Results 41,301-41,320 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if particular discussions have taken place at EU and UN level with a view to exerting greater pressure on Syria to bring about a cessation of hostilities, the distribution of aid and restoration of basic human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15931/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU continues to encourage peaceful coexistence throughout the Western Balkans with particular reference to the need to ensure that achievements to date continue to be developed, supported and expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15933/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Treaties (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he anticipates European foreign policy to emerge as the leading peace promoting agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15928/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied regarding the extent to which the EU and the wider global community including the UN have positively addressed the issues in the Great Lakes region of Africa with particular reference to addressing the salient issues such as human rights abuses, war, starvation and administrative weaknesses; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which it has been found possible, unilaterally or in conjunction with his EU and UN colleagues, to focus on issues of war, famine and human rights in the most sensitive areas of Africa; if particular or specific strategies are being pursued in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15932/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to support a recognition for women rights in India with particular reference to the need to bring about a cessation of violence against women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15935/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community, through the aegis of the EU and UN continues to register its abhorrence of its attempts to prevent girls and women from achieving a full education in Pakistan particularly following the shooting of Malala Yousafzai; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15936/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to register his protest at the continued imprisonment of an Irish citizen (details supplied) currently imprisoned in Sri Lanka; the extent to which legal and consular facilities are being made available to the person; if the authorities there recognise that their treatment is not in accord...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish aid continues to be made available to the most sensitive locations worldwide with particular reference to the need that aid continues to reach those for whom it was intended and that aid workers are adequately protected during the course of their work with no exceptions; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his objectives for improvement in the volume of trade with various countries throughout Europe and worldwide with particular reference to the development of new markets and alliances; if he envisages new trade agreements in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15939/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which local property tax is payable by residents of voluntary housing associations; if the housing association or tenant is liable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15923/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed by residents of local authority shared ownership mortgages in respect of the local property tax; if the local authority as co-owner of the property is liable for part of the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15924/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is required to make tax return for 2011 in view of the fact that they ceased trading in the 2009/2010 tax year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15922/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 7 March 2013, if a review of the applicant's entitlement to a work permit can be undertaken in view of the fact that although they are currently five months short of being the holder of a work permit for five years due to administrative gaps in the renewal process, they have in fact more than...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when invalidity pension will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, currently on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15898/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding payment of rent allowance/arrears in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15899/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent support entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with particular reference to their inability to obtain rental accommodation within the limits prescribed by her Department which apply to County Kildare in general but do not take account of the higher rental costs in north Kildare; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15901/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the latest date by which a valid appeal was acceptable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the deciding offer refused to allow a late appeal; if a new application for invalidity pension is required in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15902/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding determination of entitlement/appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of domiciliary care allowance application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15903/13]