Results 21,821-21,840 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which efforts are being made to award State pensions to those men and women whose contribution record was interrupted for family or other reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26916/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she has identified specific trends arising from the study of the age profile of those on the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26917/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether changes are required in the criteria governing cohabitation with a view to ensuring that hardship is not caused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26918/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the applications for various social welfare payments which are most commonly refused on application and referred to appeal or oral hearing; the number of cases subsequently rejected or approved on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26920/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services Provision (19 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible in all areas throughout County Kildare with particular reference to meeting out of hours and emergency needs in circumstances in which it is necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26921/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I raise again the issue of unregulated lenders and their agents who are at the moment attempting to launch a major campaign to repossess family homes and businesses throughout the country. I refer to the courts and land conveyancing (amendment) Bill, which is promised legislation, and to a Private Members' Bill which I have drafted and left in the custody of the Minister. Might it be...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for a comprehensive reply. We all recognise the important role he has to fulfil in restoring public confidence in rural Ireland and in areas suffering from social deprivation, perhaps over a long period. I want to ask about the degree to which the Minister might direct attention to particular areas. Notwithstanding the applications that will be made by various...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I wish the Minister well in his important work in this area. Might it be possible to engage in a public relations programme on the restoration of pride in local areas? Restoration of pride is important, both for people living in the area and people who look at the area to live in or invest in. It would be of huge benefit if the Minister was seen to be restoring pride in local areas,...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 9. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he has identified suitable project support under the rural and community development programme affecting rural and or urban areas, the extent to which he expects to be in a position to address issues of urban and rural or isolation in the course thereof and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25851/18]

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps he plans to take to address issues of isolation in communities urban or rural throughout the country; if a particular strategy is applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26174/18]

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: My questions concerns a similar situation, namely, the extent to which the rural and community programme is likely to be rolled out in all areas throughout the country - urban and rural - identifying if possible areas of social or economic deprivation for special attention and areas where restoration can be done to enhance tourism and education and take full advantage of the situation.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Policy (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he can address the stigmatisation of rural or urban communities in view of the debates that such communities are in decline and that they do not have a social or economic future in the modern developing economy (details supplied) ; his plans to address the emerging image of rural communities and some urban...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for renewal of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26003/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for leave to remain will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26142/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation has been received including supporting documents from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26143/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) has sufficient reckonable residency credits to facilitate an application for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26145/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26150/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if copies of original documentation relating to an application for asylum including details of the hearing in the case of a person (details supplied) will be returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26152/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which consideration is being given to an application for leave to remain and regularisation of residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if details that were submitted are under examination in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26154/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (14 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for long term residency, stamp 4 and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26155/18]