Results 44,801-44,820 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can provide assistance, including student loan facilities, to a person (details supplied) who proposes to attend Griffith College in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12351/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, he will restore a basic social protection payment to a person (details supplied) whose application under the carer’s allowance scheme is on appeal; if he has discontinued the principle of making a basic payment while an application is on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12344/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, he will offer an increase in line with current market forces to a person (details supplied) under the rent support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12346/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore a jobseeker's allowance to a person (details supplied); and urgently examine if arrears are due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12347/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, he will increase rent support in line with market trends to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12354/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Data (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review a decision to decline an application under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; to accept this question as a notice of review and appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12363/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, rent support will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12364/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments made; the most quoted reason for seeking a payment; and the extent to which applications were favourably considered by month in each of the years 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12463/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, he will arrange a special needs payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12464/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UK Referendum on EU Membership (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the extent to which the business sector here and in the United Kingdom can find common cause to bring about a positive result on the Brexit referendum, having particular regard to United Kingdom citizens living here and Irish citizens in the UK using their respective votes to ensure the continuation of their strong business...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UK Referendum on EU Membership (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the business sector can co-operate with the business sector in the United Kingdom to positively influence the forthcoming referendum on its membership of the European Union, given the high degree of mutual dependency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12371/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his efforts to secure an early release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who has been incarcerated for a protracted period; if recent discussions with the Egyptian authorities have brought any clarity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12365/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the European Union and the United Nations can identify the ten most seriously affected trouble spots globally where war, starvation, genocide, violence against women and children and the use of child soldiers continues; if the European Union and the United Nations are making a combined effort to combat this; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the international community continues to make efforts to combat the effects of war, starvation, genocide, deprivation of human rights and abuse of women and children in Africa; if it can identify the most serious locations for violations; if adequate resources and procedures are available to address this; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the international community brings pressure upon the authorities in Nigeria to curtail the activities of Boko Haram; the number of women and children deemed to be held captive by Boko Haram; the extent of negotiations between the United Nations and European Union authorities and if progress will be achieved; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his European Union colleagues focus on the emergence of ultra-nationalistic tendencies in member states of the European Union and the consequences of these developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12369/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Development (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether it is necessary, and, if so, the steps he will take, to address the issue of divergence from the European project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12370/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the undocumented Irish in the USA form part of an ongoing dialogue with authorities there, given the need to achieve some improvement on an annual basis by way of the granting of residency status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12372/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the various procedures governing the application for and issuing of passports including emergency standard application or other categories; if adequate resources are available to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12373/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts of the international community to set up safe havens for persons displaced by war in the Middle East region, given the urgent need to address this in a positive way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12374/16]