Results 52,001-52,020 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (22 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 376. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if the application will be urgently processed in view of the ongoing health needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22210/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (22 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 425. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be accommodated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22557/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (22 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a State pension contributory in the case of person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21988/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22289/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (22 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 15 May 2018, if an exceptional needs form can reissue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22597/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests and thank them for the interest they have shown in this issue. It is without doubt the most important issue to face not only Ireland and the UK but the people of Europe in 60 years. I worry when I hear about negotiations having to take place under pressure. The danger is that a decision may be reached in desperation and it will not be the right one. Ireland and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The Crimean war, of course. I had relatives in that war too. Europe may have been an experiment at the beginning but it has been a very successful experiment. A major price will be paid if people want to second guess that experiment for one reason or another. While discontented voices are raised in various European states from time to time, the European Union is better by far than...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the strength of An Garda Síochána has been augmented to date; the degree to which the strength of the force will be increased in the future; if he expects stations in both urban and rural areas to benefit from the increase in the strength of the force; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which consideration has been given to a serious plan to tackle organised criminal gangs with particular reference to the possibility of proscribing their membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22655/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which an adequate number of judges are being appointed to the various courts in order to minimise delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22827/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the identity of the membership of criminal gangs is known; if such membership can be targeted in order to limit the activity and influence of such gangs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22818/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which criminal gang members have been offered rehabilitative or educational training while in prison; the number that have had more than one referral for such training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22819/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Policing Plans (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the structures of An Garda Síochána are adequate to meet the challenges of modern criminality; his plans to modernise same including the use of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22820/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners incarcerated in high security or moderate security prisons to date; the extent to which the numbers are subject to fluctuation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22821/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of males and females serving prison sentences; the degree to which the numbers have fluctuated in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22829/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison spaces available in all prisons throughout the country; the number of instances where more than one person shares a cell; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22830/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to offer stamp 4 or other residency status to immigrants who have been here for more than five years and have established strong links here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22822/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees or asylum seekers awaiting a decision on their residency and remaining in direct provision facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22823/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Legal Aid (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a review of the criminal legal aid programme with particular reference to its application to repeat offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22824/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (23 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which local or community policing is likely to develop throughout County Kildare in the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22825/18]