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Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
Seán Fleming
153. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if third level students who are seeking employment during summer 2016 but who have not been successful can claim while they are not attending college under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16465/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
Alan Farrell
154. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme, including when he will issue a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16478/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
Michael McGrath
155. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost of providing a 50%, 75% and 100% Christmas bonus in 2016; if he has provided for a Christmas bonus in his Revised Estimates; how European Union and national fiscal rules impact on the ability to pay a Christmas bonus in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16496/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Data
Michael McGrath
156. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of child care places provided and how this has varied in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, under community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16498/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Family Income Supplement Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
157. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate a family income supplement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16519/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Willie Penrose
158. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a refund for a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16578/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Invalidity Pension Applications
Willie Penrose
159. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16580/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Carer's Allowance Payments
Willie Penrose
160. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate the payment to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme, given the new information provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16581/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
Willie Penrose
161. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16582/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Respite Care Grant Eligibility
Willie Penrose
162. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who was being cared for by a person who was in receipt of a payment under the carer's allowance is entitled to a payment under the respite care grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16583/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Departmental Properties
Peadar Tóibín
163. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who were involved with the National Asset Management Agency or with any of the State banks; and the details of each lease. [16606/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
164. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent arrears in respect of April and May 2016 will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16610/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
Bernard Durkan
165. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection to carry out an evaluation of the circumstances in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16611/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Disability Allowance Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
166. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if and when appropriate disability allowance, illness benefit or alternative will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16615/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
167. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16616/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Social Welfare Appeals
Bernard Durkan
168. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the ongoing process is likely to be concluded to facilitate restoration of carer's allowance and rent allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); if arrangements will be put in place for an immediate basic weekly payment in order to address the serious issue emerging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16622/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Bernard Durkan
169. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if review and appeal will be arranged in respect of refusal of carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); if this parliamentary question will be taken as notice of appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16623/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Disability Allowance Payments
Bernard Durkan
170. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if and when arrears of disability allowance is likely to be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16624/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
Bernard Durkan
171. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a jobseeker's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16626/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
Bernard Durkan
172. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection to indicate determination to date in respect of entitlement to rent support in the case of a person (details supplied); if it is expected that the person must become destitute before availing of rent support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16628/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
Bernard Durkan
173. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the availability of jobseeker's allowance and rent support in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16631/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Disability Allowance Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
174. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16632/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
175. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if dental and ophthalmic benefit are available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16636/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Passport Services
Paul Kehoe
176. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process a person (details supplied) has to go through to obtain an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16381/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Northern Ireland
Brendan Smith
177. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Fresh Start agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16420/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Northern Ireland
Brendan Smith
178. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals, to have further meetings with Members of the Northern Ireland Executive and with other parties represented in the Stormont Assembly and with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the implementation of the Fresh Start agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16421/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Passport Services
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
179. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider issuing a text and e-mail providing six months advance notice of a passport's expiry date to passport holders, given the huge backlog that occurs each summer and the problems persons have when they notice their passports are out of date. [16467/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Departmental Properties
Peadar Tóibín
180. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who were involved with the National Asset Management Agency or with any of the State banks; and the details of each lease. [16601/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Flood Relief Schemes
Michael Healy-Rae
181. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a tidal bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16407/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Fiscal Policy
Pearse Doherty
182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he envisages changes to, and the details of previous examples of adjustments made to, European Union co-funded payments, with regard to the domestic medium-term expenditure framework, which permits revisions to ceilings, where adjustments are related to spending on cyclically related unemployment spending or European Union co-funded payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16439/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Stability Programme Data
Pearse Doherty
183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his spending commitment of €6.75 billion includes some expenditure already committed and included in the projections in the stability programme update 2016 or if it is additional to existing commitments. [16431/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Public Sector Pensions
Catherine Murphy
184. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes he proposes to the provisions in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012; the timeframe involved; if and when pension abatement when taking up employment in other sections of the public service will be subject to change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16475/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Flood Prevention Measures
Peter Burke
185. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will engage with a company (details supplied) regarding cleaning, dredging and surveying of the River Shannon in conjunction with the catchment flood risk assessment and management report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16493/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Low Pay Commission Establishment
Seán Fleming
186. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will establish a new pay commission and when it will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16521/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Flood Risk Assessments
Brendan Griffin
187. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide maps of the parts of Kilgarrylander classified as flood plain or at flood risk from the River Maine in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16534/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Public Sector Staff Recruitment
Clare Daly
188. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he engages in a due diligence process including a review and analysis of professional conduct, competence and background prior to appointing legal advisers to public bodies including the Standards in Public Office Commission. [16558/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Flood Relief Schemes
Michael Ring
189. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an application by a local authority for funding under the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme would negatively affect an application to secure funding for works under the catchment flood risk assessment and management programme by the same local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16561/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Departmental Properties
Peadar Tóibín
191. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who were involved with the National Asset Management Agency or with any of the State banks; and the details of each lease. [16605/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Wildlife Regulations
Brendan Griffin
192. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if persons will be able to burn scrub up to the end of March 2017 and cut hedges from 1 August 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16526/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Community Development Initiatives
Peadar Tóibín
193. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has finalised and signed off the procedures manual and the operating rules and if not, when she will do this; when she will sign the contracts with the local community development committee; and when she will formulate and sign off the service level agreements under the rural development programme. [16554/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Film Industry Development
James Browne
194. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for independent film-makers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16560/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Departmental Properties
Peadar Tóibín
195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the properties her Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who were involved with the National Asset Management Agency or with any of the State banks; and the details of each lease. [16594/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Health Services Access
Bernard Durkan
196. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for ophthalmic and orthodontic treatment on the medical card of the person's parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16633/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Emergency Departments Data
Jack Chambers
197. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the alcohol-related admissions, by emergency department, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16377/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Drugs-related Deaths
Jack Chambers
198. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of recorded deaths from alcohol, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16378/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Mental Health Services Provision
Michael Healy-Rae
199. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding bed shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16379/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
Robert Troy
200. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied). [16380/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Health Services Staff Recruitment
Marc MacSharry
201. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health to consider a late application by a person (details supplied) for a position in the west and north-west Health Service Executive area, given that the person is registered with the Health Service Executive national recruitment services talent pool but did not receive a job alert regarding the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16390/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
202. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a magnetic resonance imaging scan for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16399/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Health Services Provision
Louise O'Reilly
203. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the progress being made in the provision of a new health centre for Inishbofin, County Galway; the stage the development is at; and when it is expected to be completed and available for use. [16402/16]