Results 26,781-26,800 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the decision not to award financial assistance for cost of flooring under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6963/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate resources continue to be made available to children or their families at risk through self-harm; if any particular requirements remain to be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7446/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 410. To ask the Minister for Health if an MRI scan is covered by the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6897/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 428. To ask the Minister for Health when previously available respite services will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 699. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs arising from reports her Department may have received from school authorities throughout the country appertaining to the health and welfare of children, her plans to take any particular or specific measures to combat issues arising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7438/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 700. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take or proposes to take to ensure a more rapid response to reported abuse of children, whether of a physical or sexual nature; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7439/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services Provision (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 701. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she envisages improved counselling services for children at risk and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7440/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 702. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate accommodation remains available or is likely to become available in respect of juvenile offenders with particular reference to future and current needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7441/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 703. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department has received applications for financial support from various youth organisations throughout the country in the current year; the extent to which she expects to be in a position to respond favourably; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7442/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she can foresee the possibility of addressing the underlying issues contributing to child poverty or affecting child welfare and-or abuse; if she expects to see opportunities to address these issues in the short and medium term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7444/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 705. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of children currently in residential or foster care; the extent to which adequate resources remain available to meet the demand in both circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7445/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to engage with juvenile offenders with a view to providing rehabilitative or educational supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7447/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mental Health Policy (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 707. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department have studied the issue of depression in young persons with particular reference to the identification of early alert and-or subsequent support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7448/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (14 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 708. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which a co-ordinated youth support service exist throughout the country; her plans to address such issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7449/17]

Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: As this is a Private Members' Bill, it must, under Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141, be referred to a select committee. The relevant committee for this Bill is the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. Does the Deputy wish to move the motion of referral now?

Topical Issue Matters: Naas Town Centre (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I say simply this: the time for action has come. We have done all the talking. This has been going on for ten years, and that is long enough. The softly-softly approach adopted by the local authority is no longer acceptable. The local authority is deemed to have all the responsibility in this area. Therefore, it is time to bring all the...

Topical Issue Matters: Naas Town Centre (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to raise an issue, which I have raised on at least eight occasions previously, namely, the unfinished business of and lack of progress on the Naas town centre development. This project has been ongoing for ten years. As I mentioned previously, its unfinished town centre development is not a great addition to or advertisement for the town or a great sign of it being a case of business...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Unfortunately, I was absent on official business associated with Brexit and the chief negotiators with the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs yesterday when my own back yard suffered a major loss of jobs. My question relates to an area where legislation is promised, but it does not really come into the category I had in mind. Is it necessary to enhance the monitoring that normally...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: We now move to Independents 4 Change, Deputies Joan Collins, Catherine Connolly and Mick Wallace. Will the Deputies share time equally?