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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (29 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it is expected to accelerate the school building programme to meet the increased demand in various areas throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23626/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (29 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has received submissions from various school authorities throughout County Kildare in respect of the provision of new buildings or replacement of existing buildings at various locations throughout County Kildare on an annual basis over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23627/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (29 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has studied the submissions received in respect of the provision of a coláiste Gaeilge in north Kildare, having particular regard to the increasing number of pupils attending the various all-Irish primary schools; if he expects to be in a position to consider this request favourably in the near future; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (29 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has received submissions from the authorities of schools (details supplied) in County Kildare seeking provision of a gaelcholáiste in this area, which was previously served by Coláiste Life, Lucan but which school is now unable to meet the increased demand from north Kildare; if he is prepared to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (29 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which teacher numbers, including special needs teachers and special needs assistants, in the various schools throughout north Kildare remain adequate to meet requirements; if he expects to augment such numbers in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23630/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (29 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given, in view of the hardship caused, to the provision of free bus transport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who previously had access to such transport in travelling to their previous school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23634/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (29 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate an appeal against the decision to refuse carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has serious health issues requiring constant care and attention and having regard to the fact that they suffered serious injury arising from their illness; if a carer's allowance application in their...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (29 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any portion of rent allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is separated and received a settlement in lieu of their entitlement to the family home; if rent support will be offered prior to the exhaustion of that settlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23632/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (29 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Health if and when some restoration of respite care might be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their child, in view of the degree to which their requirements have to be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23633/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Nigeria: Ambassador of Nigeria (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome and thank the ambassador for his presentation. We have all expressed our support, in various ways, for the efforts to find the abducted girls and return them to their families. It was an act of aggression and oppression by a group which believed in its own superiority. The fact is that 50% of the population, that is, women, were not regarded as being entitled to freedom of access...

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: What is the current position and location in respect of the health reform Bill? This is a Bill to put in place the new structures for the health service, as set out in Future Health document and the disestablishment of the HSE. To what extent have all sections of the Charities Act 2009 been signed into law? Are there any outstanding items to be attended to and, if so, when is it likely to...

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Martin left the then Department of Health and Children in a hurry.

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: She should not be over-confident.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he directly and through the aegis of the EU and UN has found it possible to motivate the international community with a view to addressing the issue created by the Boko Haram in the context of its abduction of several hundred girls with the intention of trafficking; if the international community is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community has contributed efforts to locate the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram; if adequate resources have been made available for a search and rescue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23489/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU and-or UN have co-operated in identifying the ten most serious locations worldwide wherein serious abuse of human rights, genocide, ethnic cleansing and imprisonment continue to take place; if adequate efforts are being made to combat such activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he intends to liaise with the authorities in Northern Ireland and the UK with a view to addressing issues remaining outstanding from the Good Friday Agreement; if he expects to be in a position to advance further the subject matters of the Haass discussions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which prisoners are held or detained by the Israeli authorities, Fatah or Hamas, if their detention complies with international human rights norms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23490/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which progress is being made to regularise undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23491/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 May 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the areas throughout the world wherein serious abuses of human rights are known to continue; the extent to which the international community is focused on such areas with a view to bringing about urgently required change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23492/14]