Results 39,481-39,500 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Savings (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has succeeded in making savings through insurance cost reductions and public procurement in each of the past two years to date; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to achieve further savings in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42750/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of State Assets (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the disposal of State assets remains included in options for consideration by his Department; if such options are likely to be used as a last resort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42752/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42661/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in respect of an appeal for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42686/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Risk Assessments (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 18 April 2013 and having regard to the ongoing concerns of residents and retailers in the area (details supplied) and keeping in mind expenditure undertaken by the local authority in the context of alleviation of flooding in 2009/2010, the extent to which the local authority...

Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: What is the current status of the workplace relations Bill, which is an important item of legislation? Will the Taoiseach indicate if it has been signed off on by Cabinet and state when it is likely to come before the House? The National Treasury Management Agency (amendment) (No. 1) Bill and the National Treasury Management Agency (amendment) (No.) 2 Bill are also very important. What...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: It is sad.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: What happened on the night of the guarantee?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I can assure the Deputy of one thing; he could tell us a whole lot about it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: There are three of them sitting on the Opposition benches.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: That is more than Deputy Martin ever did.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to maintain the fabric of smaller rural and urban schools under the patronage of all churches, with particular reference to the need to ensure that such communities are not in any way marginalised arising either from demographics, location and-or socioeconomic status, and having due regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he expects to be in a position to maintain preferable pupil teacher ratios and special needs requirements throughout pre-school, primary and post-primary education, notwithstanding the difficult budgetary situation which he inherited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42151/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to retain the best possible pupil-teacher ratios in all schools throughout the public and private sector, at primary and post-primary level, notwithstanding the budgetary conditions he inherited from his predecessors within which he is forced to work; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to have discussions with the school authorities of smaller rural schools with a religious ethos who have expressed concerns regarding their future; if he will ensure that the concerns of such bodies are particularly borne in mind with a view to assuaging the concerns expressed; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he and or his Department has engaged with patrons of smaller schools with a religious ethos who are concerned for the future of their schools; the extent to which he has been able to assuage their concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42459/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who wishes to make an application for an Irish passport but who never held a passport from their homeland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42033/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a higher education grant will be approved by Student Universal Support Ireland in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41835/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying of Children (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has identified means of deterring bullying inside or outside the classroom with particular reference to social media and the internet; the extent to which the welfare of children and young adults can be protected against such activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38729/13]