Results 39,501-39,520 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I did it before.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I lived with it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The Deputy was making a Second Stage speech.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: That is not true.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Where does one start?
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: The night is young yet.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: There is a Government proposal to underpin national climate policy. The climate action and low carbon development Bill is promised. What is the progress to date in bringing the Bill before the House? What is the extent to which the Bill might be expected to be passed by both Houses in the near future? I understand a regulator has been appointed as per the terms of the Charities Act 2009....
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 95. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department continues to encourage economic development through the medium of the arts; the degree to which specific targets continue to be identified and met in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46816/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I apologise for the lateness of my arrival, which was due to my being in transit. The question is self-evident. Will the Minister indicate the extent to which the arts and heritage sectors are being used to encourage job creation and economic development?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan, Thomas Pringle, Finian McGrath and Richard Boyd Barrett are sharing time.
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: As Deputy Finian McGrath is not present, I call Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett.
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: The Ministers of State, Deputies Dara Murphy, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and Gerald Nash, will be sharing time. They have 15 minutes, ten minutes and five minutes, respectively.
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Easter Rising Commemorations (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 100. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to prepare for the commemorative events of 1916 in a way which marks the events, locations and prominent personalities involved and recognises the ongoing future need for an inclusive and united society as envisaged by the 1916 proclamation; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an oral hearing will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in respect of a pending carer's allowance application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46942/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Diet Supplement Payments (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the standing of the independent appeals officer decision where in August 2014 they decided to overturn the previous decision in favour of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their dietary allowance; when it is expected that the allowance will be restored in line with that decision; the reason it has not...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason mortgage interest supplement ceased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if it will be restored in view of the difficult financial circumstances in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47235/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to obtain an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47238/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (9 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance received, rejected and restored in each of the past six months to date in 2014; the extent to which individual circumstances were borne in mind before rejection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47240/14]