Results 13,541-13,560 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (13 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if consideration will be given to allowing social welfare contribution credits in cases where one parent takes time off from work during the children's formative years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18671/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in respect of a social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18669/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is intended to incentivise motherhood as is the case in a number of other European countries with particular regard to the falling birth rate throughout Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18672/08]
- Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18667/08]
- Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (13 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18668/08]
- Independent Members. (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: The other planet.
- Independent Members. (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Given the degree to which Deputy Finian McGrath has become excited by this subject now and in the past, and given last week's appeals by Deputy Healy-Rae for assistance for pothole repairs in the Ceann Comhairle's former constituency, I ask the Taoiseach to tell the House if there is a written agreement signed by both parties in each case and whether there is a template or specifics in each...
- Independent Members. (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I know. Has the Taoiseach reviewed any of these agreements in the past two or three weeks?
- Independent Members. (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: On a tray.
- Order of Business (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Like everybody else, I am sure the Taoiseach saw posters this morning of three monkeys on telegraph poles purporting to call for a "No" vote in the forthcoming referendum. Another poster calling for a "No" vote contained a reproduction of the 1916 proclamation, which is an historic document. On closer inspection, these posters do not seem to be authenticated. There are no signatures on...
- Order of Business (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: It is in order.
- Order of Business (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: It is in order in the context of the Electoral Acts and the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995. In view of the serious nature of such literature and the manner in which it is portrayed, is it intended to take any action to ensure that all political organisations must comply with the same regulations for authenticating documents?
- Order of Business (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Can I raise another issue?
- Order of Business (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I was feeling lonely and you came to my rescue by writing to me several times in the last week. You gently intoned that a number of questions were disallowed.
- Order of Business (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Just in case the new regime across the floor expects to proceed with impunity, this is in order. These questions have been answered repeatedly over the last 12 months. I asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he had a view on the policy for a sensitive issue such as compliance with landfills, in view of his predecessor's statements on the matter. You...
- Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I was waiting to see what was going to happen.
- Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I definitely was.
- Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I hope it was not specifically for the Deputy's use.
- Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 May 2008)
Bernard Durkan: That is a disgrace. The Deputy should speak for himself instead of running around the countrysideââ