Results 43,501-43,520 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and eligibility to re-activate a higher education grant in the future for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44594/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who holds a Bachelor of Arts in early childhood education is allowed to teach at primary school level, or if further qualification is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44606/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities will endeavour to meet the housing requirements of those already in emergency accommodation or those who are homeless and awaiting such accommodation, such as families living apart with various relatives, with consequent disruption to the needs of children; if urgent consideration will be given to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the availability of housing through the National Asset Management Agency for local authority housing applicants who may be able to access such accommodation by way of private rental arrangement, rent support or housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44609/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he can simplify the process of local authority housing applications and reduce the time taken to process individual applications, given that the process is greatly impeded by the amount of documentation which is required and evaluated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44610/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has identified the ongoing monthly housing accommodation requirement for those on local authority housing waiting lists, given the pattern of the past 12 months; if he anticipate extra measures to address a potential increase in a number of families who cannot access rental accommodation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units allocated by local authority for each of the past seven years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44636/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Prevention Measures (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in consultation with the Office of Public Works and the local authorities to address ongoing flood prevention and management issues arising from the experience of the past number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44637/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when the revised guidelines on wind farms will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding for housing adaptation grants in County Kildare is adequate to meet requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44639/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which various estates awaiting taking-in-charge by the local authority have been progressed in the past five years, with particular reference to addressing compliant issues to the satisfaction of Kildare County Council in respect of all or any development, the completion of which has been impeded by issues...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which funding made available over the past five years for the completion of unfinished estates in the administrative areas of the various local authorities has been sufficient to meet the requirements to his and the local authorities' satisfaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44642/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which derelict, incomplete or abandoned sites in various local authority administrative areas continue to remain a focus for him with particular reference to the urgent need to bring about early improvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44643/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which derelict, incomplete or abandoned sites and developments in the various towns and villages in County Kildare continue to remain a focus for him, with particular reference to the need to encourage every effort to address the issues outstanding and present in all towns and villages in a modern,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he continues to address derelict sites or abandoned developments in or adjacent to the various towns and villages which were adversely affected by the economic collapse; if he will encourage the re-activation of such development, if he will examine any administrative procedures which might impede bringing matters to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Status (10 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he directly or through the aegis of the local authorities has engaged with the relevant support groups in north Kildare on the provision of a new swimming pool, either via the local authority or in conjunction with Maynooth university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44640/15]

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (14 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I agree with the motion. As somebody who has dealt with quite a number of cases of deportation, as I am sure everybody else in the House has, I am a little concerned and I ask that the Minister bear in mind the individual nature of the cases. In some circumstances, a person has been deemed appropriate for deportation but on subsequent review of the case, the person has had the decision...

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (14 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (14 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (14 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome this legislation for a number of reasons. I refer to the important points made by other speakers on the detention of juveniles and the detention of all prisoners, which I will speak on in a moment. In 1985, TK Whitaker wrote, on the viability of St. Patrick's Institution as a corrective, rehabilitative or educational centre for reintroducing young people who have erred into...