Results 43,901-43,920 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: After 15 years of legislating Deputy Troy boasts about the amount of housing his party had built. His party had a quarter of the required housing built.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Other Questions: Child Protection Services (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: 7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if adequate professional personnel are in place to meet the needs of children or teenagers needing counselling, emergency care accommodation or other back-up services; the most commonly sought-after service; the extent to which this is available to young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3198/16]
- Other Questions: Child Protection Services (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: To what extent is the Minister is satisfied about the availability of support services for children at risk, for whatever reason, whether economic, family, insecurity and how quickly those services can be deployed?
- Other Questions: Child Protection Services (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. To what extent is a service available to teachers, who may be the first to spot something that requires attention? How quickly can the system respond to the concerns expressed by a teacher about a home situation, bullying or a variety of things? Is there a need for an improvement? What is the most commonly sought-after service for children and teenagers?
- Other Questions: Child Protection Services (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Is the Minister satisfied that the extent of the support services available right now is sufficient to meet the current and future demands?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: We should. There are plenty of examples of it.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Correct.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: This is an election speech.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Topical Issue Debate: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me this opportunity and I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to respond. This issue relates to a question tabled on 13 January last and, prior to that, in July of last year as well. It relates to the circumstances of a case in which it was determined that a person in County Kildare did not qualify for an exceptional needs...
- Topical Issue Debate: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State. A lot of documentation has already been submitted, but it was not acknowledged and I do not know where it went. To be fair to the funeral services in Kildare, I understand about six different undertakers are spread between various towns. They interlink and cross over, which means there is competition. They provide services at prices considerably lower than...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Family Services (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: 15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has evaluated the psychological impact on young persons arising from the economic downturn; how this is most regularly represented; if he has taken specific measures to offset such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3199/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when Social Protection assistance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the part-time job incentive scheme; if any information remains outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3635/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (28 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why the pension of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to which he had made contributions by working in the Forestry Service, from which the person retired on health grounds, was reduced upon reaching the qualifying age for the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3699/16]