Results 47,101-47,120 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (26 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which each Government Department has achieved the targets set by way of public expenditure and reform in the past five years; the extent to which this has now become the basis for reward throughout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3704/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be able to maintain compliance with the Lansdowne Road agreement or other pay agreements in the context of the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation, having particular regard to the need to reward those affected by the downturn in the economy in the course of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the growing needs of the recovering economy, if he expects to be in a position to meet infrastructural requirements of the widest possible nature affecting our economic performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3701/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Update (26 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the scope for reforms throughout the public and private sectors which may still have a role to play in economic performance in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3705/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public procurement procedures remain an asset or an obstacle in the context of economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3708/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (26 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full extent to date of recruitment throughout the public sector in the context of economic recovery; the expectation in respect of future recruitments throughout the sector by the end of the current year and thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3709/17]

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 54. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she hopes to maximise opportunities for the development of the arts and a greater awareness of heritage and economic opportunities likely to arise therefrom arising from the recently announced Action Plan for Rural Development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4133/17]

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The purpose of this question is to ascertain the extent to which it is intended in the Action Plan for Rural Development to utilise the arts and our heritage as a means of improving our economic opportunities in the years ahead.

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her reply. To what extent does she expect to be able to ensure all Departments are cohesive and co-operate in their support for the various objectives set out in the rural action plan? Does she envisage that its objectives will be achieved within a reasonable period?

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Will a specific Department play an integral part in delivering services at local level? With whom does one correspond to achieve progress, particularly if a number of interdependent agencies are involved? Will it be possible, after the first six months, to initiate reviews every three months given that the focus will be on planning in the first six months, at which point the operation of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 19 January 2017, the detail of the stamp currently held by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4024/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which appeals in the cases of decisions to deport and subsequent appeals have been successful in each of the past three years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department have had communication from the board of management at a school (details supplied) and the patron in regard to enrolment issues in 2017; if he is in a position to identify an amicable resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4602/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in respect of meeting enrolment requests at a school (details supplied); if, together with the patron of the school, he will endeavour to meet the requirements of the parents and the management board by way of approval of a third stream for the school, having particular regard to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a rent allowance payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3809/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support will issue in the case of a pending application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3845/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason jobseeker's allowance has been suspended pending review in the case of a person (details supplied); when the review will be complete with particular reference to the hardship being caused to this person; the reason supplementary welfare payment did not issue in the interim when the person presented in the local social welfare office...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); if an oral hearing can be arranged in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4467/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Promotion (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 428. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage nature to promote the national image at home and abroad with particular reference to the need to generate increased interest in such matters among young persons; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 429. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to provide funding for the arts at local and community level, directly or indirectly, particularly in view of the recent action plan for rural development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4589/17]