Results 39,441-39,460 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is expected carer’s allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42958/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support can be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42955/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Appeals (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the refusal and refusal on appeal in respect of child benefit application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [42956/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action that has been taken to alleviate the hardship caused to a family arising from the cessation of their rent allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42957/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HSE Data (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42954/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 30 of May 2013, the extent of diagnostic and support services made available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42949/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the existing and future role in the provision of services for the elderly in respect of St Brigid’s Hospital, Crooksling, Dublin 24, in view of the high level and quality of care, competence and ancillary facilities therein; if he will accept the need for the ongoing fundamental role provided by the hospital for the region; if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to attempts to encourage staff to redeploy from St Brigid’s Hospital, Crooksling, Dublin 24 to other locations with obvious resultant consequences; if he will ensure the retention of the full complement of staff and patients therein to provide for the viability of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if any part of the current disused section of accommodation at St Brigid’s Hospital, Crooksling, Dublin 24 might be considered a suitable location for setting up VETOS nursing training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42953/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Title (10 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the land registry details of title have been resolved to the satisfaction of the hospital authorities and the Health Service Executive in respect of St Brigid's Hospital, Crooksling, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42952/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Topical Issue Debate: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Topical Issue Debate: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I believe that is a matter the Deputy must take up with the Minister later.

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: As Deputy Mac Lochlainn, who was in possession is not in the Chamber, I will move on to the next speaker, Deputy Halligan. I understand he proposes to share time with Deputies Finian McGrath and Wallace, with each having ten minutes. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Discussion. (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: We are coming to the end of the meeting. I do not wish to cut anybody short but we are coming to the end. In 15 minutes I must be a different location, namely, in the House. I am sorry about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Discussion. (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: A telephone is interfering with the sound.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Discussion. (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses from each of the organisations and congratulate them on their work, commitment and continued perseverance in a very difficult and trying situation.

Topical Issue Debate: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: The remainder of the reply will have to be included later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Discussion. (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: There have been many questions asked and we all fully appreciate the work being done by aid agencies, as well as the courage shown in keeping the issue to the fore and getting involved, as members have noted. We must all learn from the issues. Confilcts of this nature come up again and again, and in the past we have seen war in Bosnia and Iraq. There are sensitivities which accompany...