Results 55,001-55,020 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Initiatives (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department continues to promote rural areas for investment through technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11503/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Initiatives (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 238. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to encourage local and foreign investment in the regions through innovation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11801/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Initiatives (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the full potential of innovation and technology is fully available throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11804/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the full extent of job creation throughout the regions in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11802/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which enterprise and innovation continues to feature as a basis for job creation throughout all parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11803/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Records (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all issues related to identity have been resolved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11484/19]

Recent Developments on Brexit: Statements (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy cannot name names.

Recent Developments on Brexit: Statements (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: This is a time of sadness in the sense that the people who charted the course for Brexit in the first instance had a lot of ideas two or three years ago as to the benefits of leaving the EU. They chanted them regularly and trumpeted the benefits of exiting in a hurry. They have now gone silent. There is no longer as much of that any more but we should be very wary and cautious about being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 24. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied that the new children’s hospital project can proceed as planned without restrictions to the scale and content of the proposed facilities in line with what was originally anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12339/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 89. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget of his Department to meet in full the current expenditure costs associated with the running of the comprehensive health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12338/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued in each of the past five years; the number of applications refused and subsequently refused or granted on appeal in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12612/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which precise costings have been identified in respect of the new children’s hospital with particular reference to the need to ensure that the hospital when completed will be in line with best international, modern practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12613/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra nurses, doctors, consultants and all other staff employed by the public health sector in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12614/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthopaedic surgical appointments; the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on public hospital waiting lists for various procedures; the length of time they have remained on these lists; when they can expect to receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12616/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the position in regard to the upgrading and extension of facilities as Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12617/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can extend the lifespan of a nursing home (details supplied) having particular regard to the high quality service and care provided there, the presence of a dedicated staff and the locally supported proposal to provide extra care facilities for the region there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12618/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Data (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres operating throughout County Kildare; the extent to which it is expected to provide more throughout the county or in lieu thereof provide upgraded health centres to meet the needs of the various communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staffing levels in all categories at Naas General Hospital are adequate to ensure the effective, efficient and safe operation of the hospital; the number of positions available waiting to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12620/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken or can take to ensure the availability of a ready supply of general practice doctors nationally in both urban and rural settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12621/19]