Results 5,841-5,860 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to provide increased public transport either by way of CIÉ or private bus operators to Kilshanroe, Enfield, County Kildare, given the population increase in the area in recent years, and the fact that the 120 bus passes through the village each day but does not stop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14150/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport tickets will be facilitated in the case of the two sons of a person (details supplied); if their case will be considered as a matter of urgency; if contact will be made with the family by Bus Éireann given they have been attempting to make contact to bring this matter to a resolution; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the most recent application for the disability allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the processing application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14123/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the processing an application for travel documents in the case of a person (details supplied) who submitted an application for travel documents in March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an extension of time can be afforded to a person (details supplied) to collate the information required in respect of his application for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14132/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I again thank the Tánaiste for his detailed replies. So many years on, we tend to forget the difference the Good Friday Agreement made. Generally, that would be the case across the country. We need to reaffirm our views as to what it did. It brought about peace. We need to support that concept in a way we have never done before. We have this opportunity, which the Tánaiste has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Tánaiste for his detailed reply and for his commitment, both as Taoiseach and Tánaiste, to the concept of the pursuit of the best possible continued outcome of the Good Friday Agreement. However, an opportunity arises at this time to further the ambitions of the agreement in a meaningful way that reassures all the communities in Northern Ireland by way of continued...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to promote the concept of power sharing and the continuation of working at and improving the peace process in Northern Ireland in a way that clearly demonstrates the economic and social benefits of a broadening and deepening of the principles of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: As we approach the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, it is a good time to review the endeavours we have made in the past and to which we might go in the future in order to engage with the communities in Northern Ireland and to continue to grow the Good Friday Agreement in the best way possible in a non-aggressive and non-threatening to bring on board people who are...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and other European Union countries continue to support the people of the Ukraine in the face of the continued Russian aggression; if it is expected that the international war crimes courts are likely to bring the perpetrators before them with a view retribution in the courts; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 554. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to press for an early and amicable resolution to the impasse in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol in the course of the various opportunities he has had with his UK and EU counterparts. [5875/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 556. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has had discussions with the British Prime Minister in the context of the Northern Ireland Protocol in recent weeks. [8520/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 546. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in the determination of a passport in the case of a person (details supplied) whose passport was due to issue on 10 March 2023; when the passport will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 547. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied), who is having ongoing difficulties obtaining same since their application for naturalisation was granted in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13565/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 555. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and the Government have considered the situation in Türkiye and Syria with a view to offering assistance. [6894/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 557. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ongoing contact by him and his office with the Northern Ireland authorities in the context of recent deliberations on the Northern Ireland Protocol. [9877/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 558. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to indicate the extent to which it is expected to engage in a positive way with all parties in Northern Ireland with the objective of encouraging and promoting all positive developments in the context of the Windsor Framework Agreement. [11300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 563. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish overseas development aid continues to meet the needs of those most seriously affected by deprivation and starvation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13905/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (21 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 568. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which his Department through the UN continues to influence matters in the various war-torn regions across the globe, with particular reference to the alleviation of hardship and hunger in the most obviously affected regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13910/23]