Results 341-360 of 73,274 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I raise the question of antisocial behaviour, which is increasing to an alarming extent, with all-female and lone-occupant households being particular victims. This type of bullying takes various forms, for instance, playing loud music long into the night when people who have been at work during the day expect to be able to relax and get a night’s sleep. I ask that local authorities...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she proposes to assist urban and rural community groups throughout the country through the various schemes available to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26459/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she hopes to continue to assist rural and community groups directly and indirectly, with particular reference to areas with social or economic deficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26458/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which the Minister proposes or hopes to engage throughout the country with local, voluntary, rural and urban communities to enhance their position, especially those in areas of social or economic deprivation.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her reply. Naturally, the question refers to the whole country, where I appreciate there are many challenging issues. There are questions of integration that need to be looked at carefully. Questions of social exclusion, or attempts at social exclusion, need to be looked at in particular. While I am obviously concerned about the whole country, I have a soft spot...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad the Minister mentioned McAuley Place, which is in my constituency, and Newbridge, which is in the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach's constituency. We are all-inclusive in this business. A huge amount of local voluntary effort and general effort is grant-aided in one way or another has been undertaken by people like those in McAuley Place. There are challenges that come forward in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the strength and deployment of An Garda Síochána continues to be sufficient to deal with drug and organised crime in line with population increases and the need to ensure adequate policing in areas currently appearing to have a deficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26461/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to focus on the manner in which criminal gangs associated with drug racketeering manage to work their way into new estates, of which there are many in the eastern region. All that is required is to bypass the vetting system, get in there, get a distributor in there and very soon the whole area is polluted with the nuisance.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her reply. I am drawing attention to the fact that vetting is supposed to take place in local authority housing estates and approved housing bodies. That does not seem to be effective because all that seems to happen is that people get through the system with impunity and as the result of that, they set up a whole network. Very soon the whole estate and surrounding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: In her reply, the Minister has described exactly the kind of thing that is happening. It is not just restricted to local authority estates. When a complaint is made by a resident, the response from the housing body, for instance, is not always great. Let us not forget that criminal gangs and the criminal world have sufficient resources at their disposal to buy a house or an apartment...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I strongly agree with the sentiments that were expressed by the Minister and the last speaker. I congratulate An Garda Síochána for its successes in this area. However, for every success, there is growing evidence of an extension of the drugs empire all over the place. It is the drugs empire that is feeding its own market in a way that ensures it has a steady income from that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to interact with the Egyptian authorities with a view to the release of her children by her husband into her custody in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26686/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that, despite numerous representations on his part, aircraft from Western airfield constantly overfly the home of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further consideration might be given to extending the bus services between Naas and Blanchardstown Hospital in order to obviate the need for car parking and having patients to constantly remove their vehicles to avoid being clamped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26690/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all options are being examined with a view to ensuring safe access and egress for children attending a school (details supplied); if the provisions already in place meet the highest standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26683/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that health and safety provisions are adequately observed at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26684/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an emergency exceptional needs payment can be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26685/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a one-parent family payment will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26688/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department has refused to accept the gifting of the proceeds of the then family home in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26694/24]