Results 29,101-29,120 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a payment his Department recently awarded to a person (details supplied) was only backdated to March 2016, given that the person applied in January 2016 under the invalidity pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15953/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 461. To ask the Minister for Health if and when he will provide urgent treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15930/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop the tourism sector equally across the country, in particular utilising natural assets, scenery and tours to national monuments and historic sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16003/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Ireland competes effectively with other jurisdictions as a conference location; if conference tourism will grow in the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16004/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Hotel Accommodation (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he monitors the adequate availability of hotel and guest accommodation and of the ability of the sector to meet demand; the locations he has identified as being deficient in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16005/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if interest will grow in activity sports and recreation over the next five years; his plans for an initiative in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16006/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will identify the need for sporting and recreational facilities and continue his policy of allocating capital grants to such facilities so as to generate interest in sport and recreation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16007/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the allocation of major and minor capital sports grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16008/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Provision (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to identify areas which require investment in the road and rail network; to restore projects set aside during the economic downturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16009/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has reviewed dangerous bridges or other accident black spots in order to prioritise and to set specific targets over the lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16010/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with Kildare County Council to identify dangerous and inadequate bridges in the county and to initiate a programme to upgrade, improve, realign or replace them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16011/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his proposals to improve, realign or replace the bridge over the River Liffey at Celbridge, County Kildare, including if Kildare County Council has provided him with preliminary plans for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16012/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the deficiencies he has identified in the national primary and secondary road network and in its ability to cater for current and future traffic volumes; his plans for places where he has identified an under-capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16013/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to enhance and develop regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16014/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide capital funding for swimming pools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16015/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for a swimming pool in Maynooth, County Kildare, as envisaged jointly with the National University of Ireland Maynooth and Kildare County Council or independently through the council; if the university or the council has responded to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16016/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services Provision (9 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which, in the context of the programme for Government or otherwise, she intends to address the issue of vulnerable children who may be subject to bullying out of school; if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the existing structures to meet the requirements in this area with particular reference to the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services Provision (9 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her proposals to identify and provide the necessary back up for children at risk, whether from physical or mental abuse, neglect or other failure; if she is satisfied that the existing structures will meet the challenges of the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14820/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (9 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15230/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Self-Harm Prevention (9 Jun 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which assistance remains available for children deemed to be at risk of self-harm; the support available to their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15221/16]