Results 51,561-51,580 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: Has provision been made for any intention on the part of the Department to conclude that discussion or dialogue before the directive comes into operation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: We know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: That is not my question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The process is not completed yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: Will the consultation process be completed to the Department's satisfaction before this is presented to the Minister for enactment?
- Other Questions: Farm Household Incomes (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the level of farm incomes in County Kildare and throughout the country.
- Other Questions: Farm Household Incomes (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. To what degree does the Minister expect to be able to promote and foster growth in farm incomes in the future having regard to new markets throughout the European Union and in third countries? Will he indicate the extent to which he feels farm incomes need to grow throughout the country to ensure the retention of the next generation on family farms?
- Other Questions: Animal Welfare Expenditure (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: 8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he has provided to the animal welfare sector over the past year in respect of all animals, bovine, ovine, sporting and non-sporting equine, swine and poultry; the extent to which traceability and identification continues to be of assistance with this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18306/18]
- Other Questions: Animal Welfare Expenditure (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the extent to which animal welfare supports are available throughout the country, the degree to which they are effective and continue to be effective, and the extent to which ongoing monitoring can take place.
- Other Questions: Animal Welfare Expenditure (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. To what extent has it been possible to identify breaches in animal welfare and how were they detected in the course of the past 12 months? What animals were most often found to be at risk of breaches in animal welfare, including equines, both horses and donkeys, and to what extent has it been possible to intervene positively at that stage?
- Other Questions: Animal Welfare Expenditure (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. Would it be possible to identify well in advance areas of potential abuse with a view to ensuring, for instance, that equines do not wander out onto public roads and thoroughfares as a result of which they may travel quite a long distance, as happened in one particular case in the very recent past?
- Other Questions: Animal Welfare Expenditure (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for that response.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The Garda Síochána (compensation) Bill, concerning malicious injuries suffered by members of the Garda, has been on the list for some considerable time. Given the fact that between 4,000 and 5,000 gardaí have suffered serious and malicious injuries in the course of their duty, and given the Bill's importance, I ask the Tánaiste when it might be possible to bring it before...
- Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State to reply without any interruption.
- Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State to reply.
- Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: Correct.
- Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State should not encourage the Deputy.
- Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy has had his say.
- Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: Thank you Deputy, there is no squeezing in here.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports to China (26 Apr 2018)
Bernard Durkan: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of agrifood exports to China; the expected growth in same following the opening of the Chinese market for Irish beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18307/18]