Results 24,401-24,420 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: The amendment is out of order, sadly.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 22 to 32, inclusive, have also been ruled out of order.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: On the basis that it involves a potential charge to the Exchequer.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: I will do my best to explain it again.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: Obviously my explanation has not been adequate to date but-----
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: I did not make the ruling but I have a long history of putting down amendments to Bills. Once one wanders into the territory of -----
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: -----reducing a period within which legislation will be introduced-----
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: -----one is automatically impacting on revenue and one is also out of order. I am sorry to have to say that but the Deputy knows it himself.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: I will say it slowly.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: If the Deputy resumes his seat, I will explain it.
- Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made in addressing the issue where women are deprived of a contributory pension having retired from the workplace while raising their families or owing to the marriage ban; if their cases can be re-examined with a view to crediting them with sufficient contributions to enable them to qualify for a...
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: The Central Bank Consolidation Bill is promised legislation. Given the attitude of unregulated third parties now in the market in enforcing debt collection and repossessions, will the aforementioned legislation be brought before the House with some urgency in order to deal with this situation?
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which applications for carer's allowance are approved or disallowed in the first instance; the extent to which such cases are reversed on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46829/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken by his Department to advance construction of a new 24 classroom permanent school building (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45706/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Scholarships (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding or scholarship options available to persons that have been awarded a place to study at a university (details supplied) for one academic year that have lived and worked here preceding their study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45928/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 445. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the eligibility for an Irish passport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45819/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the success or otherwise of Operation Thor across the four policing districts of the Dublin north central Garda division throughout 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45707/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45930/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be reached in respect of de facto partner immigration permission in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46410/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Nov 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application pursuant to section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47108/17]