Results 70,061-70,080 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [41575/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Taoiseach for the comprehensive reply. At the next promised Cabinet committee meeting, will the inability of the Department of Health in general to come within budget and deliver services as anticipated be recognised? Is it expected that dead reckoning, or as near as possible to it, can be achieved in respect of this? Has sufficient emphasis been put on the people charged with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [41576/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent UN summit in New York, with particular reference to discussions he had with representatives of other countries. [41347/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with President Biden. [41348/23]

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I acknowledge the wisdom of the Taoiseach and Tánaiste in the work they have done and in putting forward the views of the Irish people, as they correctly saw them, at international fora. That is of great importance at a time of war. It is equally important for all of us in this House to be even-handed in the way we treat such issues. While something may seem like an atrocity to some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she is working to ensure that every child has a school place at primary and second level in Kildare North and throughout the country at large with particular reference to children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she will ensure the widest possible availability of school transport in Kildare north, with particular reference to the ongoing issues that have arisen in this area at the beginning of each academic year in the past three years to date where some children who have previously had concessionary tickets have been refused the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Labour Market (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 83. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of persons currently employed in the manufacturing sector throughout the country; and the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past ten years [44576/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Labour Market (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of persons currently employed in the services sector throughout the country; and the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past ten years [44577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus service from Leixlip to Blanchardstown hospital can be facilitated or incorporated into current routes to facilitate elderly people from this area getting to and from medical appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44787/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Grant Payments (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a grant for assistance with fuel for a driver who drives an unmodified car but assists with driving their disabled spouse to and from medical appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45158/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts can be made to facilitate a school place for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44872/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the contest of the school building programme, the extent to which continuous and urgent provision is being made to accommodate school-going children at primary and second level throughout Kildare north; the extent to which discussions have taken place or are so doing with the various school authorities to ensure advanced planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs provision in terms of school places continues in line with requirements and discussions with the various school authorities, with the need to ensure the elimination of waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45308/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which progress in the provision of primary and post-primary schools or extension of existing schools is in line with expectations at Prosperous, County Kildare; the extent to which an accelerated programme might be required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which progress in the provision of primary and post-primary schools or extension of existing schools is in line with expectations at Maynooth, County Kildare; the extent to which an accelerated programme might be required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45310/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which progress in the provision of Gaelcholáiste, Maynooth, County Kildare is in line with expectations at Prosperous, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45311/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the delivery of the three-school project at Celbridge, County Kildare, with particular reference to replacement for a school (details supplied), long since outdated; the extent to which this project is proceeding in accordance with plans; if any revision is required to expedite progress for the schools in question; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (17 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which demand for school places at primary and second level continue to be met at Kilcock, County Kildare, given the rapidly expanding population in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45313/23]