Results 26,121-26,140 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has examined the anomaly whereby qualification income limits for local authority housing are set in such a way as to deprive many families of a possible local authority home notwithstanding the fact that their income does not give them the choice to fund a mortgage; if immediate steps can be...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which subsidised serviced building sites can be made available to low-to-medium income families that cannot currently provide themselves with a home of their own for a variety of reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17349/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); if the jobseeker's allowance is the appropriate payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17323/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of carer's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17324/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a decision to refuse an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17328/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17329/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the refusal of a decision in respect of a disability allowance dated 7 March 2017 in the case of a person (details supplied); if this inquiry will be accepted as basis for appeal; if a basic social welfare payment can issue in the interim while awaiting the result of the appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which it might be concluded that two persons, one in their 90s and one in late 80s, are deemed insufficiently dependent to require a carer, as in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17335/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Citizenship Status (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a review of residency and, as a consequence, passport entitlement can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17327/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 262. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card renewal will be effected in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17322/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: 263. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17330/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: Deputy O'Connell is not here to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: She may have-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: She is not here now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chairman. I am waiting patiently. Very patiently. I might need some of the product soon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: I thank Deputy Gino Kenny and his colleagues for coming before the committee and giving us their views. I do not have any vested interest one way or another. Deputy Boyd Barrett mentioned pain, which is the crucial and most significant element in this debate. Having had a condition that involved a lot of pain and having been referred to pain management in the past, I can speak with some...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: The HPRA indicated this. It also indicated that the products were beneficial. A patient who had used cannabis oil came into my clinic last week and she was not dramatically different from the way she was the week before. It is claimed by the HPRA that the four cannabis-based products are as effective for certain conditions as what are in the Deputy's proposal. I have already raised the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: If a person wants to smoke cannabis for recreational purposes in breach of the law and in the company of somebody who is using cannabis for medicinal purposes, it is very difficult to say to the other guy, "Show me your prescription". Merging the two together is a dangerous place to go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: The effect-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Bernard Durkan: My response to that-----