Results 21-40 of 1,128 for cork speaker:Bernard Durkan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...ten minutes of this morning's meeting, I wrote down three or four times the need for a plan. It was an obvious point. Reference has been made to the regions and it is proposed to address that. Cork, Limerick and Galway have been identified in this respect. There has been no reference to the midlands or the north west, including Donegal, Sligo, Mayo or such areas. Due to the trauma for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (4 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...the country that will require access to markets for heavy transport vehicles and access to investment in their respective areas, having particular regard to the fact that in a line from Belfast to Cork, and to an extent to Limerick and Galway, there is no access to that level of quality? From the point of view of investment in jobs and employment, there is a necessity to do so in the future.

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: If the Minister is satisfied that he has incorporated everything into the reply, that is in order. That concludes statements and questions and answers on Cork University Maternity Hospital.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...discuss increased antisocial behaviour in Dublin city; (3) Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss the Mental Health Commission report into conditions at the Owenacurra mental health centre in Midleton, County Cork; (4) Deputy Brendan Griffin - to discuss additional funding to help to meet unprecedented demand under the sports capital and equipment fund; (5) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (8 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...the Brandon report and the HSE response or otherwise to it and its implications; (3) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss the lack of water and waste water infrastructure in rural areas of Cork North-Central; (4) Deputy Jackie Cahill - to discuss the blanket ban on peat harvesting for the horticulture industry and the delay in issuing a licence for harvesting for summer 2021; (5)...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...been able to interact with GPs, consultants and nurses, that is, the front-line workers over the difficult last 12 months or more? There are two major trauma care centres, one in Dublin and one in Cork. I understand the need for both but is it sufficient to cover the country? I got a hint somewhere recently of a comparison with the population of the greater Manchester area, which is...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...heritage sites in west Wicklow; (6) Deputies David Cullinane and Brian Stanley - to discuss the closure of 103 Bank of Ireland branches; (7) Deputy Colm Burke - to discuss the site for a new elective hospital in Cork and consultation with Cork's voluntary hospitals; (8) Deputy Steven Matthews - to discuss a review of existing mental health services in County Wicklow; (9) Deputy Catherine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...and Reform, and Taoiseach. We are joined by Mr. Brendan Whelan and Ms Lorraine Corcoran from the Social Finance Foundation and Dr. Noreen Byrne and Dr. Olive McCarthy from University College Cork, UCC. I wish to explain some of the limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses with regard to reference that witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence....

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (12 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...; - to discuss the waste water treatment plan in Omeath, County Louth, given recent developments; (13) Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss the effects of Covid-19 restrictions on access and the cost of school transport services in east Cork; (14) Deputy Steven Matthews - to discuss the findings of an Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report that raw sewage is flowing into rivers and seas...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (3 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...) Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss revisions to the septic tank grant scheme; (12) Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss lack of connectivity from Bus Éireann on bus routes from Youghal to Midleton and to Cork city; (13) Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan - to discuss the funding crisis facing Irish Red Cross units nationwide during the Covid-19 pandemic; (14) Deputies Sorca Clarke...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Turning to Rosslare Europort and possibly Cork Harbour, a place dear to his good self, is the Minister satisfied the Government will be in a position to make alternative provisions in those two areas, in light of the need to bypass the UK land bridge?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...get there. Brexit has been raised by the Chairman and others with respect to market access. I strongly urge that whatever happens, there would be provision made for direct access to Europe from Cork, Rosslare or elsewhere so we can get as far into the centre of the market as is possible, with less dependency on the whims of our next-door neighbour. They will have other pressing matters...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (24 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...additional autistic spectrum disorders, ASD, places in north County Dublin; (18) Deputy James O'Connor - to address the urgent need to implement the findings of the task force for aviation recovery, in particular, at Cork Airport; (19) Deputy Paul Murphy - to address the issue of meat factory workers being charged for PPE for use at work; and (20) Deputy Niamh Smyth - to discuss the...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (29 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...future of Shannon Airport and Shannon Heritage; (10) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss the need for additional places in special schools and in autism spectrum disorder units in mainstream schools in Cork; (11) Deputy Michael McNamara - to discuss the cancellation of all surgeries at Ennis General Hospital; (12) Deputies Michael Fitzmaurice and Claire Kerrane - to discuss the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: In the event of there being no let up in the virus and it continuing as it is at present, do the company representatives foresee any further curtailment of services at the airports in Dublin, Cork and Shannon? If so, are such curtailments envisaged at this time and have the companies decided on the shape they might take?

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (23 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...with the minimum pricing of alcohol particularly in view of the effectiveness of a similar measure in Scotland; (4) Deputy Thomas Gould - to discuss the imminent closure of Mount Cara House in Blackpool, Cork; (5) Deputy Darren O'Rourke - to discuss a range of issues facing the taxi industry, including the ten-year rule and permit renewals; (6) Deputy Jackie Cahill - to discuss...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (22 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...wage; (2) Deputy Neale Richmond - to provide an update on the status of hate crime legislation; (3) Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss the proposed construction of 2,000 homes in Waterrock, east Cork; (4) Deputies David Cullinane and Mark Ward - to discuss the pathway to a technological university of the south east; (5) Deputies Dessie Ellis and Darren O'Rourke - to discuss a range of issues...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (14 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...before taking the second Topical Issue matter. The third Topical Issue matter is in the name of Deputy Sherlock to discuss the planning and construction of an inner relief road for Mallow, County Cork. We have a Minister for that matter.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (14 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...SK Biotek in Swords, County Dublin; (7) Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin - to discuss the lack of appropriate ASD units at primary and secondary level in Kildare; (8) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss the Garda resources in Cork city centre; (9) Deputy Jackie Cahill - to address the issues in relation to negotiations with CE supervisors; and (10) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd - to discuss the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (8 Oct 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of investment (details supplied) in Cork since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40702/19]