Results 69,261-69,280 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 11 May 2023, the progress to date in the determination of an application for jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); if all information required for a decision has been supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29878/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds (Resumed): Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (21 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for arriving late. I was in the Chamber. It is hard to be in two places at once. We do our best. I entirely sympathise with the story I just heard. We have heard several similar stories, and continue to hear them, not only in the past ten years but also, as far as I can see, into the future. I had reason to bring the matter up in the Dáil this morning with respect to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We have had to familiarise ourselves with the same arguments we have had over numerous years. We should monitor overdependency on the same sources for an excessive amount of revenue and try to relate our budgetary surpluses now to the totality of debt because there must be some correlation. Otherwise we will believe, as some people would tell us, that we are the richest country in the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: My closing comment is that the emphasis is on decarbonising our economy. We all have to contribute to it and we also have to back it up scientifically but we do not always do that. We are not always treated equally across the globe. For example, on the television one might see a series of smoke stacks and emissions of all descriptions might be belched out. That is not happening in this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Acting Chair for allowing me to raise this issue. To say the least this is a very disturbing development. We have all read in the newspapers about the activity of predators who seem to be able to gain access to residential care areas. Alarming is one way to describe this. To my mind it is without precedent. After all, there are several agencies that could have responsibility...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his detailed reply. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, contacted my office to indicate he was unable to be in attendance, and I accept that. This issue is serious and needs to be dealt with as quickly as possible. Action needs to be taken as quickly as possible as well. I note the reference to a number of agencies that have responsibilities. That is the...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for making his opening statement and for coming before the committee this morning. I tend to agree with the previous speaker in respect of the Irish Kidney Association and its submissions. The association is coming from the position of being directly involved in the issues that can, do and will arise from time to time, and from its own experience. If the association can...

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (21 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Correct.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to make fundamental improvements to the national road structure, given some areas have been in need of investment for several years and that failure to address the issue may necessitate much higher expenditure in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to achieve a balance between road and rail transport in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which fraudulent claims are having a negative impact on the price of premiums for private motor-car insurance, home insurance and public liability insurance for businesses in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of the impact that micro sectoring by the insurance industry in Ireland is having on the availability of insurance cover for niche markets such as thatched cottages, adventure tourism, playcentres and community events; whether a fairer balance can be achieved in these instances so that cover can be more readily available for those seeking...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he proposes to ensure an adequate balance in investment in transport between urban and rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to ensure both urban and rural communities have access to adequate transport options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30456/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to make adequate provision for increased numbers of commuters using the rail services in County Kildare, with particular reference to increasing the number and frequency of carriages and services to areas like Kilcock, Maynooth, Leixlip and Confey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30457/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to make adequate provision for increased numbers of commuters using the rail services in County Kildare, with particular reference to increasing the number and frequency of carriages and services to areas like Hazelhatch, Sallins and Newbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30458/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which it still remains possible to extend the DART beyond Kilcock, County Kildare, to serve an increasingly populous catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30459/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an indicative timeline for the electrification of the Maynooth rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30462/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which it might be possible to provide an appropriate bus or taxi service for older people throughout north Kildare who may not be sufficiently ambulant to avail of public transport or their own private transport, with particular reference to shopping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30460/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent, if any, to which research is being done to identify any shortcomings and provide for future transport needs of current or future commuters across north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30461/23]