Results 9,921-9,940 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department is currently engaged with various school authorities in a school (details supplied) with a view to adding an urgently required stream of school places for the forthcoming academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10181/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in regard to the recovery of alleged overpayments in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10250/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he is satisfied regarding suitable premises to accommodate post leaving certificate students in Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth, Naas, Clane and Kilcock, County Kildare; the extent to which provision continues to be made to enable such students gain access to suitable courses in appropriately fitted out buildings; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if they are eligible to apply to the recently announced scheme for the undocumented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10207/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10210/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the ongoing recruitment process for podiatrists for the HSE chronic disease management community hubs; when the number will be increased; the plan underway to improve podiatry services in County Kildare for persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10176/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Before proceeding, I have a question on cars and on the availability of electric cars in urban areas as opposed to rural areas. Is there any information about the availability of cars to meet the needs of the person who has to travel more than 40,000 miles per year? How do they fare in the market at present? Are they encouraged to go for electric cars, which, in turn, will reduce their...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: There is very little information available at all on the degree to which all-electric cars can be relied upon. I am not referring to hybrid cars but to all-electric cars. The information is not available and the motor industry does not have it. If it does, it is selective. The industry will tell you that if you travel more than 40,000 miles per year, an electric car is not the answer to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Let me finish off. Chairman:No, I am finishing off.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I do not normally drag on meetings. The Minister of State's answer is not satisfactory. We do need to have the information available to us because we will be accused of dealing with the issue in a half-hearted way. I am not blaming the Minister of State by any stretch of the imagination but simply saying that if the information is not available, it should be. It should be made available...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: These are exceptionally extensive powers. Could others benefit if the information is used for another purpose? Given that the information required is the person's PPS number, such information is very much sought after by lending agencies. Is there any control over that?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The purpose of this exercise is to bring the responsibility under two Ministers. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: From past experience, is that a good idea? We will have two Ministers responsible. Will this lead to divided responsibilities, which will mean no responsibility, or is the Bill better than that? I am just throwing this question out there. It is fundamental to the consideration of the Bill.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Can the Minister of State tell us something about section 2? Is she satisfied the section contains sufficient safeguards to ensure it does not fall between stools like the determination of the existence of a disability. I forget the exact term. We had a discussion about it in another context. It concerns the definition of a disabled person and recognition of a disability for the purposes...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The difficulty is that I do not have the Bill in front of me.