Results 41,101-41,120 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will facilitate the extension of stamp 3 visa in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19299/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate, pending decision under provision section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), if a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19457/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Health if an increase in home help assistance is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose home help has recently been reduced to one hour per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19331/13]

Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: On promised legislation, what is the current position on the health information Bill? To what extent have heads been agreed? When is it likely to come before the House? When is the Garda Síochána (compensation for malicious injuries) Bill likely to come before the House? Have the heads been agreed yet?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: The problem was 15 years in the making.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: What about the red card Deputy Mattie McGrath got?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: VFM Report on Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our guests for appearing before the committee today and congratulate them for their submissions. First, as ordinary citizens of the EU, we can now see the degree to which the EU was unprepared for the crisis that emerged. This was referred to earlier by Professor McHale. Second, a number of remedies proposed to address the emerging issues did not work, or if they did work, they had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: VFM Report on Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I would draw attention to remarks by a former member of the troika who appeared to revisit his previous position on these matters. A lot of action has taken place since then but information currently being fed into the public arena can have a destabilising effect on European countries across the entire eurozone and beyond it. That issue must be dealt with sooner rather than later. From my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Growth Initiatives (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation/technology has contributed to national recovery with particular reference to the extent to which industry here has been in a position to access and avail of advances in this area; if he will outline the most important factors likely to affect growth in industry in the future and the means whereby any...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects to achieve targets in respect of job retention and job creation; if he has identified any particular issues likely to impact on performance in this regard; the degree to which he expects an increase in job creation in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation Numbers (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created on a monthly basis in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18996/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Losses (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 144. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs lost on an annual basis in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18997/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Losses (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created on an annual basis in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18998/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance arising from recent demands for local property tax received by homeowners in recent times, if the current actual market value of a person's property remains as the guiding factor in the determination of actual liability; if any regard may be had for situations whereby a number of employed persons are residing in one dwelling alongside a similar dwelling...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify any recent changes in respect of VRT/VAT allowance on motor vehicles for persons with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18506/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the situation affecting a number of holders of work permits who have resided and have been employed here for several years most often in the same employment, but whose work permits were not renewed regularly but were given the impression that their documents were in order and who now find...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of educational or skills requirements in respect of jobs created over the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18999/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the job skills/educational requirement levels most sought after in new jobs created over the past two years, both indigenously and through foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which foreign direct investment has resulted in job creation in each of the past five years to date; his projections in this regard for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19001/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Trends (23 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent if any to which he has identified positives or negatives affecting job creation or retention based on the experience of the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19002/13]