Results 39,101-39,120 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 409. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if clearly defined demarcation lines exist between her Department and the Department of Health with respect to responsibility to address the welfare and well-being of children, their placement into care in the event of such necessity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48301/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 410. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the Health Service Executive reports to her Department in cases where children are deemed to be at risk and in need of placement in care; the extent of the resources available to her in such circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48302/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 411. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department can engage with juvenile offenders with a view to rehabilitative or educational supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48303/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 412. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she continues to engage with youth organisations in the context of meeting the requirements of children and young persons in general; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48304/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 419. To ask the Minister for Health if children between the ages of 10 and 17 years who have presented at accident and emergency for treatment arising from attempted self-harm, some on more than one occasion, have been further investigated with a view to determination of the underlying cause of their individual situations, the extent to which specific reasons have been identified as the most...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department continues to assess the causes or causes of depression among young persons or teenagers, having particular regard to the number of referrals for hospitalisation or care in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48306/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 422. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of children between the ages of ten and 17, the majority of whom are girls, who have reported to emergency departments with suspected self-harm in the past number of years; the extent to which provision for early intervention in such circumstances by his Department exists; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department has responsibility for issues where children are at risk arising from tendencies to self-harm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48308/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 420. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is the appropriate body to address issues of self-harm in children or teenagers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48298/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 442. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in respect of an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47918/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (12 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 484. To ask the Minister for Health if much-needed speech therapy will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48257/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy's time has expired.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh has only 30 seconds' speaking time as the debate is due to adjourn.

Message from Seanad (7 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Seanad Éireann has passed the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013, without amendment.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I agree with the last two speakers in this regard. The position of this country is much better than it was two and a half years ago, whether we like it or not.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: The feeling is not as important as comparing what the feeling would have been if we had continued in the direction we were heading in when this Government took over. In response to prompting from the Opposition benches, which are normally occupied, the Tánaiste noted that the country was broke. That is the underlying factor.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: We are delighted to have our own Opposition Members.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: With one or two notable exceptions, the theme running through the speeches from the Opposition benches over the past two and a half years is that they want more money spent every day, in every way, on every subject matter and every service. That means more money borrowed. No one has ever asked where we will get the money but when these Opposition Members are pressed they will say that we...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I have read all these books and I treated them with the same contempt that I treated them with when I read them first. I am not an economist and I apologise to the economists but I have read economics-----