Results 25,701-25,720 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which persons with autism continue to have ready access to primary and second level school places throughout County Kildare; the extent to which difficulties have arisen in meeting the ongoing requirements in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25003/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate school places are available at primary and second level for children with autism throughout the various schools in north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25008/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of special needs teachers and special needs assistants to meet requirements at primary and second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25011/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate resource teachers remain available throughout all schools in north Kildare; his plans for augmentation in specific areas of particular need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25013/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided towards the resurfacing of a playground in the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25004/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected a review of the school transport system is likely to be undertaken with particular reference to the objective of the streamlining of school transport in rural areas in which persons have been greatly inconvenienced by changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which new primary and second level teaching posts have been approved in respect of primary and second level schools throughout the country; the extent to which this is expected to favourably impact teaching conditions in the schools in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25006/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the pupil-teacher ratio at primary and second level throughout the country is a matter of concern; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to improve the situation in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25015/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has received communication from the various primary school authorities throughout north Kildare in the context of the provision of new buildings or extra facilities to meet requirements; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to respond in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25007/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programme at primary and second level in County Kildare continues to proceed as planned having particular regard to the urgent requirement of school places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25009/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if will ensure the future of smaller rural denominational schools, the ethos of which may come under threat notwithstanding previous undertakings provided to minority religions and since the foundation of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25010/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the education system at all levels to be in a position to meet the skills demand in the workplace; the extent to which apprenticeships are likely to impact on the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25012/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which speech and language therapy continues to be available to persons with a specific requirement in Kildare north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25014/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if financial assistance will be given in the case of a person (details supplied) who submitted their required documentation in respect of a funeral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24843/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for social welfare assistance successfully appealed in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24865/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (24 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); the progress in this case to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24963/17]

Other Questions: Crime Levels (23 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Other Questions: Crime Levels (23 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of reported incidents in the various categories of crime has fluctuated in the past ten years; the extent to which Garda strength has altered in the same period; if a correlation has been established between the number of gardaí and criminal activity; her plans to address this and other...

Other Questions: Crime Levels (23 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: In this question, I seek to clarify whether there is a correlation between the possible increase in crime levels in particular areas and the reduction, as a result of the economic downtown, in the number of gardaí available and whether particular policing methods are required to deal with the issue.

Other Questions: Crime Levels (23 May 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. To what extent have policing methods been updated and upgraded in line with best practice in other jurisdictions? What is deemed to be best practice in policing expressed in thousands of the population? How do we compare with other jurisdictions in Europe and globally, particularly on serious crime and criminal gang activity, which need to...