Results 35,521-35,540 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 528. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to interact with youth organisations with particular reference to the need to identify their issues of concern and to offer appropriate assistance; the extent to which this has continued over the past 12 months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54367/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 529. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the issues most commonly brought to her Department’s attention by youth organisations or members of the public in the course of the past two years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54368/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 531. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to have access to adequate funding for youth support services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54371/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 532. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has been in a position to offer funding for youth support services to the various youth organisations throughout County Kildare in the past twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54372/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 530. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and or her Department continue to monitor the most commonly mentioned issues affecting the general well-being of young persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54370/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Prevention (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 533. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of instances of child physical, mental or sex abuse reported to her Department throughout County Kildare in the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54373/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Awareness (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken by his Department to address issues such as low self-esteem or depression leading to underperformance at work and or at school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54369/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 555. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53771/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 599. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has studied the recent response from the Health Service Executive (details supplied) with particular reference to identification of the primary reasons for the high numbers of young girls and boys reporting at accident and emergency with suspected deliberate self-harm injuries; the extent to which investigations have been carried out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report 2012: Discussion with European Court of Auditors (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: We remind him of that all the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report 2012: Discussion with European Court of Auditors (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Does Ms Kerrigan want to say something?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report 2012: Discussion with European Court of Auditors (17 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: That concludes our discussion. I wish to thank the witnesses for their attendance at the joint committee. Their task is a responsible one, which is to look after the EU's budgetary expenditure. Procuring the budget is one thing but spending it is another. The European Court of Auditors must ensure that the budget is spent appropriately. That is of major importance to the EU and each...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (18 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: That is most reassuring.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (18 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 16. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects costs throughout the health service to be contained within budget for the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54080/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (18 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department monitors expenditure throughout the various structures of the health service with particular reference to the need to identify areas incurring over-expenditure habitually, the action taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54687/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (18 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that adequate steps have been taken to ensure accountability in relation to spending throughout the entire health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54688/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (18 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of identified sufferers of narcolepsy; the extent to which supportive arrangements are in place or remain to be put in place in respect of such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54691/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Issues (18 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 41. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which progress is being achieved in regard to the provision of the proposed new children’s hospital; the extent to which planning or other preliminaries have been advanced to date; if it is expected that consultancy costs arising from previous proposals in respect of the project are likely to bring about any reduction in the current...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (18 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has eligible self-employed contributions for State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54517/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Issues (18 Dec 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the national children's hospital development plan has been advanced to date; the degree to which he expects the plan to be on target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54689/13]