Results 1,101-1,120 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the processing of passport applications is being expedited to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27801/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to liaise with both communities in Northern Ireland and the British government, with a view to ensuring that ongoing Brexit-related issues are not allowed to damage the peace agreement that was worked out over several years of tedious negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the international community continues to monitor the events in the various countries worldwide which are currently deemed to be victims of aggression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27803/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full extent of the progress to date in making high speed modern broadband available throughout the country, in urban and rural areas; the progress to date in the linking-up of those areas currently in need of but without service; the progress in bringing the entire operation to a speedy and efficient conclusion...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which efforts continue to be made to reduce the use of plastic, with particular reference to banning certain products and activities to protect our seas and marine life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27805/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he can take to speed up the provision of broadband services through the medium of fibre-optics throughout County Kildare, with particular reference to known blackspots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27806/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address the relevant issues, with particular reference to reduction, reuse and recycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27807/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he continues to consult with the relevant Minister and the agri-food producing sector, with a view to ensuring that carbon reduction targets can be met, while at the same time meeting economic targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27809/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department continues to explore electricity generation from non-fossil fuels by way of wind, wave or solar; the full extent of the investment in each element of the sector to date; the degree to which he expects such investment to materialise on an annual basis over the next two years; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he expects to rely on onshore and offshore wind-generated electricity over the next ten years; the extent to which he expects to meet overall targets in respect of alternative energy production throughout the period in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27811/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the various programmes for carbon sequestration have advanced; the methods most commonly used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27812/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the cost of producing electricity here compares with other countries throughout Europe, with particular reference to maintaining competitiveness throughout industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27813/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the IAA will provide figures for assistance received by passengers with restricted mobility since 2019; the proportion of this assistance that was pre-notified; the proportion of the total passengers using Irish airports who receive assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27814/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how frequent and in-depth the disability awareness training for public-facing airport and airline staff is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27815/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Change Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to examine the fullest possible extent to which all measures can offset the impact of meeting such targets on industry, sector by sector, with particular reference to the need to avoid permanent damage to the economy, while at the same time meeting the targets, in the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rent supplement or other assistance is available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27785/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the extent to which former partners barred from the family home for very valid reasons continue to make a negative impact on the lives of their families and extended families, particularly when disputes have arisen over maintenance payments and it affects their social welfare payments (details supplied);...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the eligible social welfare contributions for entitlement to the State pension (contributory) or the State pension (non-contributory) in the case of a person (details supplied); if they should follow a particular procedure, given that they were a member of a religious order; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate, notwithstanding previous Parliamentary Questions and the replies thereto, whether she might reconsider the case of a person (details supplied); if their pension top-up entitlement might be reviewed in these circumstances; if their case might be referred for an oral hearing; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which anti-social behaviour has occurred in an estate (details supplied) in the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27783/24]