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Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 467. To ask the Minister for Health if and when respite care will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is cared for by her daughter on an ongoing basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4806/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to replace the 30-year temporary accommodation for a special national school (details supplied) in County Dublin with a new building; if she will confirm its new location in addition to when the building works will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4448/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Prices (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an economic division exists in his Department; if so, the extent to which comparisons continue to be made between energy costs here and those in adjoining jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5004/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Events (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to liaise with the various national and international sporting bodies with a view to attracting events like the Rugby World Cup to this country on an all-island basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5005/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Events (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to make contact with various promoters in the sporting sector worldwide with a view to encouraging location of major events here with obvious economic benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5006/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aer Lingus Sale (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to recognise the pivotal importance of the need to ensure continued and reliable air service in and out of this island nation in the context of any ongoing discussions in respect of the future of Aer Lingus; if he continues to accept the need to provide for future connectivity requirements in this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which road, rail, air and sea transport facilities continue to be measured in the context of overall integration with particular reference to a maximisation of efficiency and availability of services throughout the country thereby maximising the economic benefit to the economy in general; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which community rail services are available to the majority of towns and villages throughout the country, the residents of which might expect to commute to larger centres with obvious greater job opportunities on a daily basis; if the existing services are adequately tailored to meet their needs; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which rail and bus services in County Kildare are co-ordinated in such a way as to meet in full the requirements of the commuters in the various towns and villages throughout the county; the extent to which his Department continues to be appraised in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5010/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to provide the necessary funding for the commencement of works in respect of the upgrade of the Naas Newbridge bypass, Newhall interchange, Sallins bypass and Osberstown interchange; if he has received the requisite documentation from Kildare County Council or the National Roads...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Employment (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects employment in the tourism sector to increase worldwide in the future; the likely economic benefit to this country arising therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5012/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that adequate focus remains on the need to ensure the future of regional airports in the context of a modern economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5013/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which Ireland is marketed abroad as a business conference centre and having particular regard to the economic need of all the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5014/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he sees opportunities to advance the possible development of air transport hubs around some of our regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5015/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (3 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which well-known and identifiable accident black spots remain an issue throughout the country; the extent to which efforts are being made to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5016/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Work Programme 2015: European Commission Representation in Ireland (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our guests for appearing before the committee. I appreciate the setting out of the work programme and the month-by-month review. It is this review on which I wish to concentrate. To what extent is it expected that review will be monitored on a monthly basis with specific objectives to be achieved throughout the course of the year, bearing in mind that one month of the year is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Work Programme 2015: European Commission Representation in Ireland (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I am coming near the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Work Programme 2015: European Commission Representation in Ireland (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: The banking union has been referred to. The presumption is - it has gone abroad and has got considerable legs at this stage - that there is no need to repay borrowings on one basis or another. That has become acceptable in general conversation. There are institutions within member states called central banks which govern lending policy in individual member states. Departments of finance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Work Programme 2015: European Commission Representation in Ireland (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Can I get clarification on that, because that is not what I was getting at? What I was saying concerned a central bank in a member state, which oversees lending and borrowing in that state, but whose policy proves to be badly founded and grounded and sets the economy on a downward tangent. Is that country or state absolved? I do not believe it is absolved. If that state has complied with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Work Programme 2015: European Commission Representation in Ireland (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome and thank our MEPs for coming before us and compliment them on their presentation. I will refer to two or three parts relating to energy policy, which is very important for Europe and each member state individually. What is the extent to which the witnesses believe, as MEPs, that Europe is progressing towards self-sufficiency with regard to energy needs, that it is energy secure,...