Results 27,061-27,080 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the top ten flash points globally with the most serious abuses of human life, starvation, war and famine continue to be identified; if enhanced UN or global aid operations are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3519/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community has responded to the various natural disasters over the past five years such as earthquakes and tsunami; if all commitments entered into initially have been honoured in respect of locations such as Haiti; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3520/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Reform (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to restructuring of the UN with a view to enhancing its capacity to intervene and create safe havens in areas of conflict thereby minimising loss of life, torture and abuse of human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3521/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the activities of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab are being contained by the international community or the African Union; if the release of girls and women kidnapped over the past number of years continues to be pursued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3523/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia continue to receive co-operation and support from the European Union; the extent to which Ireland's trade with such countries can be enhanced post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3524/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, in conjunction with his EU colleagues, can continue to combat the rise of ISIS in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3525/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union remains committed to the principle of unity of purpose in respect of economic, monetary, political and social institutions notwithstanding the emergence of extreme political viewpoints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3526/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 196. To ask the Minister for Health when the required orthopaedic surgery for scoliosis will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3285/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if required home help will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); when same may be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3337/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department has examined new markets both inside and outside the European Union for Irish products in order to compensate for the consequences of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3522/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (25 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in respect of any other transatlantic trade agreements with the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3527/17]

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister clearly understands the implication of the situation and the complicated issues that are involved. We are trying to encourage him to change the system to accommodate the people to whom we refer. In the case of the employment, it is not as easy to establish the existence of a partnership as it was. At the beginning of the downturn in the economy, changes were made that mean it...

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which progress has been made in addressing the issue whereby women, for one reason or another, are deprived of contributory pensions having retired from the workplace while raising their families or due to the marriage ban and that have made a major contribution to society in the course of their working lives; if their cases will be...

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: My question, as does my colleague’s, relates to those women who, for one reason or other, had to leave the workforce either to raise a family or because of the marriage ban. As a result, they find themselves in a position of qualifying for a lower amount of a pension or, in some cases, no pension at all. It might be said their spouses might qualify but that is not the issue. There...

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. There are several issues which slipped through the net but which we have discussed in the past. There is a question about the methodology of the calculation of an entitlement to a contributory pension. It is meant to be over the years within which a person worked, starting from the beginning to the conclusion. Take the case of people who may have worked...

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. To what degree has any examination been carried out as to the underlying causes of long-term youth unemployment? To what extent have the qualifications of the young people on the live register been examined with a view to ascertaining how best to ensure people in the category have the best possible chance of achieving employment at the earliest...

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I again thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome the individual, one-to-one assessment, which can personalise the attention given to the unemployed person, whether they are young or older. One of the experiences that has shown up over the years is that people in the early 60s age bracket seem to have different requirements from others in the sense that they may have been out of work for...

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he proposes to put in place incentives to reduce youth and long-term unemployment; the extent to which existing schemes require upgrading in line with requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2761/17]

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The purpose of this question is to highlight the situation with long-term and youth unemployment, the extent to which progress has been made and the extent to which it is necessary to continue to ensure that the needs of the long-term and young unemployed are pursued.