Results 52,821-52,840 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the back to education allowance in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37185/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an overpayment of €198 has been assessed against a person (details supplied); if a review will be undertaken in view of the fact that such a deduction has not happened previously when such work has been done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37187/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 730. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the seriousness of the condition of a person (details supplied); if their application for an invalidity pension will be reviewed in view of their medical circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37208/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 739. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all medical documentation in respect of a disability allowance payment has now been registered as received in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37279/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 756. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); when the application will be brought to a conclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37604/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 757. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a basic social welfare or supplementary allowance payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37605/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 763. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further consideration will be given to awarding an exceptional needs grant in the case of a person (details supplied); if consideration will be given to an increase in rent support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37741/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 764. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a social welfare payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); if the payment can be made with some urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37742/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 765. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); if payment will be restored in full; if this Parliamentary Question will be accepted as an appeal against the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37745/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37750/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 767. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appropriate payment in respect of a person (details supplied) will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37757/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 770. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a required medical form can reissue in the case of a person (details supplied) as part of his application for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37775/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if and when it is expected revised regulations appertaining to the location of wind turbines and minimum distance from dwellings are likely to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37853/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (18 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 821. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if legal clarification has been agreed regarding whether uninterrupted turf cutting in succession since the 1970s on a plot unassigned by the Land Commission may be combined to give a 30 year right of prescription over the plot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37573/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the proposed revision of bus services affecting the main towns in north County Kildare will be carried out in such a way so as to ensure existing services are not interfered with, that the convenience for commuters and passengers remains paramount and that particular attention will given to meeting the needs of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the ongoing BusConnects review of services which is intended to improve and expand the efficiency and availability of services. In some cases, however, it has a negative effect on existing services; hence the reason I am asking the question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. The presumption is that the target is to improve the quality, frequency and efficiency of services in moving people from A to B as quickly and effectively as possible. Unfortunately, it also involves interference with some of the existing services in a way that might be difficult for people with mobility issues and who have already become...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. The only thing that worries me is that I saw a reply to a letter I sent to the Department recently, in which it was indicated that one bus stop was close to another. I assure the Minister that, for people with mobility issues, it was not. The reality is that the stops were at least 300 m or 400 m apart. To an able-bodied person, that is nothing, but to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which his Department has engaged with various community and sporting recreational groups previously awarded funding under the sports capital programme that subsequently wish to apply the funding to an alternative aspect of their proposed development which required a separate permission; if all such cases have been resolved...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (19 Sep 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he plans to prioritise the upgrading of existing major arterial routes and the provision of strategic motorways to facilitate economic development throughout the country in both urban and rural settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38010/18]