Results 47,821-47,840 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to promote and support job creation through the small business sector with particular reference to the need to ensure the minimisation of practices likely to impede small businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14675/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 207. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to compete for job creation opportunities inside and outside the EU, particularly in anticipation of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14676/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Promotion (23 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects Ireland to be in a position to increase trade with the US, Canada and other EU and non-EU locations post-Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14677/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development (23 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which upskilling is being provided in circumstances whereby recent job losses have occurred such as in a company (details supplied); the extent to which alternatives continue to be pursued in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14678/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (23 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects the knowledge development box to protect Irish interest in the international jobs investment market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14679/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her plans to encourage an even dispersal of investment throughout rural Ireland are on target in view of the necessity to achieve an evenly based balanced economy with equal opportunities throughout; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14680/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Order, please.

Other Questions: Youth Services (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has regular contact with youth organisations with a view to ensuring a continuous dialogue with an emphasis on the challenges that modern society presents for young persons and the means of addressing these issues and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15194/17]

Other Questions: Youth Services (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the extent to which the Minister continues to maintain dialogue with voluntary youth organisations throughout the country with a view to keeping in touch with the issues that challenge young people and the potential to address same.

Other Questions: Youth Services (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. I am glad to note the initiatives she set out. Could she tell me the extent to which she can continue to engage with areas of social or economic deprivation in particular with a view to identifying the issues that affect the families of young people who may be affected by the pressures around them to a greater extent than would normally be...

Other Questions: Youth Services (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Does the Minister use existing youth organisations throughout the country with a view to ensuring that their views and perspectives are always kept to the fore in terms of the developmental needs of young people in their respective areas?

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Given the necessity for the public to have absolute confidence in the police force, in this case An Garda Síochána, and given that in the past ten or 15 years there have been numerous questions raised about the operation of An Garda Síochána, is the chain of command applicable in An Garda Síochána at present? If not, to what extent can it be addressed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Young People’s Policy Framework (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has been in a position to strategically examine and assess any specific deficiencies in respect of child care, youth support and-or development services, with particular reference to identification of any problems arising at the earliest possible stage; if she will put in place adequate supports to assist children...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an original passport submitted with a recent application for naturalisation can now be returned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14933/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason only 16 hours of SNA support have been awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); if the decision will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15014/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a decision to refuse a companion travel pass in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15123/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Payments (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a one-parent family payment or alternative payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15406/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the relevance of details in respect of their medical condition and costs associated therewith as requested in the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the determination of their entitlement to jobseeker's allowance under investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15437/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (28 Mar 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which assessment of means and entitlement to jobseeker's allowance is affected by any property such as a ten or 15 acre plot; the entitlement to FIS or to jobseeker's or neither in such circumstances, having particular regard to the extent to which farmers have an eligibility for jobseeker's allowance, FIS or an equivalent payment....