Results 40,181-40,200 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the residency entitlements in respect of residency or naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32850/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate funding for youth support services throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32828/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied regarding the availability of safe and reliable places of custodial care for children or adolescents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32829/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department has studied the issues emerging in the Children’s Courts with a view to a determination as to the means whereby any emerging issues can be addressed in the short and medium term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32834/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Support Services (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate resources to meet all aspects of children’s support services deemed to be the responsibility of her Department, the degree to which she has identified any areas most sensitively in need of enhanced service at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Youth Services (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of any new initiatives she has in mind to address specific areas or deficiencies in respect of children and youth services, if she has identified any particular strategy in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32831/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 245. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to particular instances of youth poverty, the extent to which she and/or her Department may be in a position to address such issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32833/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Issues (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which incidents of child abuse of a physical, mental or sexual nature have been brought to the attention of her Department in each of the past two years to date, the degree to which particular issues have arisen which might require remedial action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32835/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mental Health Awareness (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department has studied the issue of youth depression with particular reference to the identification of early alert and-or subsequent support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32836/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which lack of adequate of housing and-or poverty continues to impact most particularly on children and adolescents, the extent to which it is anticipated such issues can be isolated and resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32838/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she expects to be in a position to offer adequate support funding to the Kildare Youth Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32839/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education Issues (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department continues to liaise with the Department of Health as per reply to previous Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 20 June 2013 in the context of provision of the early childhood care and education scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32840/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 259. To ask the Minister for Health if he has studied the budgetary submission submitted to his Department on behalf of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland with particular reference to ensuring cost-effective dementia care in the forthcoming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32663/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 266. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the necessary treatment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32702/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 273. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32819/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Female Genital Mutilation (4 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the position in regard to female circumcision in this jurisdiction; the extent to which both parents are required to give consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32820/13]

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Martin's party in government did not generate much Dáil reform.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (3 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to retain workable levels of pupil-teacher ratios in all schools throughout the country, primary and post-primary, private and public, religious and non-denominational, keeping in mind the need to maintain adequate capitation levels; if he accepts that variations already exist in this regard...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the extent to which he expects to be in a position to continue to meet the requirements in respect of resource, special needs assistants or other special needs teaching notwithstanding the restrictions imposed on his Department arising from the memorandum of understanding entered into by his predecessor; if he expects to be...