Results 40,341-40,360 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Development (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the extent to which he sees scope for further development in the food ingredient sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7248/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Artisan Food Sector (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the extent to which he sees further scope for development and employment in the artisan food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7249/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the extent to which he has achieved consensus with the various farming organisations on farm supports in the wake of Common Agricultural Policy reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has resolved issues raised by members of the Defence Forces, who were ordinarily due to retire on the basis of years of service, but who are anxious to continue in the Defence Forces, thereby contributing to operational continuity, efficiency and experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7342/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the vintage of Army equipment and vehicles, with particular reference to the need to ensure adequate and normal replacement and reliability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7343/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which his Department receives requests for upgrading military equipment, and will accede to same throughout the Defence Forces, in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7346/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Equipment (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he continues to monitor the age and reliability of military equipment in the Air Corps, including aircraft, information technology and procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7344/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the need for replacement of sea-going vessels and military equipment throughout the Naval Service; the degree to which any such required replacements will take place on an ongoing basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7345/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which promotional posts remain to be filled in the Defence Forces, at all ranks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7347/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of women promoted in the Defence Forces annually, in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7348/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 112. To ask the Minister for Defence the strength by which the Defence Forces has fluctuated in each of the past four years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7349/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 113. To ask the Minister for Defence the current number and location of Irish troops currently serving overseas, on various peacekeeping missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7350/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he remains confident that the Defence Forces have ready and adequate access to equipment, hardware, personnel and operational procedures, to facilitate an early response in any emergency situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7351/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects to avail of extra Garda numbers, arising from the new recruitment programme, with a view to ensuring increased strength in Garda stations that have experienced a reduction in Garda numbers in the course of the past number of years, and with particular reference to demographic requirements and the need to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána is adequately equipped, resourced and strengthened to deal with the new emerging generation of criminals, who seem to have achieved a degree of professionalism, derived from study of their predecessors, and who are capable of inflicting a new reign of terror throughout their respective...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if home help, incorporating personal care and minor household assistance, will be facilitated, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7336/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: We have received apologies from Deputy Ruairí Quinn. The draft minutes of the meeting of Wednesday 11 February 2015 have been circulated. Are the minutes agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: It is listed for consideration in the context of the work programme which will be dealt with later in the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Apologies from Senator Jim Walsh and Senator David Norris are also noted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: GOAL Programmes in South Sudan: CEO of GOAL (18 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome Mr. Barry Andrews, CEO of GOAL to discuss GOAL's programmes in South Sudan. I also welcome his colleague, Conor Elliott. We will have an opening statement and then we will take responses from the members - we usually bank a number of questions. Is that agreed? Agreed. Before we begin, there is the usual reminder in relation to mobile phones. I ask members to disconnect them....