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Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Back to Education Allowance Payments
John Brady
399. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection when the new rate for the back to education allowance of €193 per week for young persons under 26 years of age announced in budget 2017 will commence and be paid to recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34924/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Back to Education Allowance Payments
John Brady
400. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if the new rate for the back to education allowance, BTEA, of €193 per week for young persons under 26 years of age will apply to all BTEA participants, irrespective of when they commenced the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34925/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Jobseeker's Allowance
John Brady
401. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons on the reduced rate of jobseeker’s allowance who will benefit from the decision in budget 2017 to reduce their contribution towards rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34926/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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National Internship Scheme Data
John Brady
402. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of all the costs associated with the commissioning, production and launch of the evaluation of the JobBridge activation programme published in October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34927/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Family Income Supplement Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
403. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the family income supplement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34941/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Back to Work Allowance Applications
Bernard Durkan
404. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a back to enterprise allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reopened and re-examined with particular reference to their eligibility and to the fact that their business is now open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34951/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Niamh Smyth
405. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria in relation to entitlements and social protection payments when a person resides outside the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34957/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Social Welfare Fraud
Niamh Smyth
406. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to identify welfare fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34958/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Social Welfare Overpayments
Michael Harty
407. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if he will request his officials to take a sympathetic approach, as in all probability a genuine mistake was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34984/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Illness Benefit Applications
James Lawless
408. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an illness benefit allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35003/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
James Lawless
409. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal of an application for a carer's allowance in respect a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35004/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
Bernard Durkan
410. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which rent has been paid in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35011/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
411. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of payment in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be urgently reviewed with particular reference to the hardship being caused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35151/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Foreign Conflicts
Seán Crowe
412. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that 11 MPs from the People's Democratic Party, HDP, and the party’s two co-chairs, were recently arrested in Turkey; his views on the dramatic escalation in the crackdown on democratic politics and civic society in Turkey; and if he will urgently raise his concern over these arrests with his Turkish counterpart. [34443/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Foreign Conflicts
Gerry Adams
413. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the discussions he has had with other EU leaders on the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, the war in Syria and the deployment of Irish Naval Service vessels to the Mediterranean Sea. [32798/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Foreign Conflicts
Seán Haughey
414. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he is making to stop the appalling slaughter of innocent civilians in Aleppo, Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35141/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Intestate Estates
Seán Fleming
415. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of assets transferred to the State in each of the past three years as a result of persons dying without having made a will and there is no relative to whom these assets can be transferred; the mechanisms the State has in place to ensure these assets are received; the estimated value of assets yet to be transferred to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34551/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Heritage Projects
Carol Nolan
416. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the restoration of a bridge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34803/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Superannuation Schemes
Jim Daly
417. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34419/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Statute Law Revision Programme
Jim O'Callaghan
418. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to funding the statute law revision programme after the enactment of the Statute Law Revision Bill 2016; his views on whether, in the context of Brexit, it is important that Ireland, which may be the only remaining common law country in the EU, delete from its Statute Book unnecessary and archaic laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34466/16]