Results 44,821-44,840 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

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

Bernard Durkan: 156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the European Union and the United Nations are addressing the refugee crisis in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12379/16]

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

Bernard Durkan: 153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Turkey’s application for membership of the European Union is being progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12375/16]

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

Bernard Durkan: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the United Nations has been side-lined in the various conflicts in the Middle East and Africa; if provision is needed to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12376/16]

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

Bernard Durkan: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if demands for humanitarian aid continue to rise at various locations globally; if the international community is adequately addressing the cause in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12378/16]

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

Bernard Durkan: 157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if applications for J1 visas will be processed on time to facilitate the applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12380/16]

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

Bernard Durkan: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his colleagues at European Union and United Nations level are aware of the systematic persecution, abduction and killing of innocent women, girls and Christians by Boko Haram, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Al-Shabaab and associated groups; if a particular initiative can be taken; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 195. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange respite and residential care on a periodic basis for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12348/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 196. To ask the Minister for Health why, when persons (details supplied) renewed their medical cards, it was determined that one of the persons was only entitled to a general practitioner visit card although the family’s circumstances had not changed; to resolve this matter at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12352/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Qualifications (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, as part of an application and examination prior to engagement in veterinary practice, a person (details supplied) may be eligible for attendance at a veterinary practice or college as a means of advancing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12349/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is a focus for discussion between the Europe Union, the United States of America and other countries; if assurances have been given to the effect that agriculture and industry here will not suffer as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12377/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) can avail of start-up financial assistance directly or through a local enterprise office to facilitate a small enterprise in the services sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12350/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a work permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12360/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome Ms Murphy's address and thank her for the constructive approach Social Justice Ireland has taken. We all agree that it is imperative to identify a means of providing for off-balance sheet funding for local authority housing. This is a major national, social and economic issue as it relates to the ability of families to obtain housing, which is a basic requirement in any society....

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Would the stock revert to the local authority at the end of the process? That is what we would see happening, because that would move it to a cost rental system and remove the differential rent.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Would it not be possible to alleviate the worst situations? The issue of people in emergency accommodation must be a priority.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I congratulate the Peter McVerry Trust on its tremendous work and the example that it has set down the years. I am not a great admirer of approved housing bodies, AHBs, which everyone knows at this stage. Fr. McVerry knows as well, since we have had this conversation many times.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I wanted to refer to it in passing. There would not be a need for AHBs if the local authority system had prevailed. Unfortunately, the weight of the housing issue is being thrust upon AHBs, which are not capable of dealing with it and were never suited to it. As the Peter McVerry Trust shows, though, they are capable of dealing with specialised issues, for example, addiction treatment and...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: -----and I like to say so occasionally in order to achieve consensus. I see nothing wrong with the institutions that lent so liberally in the boom times bearing some responsibility for picking up this tab. I am not suggesting that they provide write-offs but rather that they lengthen repayment terms and so on. It is wrong that others would be expected to pick up that tab. In that context,...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I just need to correct something. I have the greatest respect for Deputy Coppinger and for her ideology. However, I do not believe that we can solve the housing crisis with a dose of ideology. Many of us on this committee remember the time when we were able to solve all of these housing crises without any reference to radicalism, as suggested by Deputy Coppinger. I do not know how many...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: It may well be but I do not sniff around Members' interests to any great extent because I look after my own interests-----