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Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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Respite Care Grant Administration
Brendan Griffin
124. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the cuts to the respite grants or offer an alternative as a redress to compensate for these cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34025/13]
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Household Benefits
Brendan Griffin
125. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if the household benefit package will be reviewed to take into consideration the costs involved with running medical devices from homes such as nebulisers and ventilators and the impact such equipment has on energy costs, also the costs of operating washing machines especially for persons who suffer from incontinence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34026/13]
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Household Benefits
Brendan Griffin
126. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if the provision of a direct telephone line will be included in the household benefits package which is essential for emergency and security reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34027/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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Household Benefits
Brendan Griffin
127. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if the new household broadcasting charge will be included in the household benefit package for family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34028/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Brendan Griffin
128. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions being taken to address the backlog in the social welfare appeals office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34029/13]
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Carer's Allowance Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
129. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider removing the habitual residence clause as a requirement of eligibility for carer's allowance for persons returning here to provide full-time care. [34030/13]
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Pension Provisions
Brendan Griffin
130. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions being devised to protect long-term and older carers in relation to their pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34032/13]
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Seán Fleming
132. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34061/13]
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Andrew Doyle
133. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeals officer will be appointed as soon as possible and review the case of a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if she will review the situation and provide a timeframe for when the appeal decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34064/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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Invalidity Pension Appeals
Willie Penrose
134. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath against the refusal of an invalidity pension claim will be determined and if same will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34098/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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Carer's Benefit Applications
Frank Feighan
135. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [34101/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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Pension Provisions
Willie O'Dea
136. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes which failed to submit proposals to meet the required funding standard by 30 June deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34131/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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Social Welfare Overpayments
Bernard Durkan
137. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 13 June 2013, wherein it stated that the person had engaged in an apprenticeship whilst claiming jobseeker's allowance as a means of attributing an overpayment to them, if her Department is aware of the fact that they received no payment for any training/apprenticeship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34155/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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Disability Allowance Appeals
Bernard Durkan
138. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which two medical officers decided that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was deemed not incapable of work in view of the extent of their medical treatment and dependence on medication and frequent visits to doctors and consultants; if a person in receipt of such continued treatment is likely to be found acceptable to an employer on health and safety grounds; if in such circumstances their case will be urgently reviewed notwithstanding their current appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34156/13]
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
139. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review entitlement to deserted wife's benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34158/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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Noxious Weeds
Brendan Griffin
140. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the threat posed to native and other species by the plant known as Japanese knotweed, Fallopia Japonica; if he is concerned that hedge cutting by local authorities and individual landowners is spreading this invasive species; his plans to amend the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 in an effort to tackle this problem; if he will direct all local authorities to put in place codes of practice to deal with this issue before it becomes an even more expensive problem here as happened in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34043/13]
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Architectural Heritage
Mattie McGrath
141. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to reintroduce a grant scheme for the restoration of listed buildings throughout the country; the options that are available to those who own listed buildings and who cannot afford to restore same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33983/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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National Monuments
Robert Troy
142. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider an application from Longford County Council to share all reasonable acquisition costs regarding the purchase of the Moat Granard national monument; if he will ensure that the Office of Public Works uses it statutory powers to safeguard this important national monument, which is a local tourist attraction, and ensure it comes into public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34063/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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Irish Language Issues
Andrew Doyle
143. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding whether written correspondence, as the only form of complaints procedure between an individual and an Irish registered company mainly based in Ireland but operating across member states may only return complaints in English as opposed to Irish, the language the complaint was initially made in; if his attention has been drawn to other member states' position regarding same, such as in Spain, where large firms operating in member states must communicate back in Spanish, the national language, if written to in Spanish, as required by law; if he intends to look at implementing similar measures in Ireland for the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34073/13]
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Architectural Heritage
Catherine Murphy
144. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to the proposed demolition of Nos. 20-22 Vicar Street, Kilkenny under the Kilkenny central access road scheme, which form part of the medieval complex of St. Canice's Cathedral, the specific heritage obligations that are necessary in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34093/13]