Results 62,581-62,600 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I heard them.
- Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Oblivion.
- Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I do not wish to go over the ground I went over before, but I reiterate that it is with increasing concern that I note a gradual and inexorable drift towards a lack of accountability in the matter of legislation which confers or transfers new powers to different authorities. Ministers wish to hear or see no more about it after the day the Bill is passed in the House. It makes life extremely...
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Sometime before the last election, the postal services miscellaneous provisions Bill was promised in this House. The European courts made a decision in the last few days which now affects positively the future of An Post and the postal services. Is it the Taoiseach's intention to restore that Bill to the Order Paper? The way has now been cleared for it. We need to ensure that the...
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Has he anything more to add?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Nothing has been done.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is even worse.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The overcrowded trains with no extra carriages.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It will be like Disneyland.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Taoiseach is great fun, he is great gas.
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which class sizes have been reduced since the beginning of the 2007/08 school year as compared with the previous year; the extent to which the highest class sizes have been reduced and the amount of same; the extent to which she expects to improve on this situation by the end of 2007/08 school year; and if she will make...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and second level school children accommodated in prefabricated classrooms; when she expects to be in a position to meet the permanent classroom requirement of such children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28447/07]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if school medical examinations are being carried out with the desired degree of frequency throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28757/07]
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the availability of child psychiatric services throughout the country with particular reference to the individual needs of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28758/07]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application for major capital funding in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when this application is expected to progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28727/07]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 384: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 856 of 24 April 2007, the position in relation to the application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28728/07]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 385: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application for major capital funding in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when this application is expected to progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28729/07]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for large scale capital funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when same is expected to progress. [28735/07]