory? For example, a site in the middle of a forest may become extremely vague in so far as the local people are concerned. Measures might be put in place to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (Resumed): Heritage Sites (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which preservation or reconstruction works are in hand at various sites or buildings nationally with particular reference to the need to preserve such locations and buildings for posterity through education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24295/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (Resumed): Heritage Sites (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which preservation or restoration works are in hand at various historical buildings or sites throughout the country, with a view to availing of every opportunity to make them safe, preserve them and make them available for tourism and educational purposes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which extra expenditure is planned for the arts with particular reference to the need to maximise opportunities for employment in the sector and enhance the image of Ireland at home and abroad with obvious economic benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24296/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The purpose of the question is to encourage investment in the arts at local and national level, with a view to enhancing the country's image in the arts world in general and to encourage interest at local and national level.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her informative reply. I ask the degree to which philanthropists can be encouraged to assist in the very wide programme at both local and national level. I also ask the degree to which young people, through the schools perhaps, can be encouraged to take an interest in the arts with a view to participation in the future, to becoming directly involved or to achieving...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I ask the degree to which the Department continues to monitor the progress of the programme under the various headings, with a view to expanding and increasing employment in the arts and improving the image nationally and internationally, not that it needs improving but in order to get appreciation from a wider audience. To what extent is that happening? Are there measures that might be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport application by a person (details supplied) is likely to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24365/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); when approval is likely to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24393/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24379/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to support community heritage groups at local level in the remainder of 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24549/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Maintenance (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to liaise with Waterways Ireland in order to address outstanding issues arising in respect of canal property and local interests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24550/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department has monitored the number of semi-derelict or derelict castles or historical buildings in need of extra preservation nationally; her plans for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24551/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to liaise with the Office of Public Works to ensure that heritage sites and buildings continue to be protected and when necessary sealed to prevent water damage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24554/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (12 Jun 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for archaeological excavation of historical sites that have not been investigated to date with particular reference to encouragement of local interest in such projects from both a tourism and archaeological point of view; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24552/19]