Results 20,381-20,400 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Competitiveness (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the economy remains competitive in all aspects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48739/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance when the benefits of the review of the motor insurance sector will accrue in terms of reduced premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48741/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Competitiveness (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economy in terms of economic performance rates alongside other EU and non-EU states including Eurozone members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48742/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48729/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48730/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a travel document will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48731/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when stamp 4 will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48732/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she has taken to assist small and medium enterprises withstand the threat of Brexit including the Brexit loan scheme; if further initiatives are planned in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48740/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in the determination of an application for trusted partner status in the case of a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48686/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a reply has not issued from the Workplace Relations Commission to a person (details supplied) in response to a complaint raised regarding their previous employment with an organisation; when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 121. To ask the Minister for Health if the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2018, which show that 41% of persons that successfully quit smoking in the past 12 months used e-cigarettes, will inform a revision of the Tobacco Free Ireland strategy aimed at including e-cigarettes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48671/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering the inclusion of e-cigarettes among the alternatives presented to smokers which contact the HSE smoking cessation services, including quit.ie, in view of recently published results of a survey (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48672/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commission further comprehensive research on e-cigarettes in view of recently published Healthy Ireland Survey 2018 results (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48674/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 123. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering changing the approach to smoking cessation policies here in view of a review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48673/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of further information furnished to her Department in respect of an illness benefit claim in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48733/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (22 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he remains satisfied that first-time house buyers or the purchasers of a family home are not being priced out of the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48765/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am sympathetic to the issue of orphan drugs, particularly where it has been shown that they work and that a patient cohort will benefit from them. The problem, which the committee has discussed many times, is where the determination as to their benefit and safety comes from. Is it made at EU level? There is a vetting system at EU level but, as we found out in this committee a year or so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It was more of a comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It is unlimited. This issue was mentioned in passing at a meeting I attended in Vienna yesterday. I am aware it is coming up today in another context. There are two things I want to deal with. First is the emotional element and the life-or-death situation. As Deputy O'Connell said, it is down to whoever can exert the most influence or shout loudest. The problem is that individual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It was referred to earlier, so I am not straying off topic. I am reasonably good at that. If something has been mentioned, I tend to remember it before the end of the meeting, strange as that may seem.