Results 60,101-60,120 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1061. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department continues to monitor urban and rural community activity with a view to addressing issues arising from Covid-19, Brexit or other reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1062. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has received applications for various forms of support available from her Department in respect of urban and or rural communities; the extent of the assistance offered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1064. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full extent of funding approved by her Department in respect of applications from community urban or rural groups; if she expects to be in a position to offer support to potential applicants in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1063. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, in the course of discussions with urban and rural communities, her Department has devised a means of addressing issues arising such as isolation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1070. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department continue to address issues of social inclusion and isolation in every sense; her Department’s programme of activity for the future in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8611/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Enhancement Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1065. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications on hand in respect of the community enhancement programme; the extent to which she expects to be in a position to respond positively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Participation Networks (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1066. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent of support from her Department through the public participation network for various groups and communities around the country over the past 12 months; her future proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8607/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1067. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she and her Department can interface with various community groups to address issues of IT deficiency and connectivity; her future plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8608/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1068. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has engaged with local authorities in the context of the delivery of community-based services or requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8609/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1069. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department have interacted with the voluntary sector in the past 12 months; her proposals for the future in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8610/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1071. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has supported various communities throughout the country through the LEADER programme in the past year; her current engagements and future proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8612/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1072. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which applications under the town and village renewal scheme originating in County Kildare have been submitted to her Department for consideration in 2021; if adequate resources remain available to her to address the subject adequately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8613/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1073. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which applications under the town and village renewal scheme have been submitted to her Department for consideration in 2021; if adequate resources remain available to her to address the subject adequately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8614/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (17 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 1074. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to address issues affecting island inhabitants and their quality of life on the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8615/21]

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Ministers of State for coming to the House to speak on this important issue. I speak as a former member of a ministerial drugs task force. I empathise with some of the points raised by people who are directly involved on the ground in dealing with the addiction issues. Very often they have a different perspective than that which we as legislators have. I always saw methadone...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The national and international communities are rightly concerned about Covid. Long may that level of concern continue. However, another issue is emerging across the globe, that of the suppression of human rights. All over Africa, the activities of Boko Haram have become evident. There have been instances of genocide and ethnic cleansing. In Russia, there has been the imprisonment of a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Tánaiste.

Covid-19 (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this particularly important debate and I congratulate the Tánaiste and his fellow Ministers on the work they have done in addressing the issues that have arisen in the context of Covid. A number of issues have been raised by others, which I do not intend to go through in detail, whereby some of the employment sectors have fallen between the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which Covid-related supports can remain in place in order to facilitate a much-needed economic boost if and when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which new enterprises continue to be funded in various forms in order to address the negative impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9312/21]