Results 53,441-53,460 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 915. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the upgrading of over trafficked sections of motorway such as the M50 continue to be a priority both from a health and safety point of view and meeting the needs of the travelling public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45354/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 917. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which plans are in hand to extend motorway services to other regions throughout the country with a view to ensuring that the availability of such transport is seen as an incentive for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45356/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 912. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has studied the weakest links in the transport system nationally; his plans to address these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45351/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Events (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 913. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to liaise with the various national and international sporting organisations with a view to hosting major events here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45352/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Toll Data (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 914. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated daily revenue arising from tolls on the M50 in comparison with other toll roads; the extent to which revenue has fluctuated in the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45353/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 967. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she remains satisfied regarding the availability of community child support services including the provision of support for after school activities through youth clubs and similar bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45357/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 968. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she maintains dialogue with the prison services with a view to providing appropriate support for first-time offender juveniles on their release from prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45358/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 969. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and agencies under her remit continue to monitor reports of children at risk, whether in institutional care, foster care or homeless; the extent to which she can offer assistance in such situations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45359/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Supports (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 970. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she can liaise with and offer assistance to homeless children whose parents may also be homeless; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45360/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 971. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate early warning systems exist to alert her Department to the threat to children and young persons of cybergrooming; the extent to which the issue can be combatted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45361/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 972. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she envisages improved counselling services for children at risk and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45362/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 973. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding made available to various youth and youth support organisations in the course of 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45363/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 974. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she continues to support an organisation (details supplied) throughout the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45364/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 975. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential or foster care; the extent to which adequate resources remain available to meet the demand in both circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45365/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 976. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the aspect of youth affairs that has generated most concern in the past ten years; the extent to which adequate action was taken; the quality and efficacy of measures put in place to address such issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45366/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 977. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she expects to be in a position to ensure that children or young adults at risk or deemed to be at risk do not remain in or are allowed to return to the accommodation in which the risk has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45367/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Provision of Defibrillators (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 997. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the various funding channels open to community and sporting organisations that wish to acquire a defibrillator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45131/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1030. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance approved and refused in each of the past eight years to date; the number of applications originally refused and subsequently appealed resulting in the overturning of an original decision in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44825/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1040. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal against a decision to refuse a disability allowance or an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44894/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1043. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44897/18]