Results 63,521-63,540 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she remains satisfied that the public can be sufficiently protected from the use of social media by predators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she is engaged with various interests and stakeholders in the tourism sector with a view to identifying those areas worst affected by Covid-19 that are faced with the greatest challenges in their efforts to recover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2865/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to encourage and promote various forms of cultural activity with particular reference to the need to stimulate recovery in the aftermath of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2866/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has engaged with the various stakeholders in order to stimulate interest and activity in the arts with consequent economic and social benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2867/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department expects to be in a position to provide capital funding for the various community and national sports projects in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2868/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to be in a position to allocate the major sports grants to the various applicants throughout Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2869/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to use the arts and Irish culture as a means of attracting tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which her Department continues to encourage interest in the arts at primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2871/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all matters outstanding or awaiting clarification in relation to payment received by a person (details supplied) have now been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2719/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2729/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she can ensure a fair and even balance between the right to freedom of expression and the rejection of xenophobia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2873/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (20 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case is being considered in the context of another case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2721/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister and his colleagues for coming before the committee. I am finding the conversation interesting. I was a member, in a previous incarnation, of a ministerial drugs task force and liaised with the community-based committees. I should say at the outset that I listened to the conversation there on the need for the legalisation of cannabis and I do not accept it at all....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: How has that number fluctuated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Are they progressing? Can progress be recorded? There is nothing as bad for or debilitating to anyone or his or her family trying to deal with this situation. We have all dealt with them. Invariably, the mothers in families will come out with a hard line that this has to stop, it cannot go on forever and we must improve the situation and reduce the level of dependency. How can we do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Before that, I will give an idea of where I am coming from. There is nothing as soul-destroying as when one is dealing with families where there is a drug problem that grows and grows and eventually tears the family apart. The Minister of State spoke of stigma. The stigma is as a result of continued reliance on particular drugs. We need to address that. The whole concept of methadone is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Does Senator Ruane not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: No, she did not, but she showed dissent when I was speaking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Should there be a war on drug barons, that is, the people who supply the market?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62958/21]