Results 11,661-11,680 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government cannot be here this morning but has made noisesââ
- Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: ââto the effect that legislative changes are pending with regard to waste management. Is it intended to revise or repeal the Waste Management Act? I hope the Minister will clarify the matter. It could have serious implications for the rest of the country. I hope the Minister is not hugging incinerators this morning.
- Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (Resumed) (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It is good to have an opportunity to speak on this subject, which is very much in vogue. It was not in vogue much, however, during the recent general election campaign. I do not believe a question was raised by anybody, certainly as regards any of the areas I had an interest in â I had a passing interest in it at the time. As a matter or urgency we need to recognise the extent of the...
- Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (Resumed) (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: No disrespect to the Minister, but I have studied the various opinions. They point out and prove their case. In order to fully assess a situation it is important to hear what the other fellow has to say as well. That is why we have debates in the House.
- Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (Resumed) (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I do not, actually. The point I was going to make before I was interrupted is that we have a moral obligation to make a contribution. We need to challenge our carbon footprint and we need to address those issues. We in our economy cannot change the world, despite the fact that sometimes we are led to believe we can. However, there are various ways and means by which we can go about giving...
- Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (Resumed) (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: He slashed the grants for sustainable energy housing in two halves.
- Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (Resumed) (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I do not know what the Minister has been doing. Maybe he has been too tied up with the incinerator or its alternative. I and others tabled parliamentary questions recently on the decision made in the past 12 or 14 months to locate a landfill in the Bog of Allen. Doing so would affect carbon trapping and sequestration. Bogland is supposed to act as a reservoir for carbons and the...
- Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (Resumed) (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Yes.
- Organic Farming. (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: My Godââ
- Organic Farming. (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Organic Farming. (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Give them a bicycle.
- Health Services. (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this matter and thank the Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Smith, for coming to the House to reply. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister of State will be familiar with this case. In the past ten or 15 years I have repeatedly raised the issue of primary medical certificates and the qualification they entitle to the bearer. There are...
- Health Services. (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I will do so.
- Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she is satisfied that the labelling of all meat and meat products sold here accurately reflect the country of origin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30277/07]
- Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action she has taken directly or in conjunction with her EU colleagues to ensure that all food and food products imported into the EU complies with national and European standards on production, traceability and health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30278/07]
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her Department or bodies under her aegis have entered into dialogue with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union with particular reference to the need to alleviate possible cessation in the supply of services; if she has received submissions from the pharmacists in this regard; if she will take particular initiatives to resolve the...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to take an initiative to allow open ended discussions between her Department and the IPU with a view to having the impact of the Health Service Executive proposals on pharmacy services fully evaluated as per the Indecon Report; if a fair and responsible independent process for the determination of fees and services can...
- Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide capital funding for the provision of youth, community or arts centres in such towns as Maynooth, Celbridge, Kilcock, Clane and Leixlip, County Kildare and towns with similar population requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30456/07]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if particular provision will be put in place to cater for the needs of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the lack of resources and consequent vulnerability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30473/07]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that rent costs of â¬800 per month are payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, that rent support of â¬360 is contributed by the Health Service Executive, that more than half of their disposable income is spent on rent and that arrears of â¬2,000 exist...