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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Multi-Annual Financial Framework after 2020: European Commission (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I support my colleague, Deputy Brophy, on the renationalisation of supports for agriculture. That would be a disaster for this country and for all other small countries throughout the European Union. The purpose of the CAP was to level off, provide food for a growing population in Europe, and provide continuity of supply at a high standard. That has worked very well. To go off on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: My apologies for being absent for quite a long time. I had to attend another meeting. It is very difficult when two meetings are being held at the same time. . I welcome our guests. I have a couple of quick comments. Something that has become obvious to me and, I am sure, everybody in public life is that families that are affected by disability spend much of the time waiting for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: My apologies for being absent for quite a long time. I had to attend another meeting. It is very difficult when two meetings are being held at the same time. . I welcome our guests. I have a couple of quick comments. Something that has become obvious to me and, I am sure, everybody in public life is that families that are affected by disability spend much of the time waiting for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will consider a further tranche of major and minor capital sports grants to include swimming pools and other categories previously unable to qualify for various reasons; if he has examined the extent to which groups failed to qualify in the past with a view to addressing issues which may facilitate them in the future; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which investment in tourism infrastructure will continue with a view to ensuring maximisation of Ireland's impact on the tourism market, availing of every opportunity to bring tourists here with consequent economic benefit and promotion of Irish culture and heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25324/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the correct procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) whose passport expires in July 2018 but who reaches 18 years of age in November 2018; if an adult passport is the correct passport to be applied for in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24534/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to refuse school transport in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25465/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application under section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24716/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases referred to the International Protection Office that have been granted residency or have had their cases overturned from previous decisions; the number of cases upheld on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24721/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in respect of an appeal for a visa by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25227/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); if they are required to take particular steps in respect of their residency status to meet full requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25504/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 707. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if this case will be facilitated at an early date in view of the anxiousness of their family to have them home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 758. To ask the Minister for Health when the review regarding the level of nursing home support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) is likely to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25012/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he anticipates bodies under the aegis of his Department to be affected by Brexit with particular reference to inward investments and future expansion affecting the tourism and transport sectors; the extent to which he continues to liaise with European institutions in this context; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he has examined existing road networks throughout the country in both urban and rural areas with a view to the identification of apparent difficulties in respect of capacity and the need to ensure the completion of the national arterial road network thus providing for modern and efficient transport to and from the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland continue to examine the locations at which numerous accidents have taken place on minor or major roads including motorways throughout the country with particular reference to the frequency of such accidents with a view to identifying the cause or causes and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected timeframe for the provision of vital major road networks throughout the country both in the commuter belt or elsewhere with a view to maximising access, reduction of delays and alleviation of traffic bottlenecks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25680/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which applications for capital grants that were unsuccessful in 2017 for various reasons will be examined with a view to possible accommodation in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25668/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and his Department continue to liaise with various sporting groups that have been the beneficiaries of sports capital grants in the past with a view to ensuring that all such grants are used effectively and efficiently and in circumstances in which difficulties have arisen, assistance of a constructive nature might be offered;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department has continued to evaluate rural transport requirements with a view to bringing transport to the population rather than forcing the population to converge on towns and villages as the population increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25670/18]