Results 1,201-1,220 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which investment in rehabilitative training within the prison system continues to be made available to first-time offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26719/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí available throughout County Kildare and the State in general to respond to any needs of the general public or emergencies arising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26720/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Terrorism Measures (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the international community remains alert to the activities of terrorist gangs throughout Europe and further afield; the number of prosecutions taken or pending to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26721/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree of people trafficking detected over the past three years to date; the action proposed or in hand to deal with the issues arising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26723/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which applications have been made under the LEADER programme, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26701/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for interaction with local community groups dedicated to improving their respective locations in urban and rural areas nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26702/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she envisages her Department engaging in a supportive role to communities seeking assistance nationally for the remainder of the year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26705/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which the various programmes run by her Department have benefited individual rural communities, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26706/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to interact with urban and rural communities, with a view to identifying ways in which positive interaction can take place, with particular reference to urban and rural isolation and its effect on communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26707/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 231. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the action in hand by her Department to address the issue of rural isolation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26710/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent of library support provisions she expects to be in a position to make nationwide in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26703/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 225. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she will continues to address issues such as local connectivity in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26704/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 229. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she plans to further enhance the town and village renewal scheme in order to improve and enhance the standard of living for persons in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26708/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Defibrillators Provision (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 230. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the various funding channels open to community and sporting organisations that wish to acquire a defibrillator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26709/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 232. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development with whom responsibility lies to ensure owners of restricted breeds of dogs are aware of their obligations and responsibilities pursuant to relevant legislation governing these breeds; if there are any plans to introduce a system whereby an owner of a restricted breed are obliged to register as part of the process whereby dog...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Before you proceed, I have indicated a wish to speak on this important subject. Several other of my colleagues have not spoken and could not be here on time, but will be here to speak on the subject. I welcome the proposal put forward by the Government Whip.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I do not wish to prolong this debate. If a Member or Members wish to speak, they are entitled to speak and have their wishes adhered to. There is no game in this House like the old political game of trying to seize an opportunity when somebody seizes an opportunity. That is not what this House is about. This is about democracy. This is a very serious subject that needs full and adequate...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for arriving late. I had another meeting I had to attend. This is an important meeting also. Evolving as a country and an economy is a challenge we all have to face in the future, without going into the dips and rises we had in the past. We are in a better position now than ever before to evaluate the effect of the things we did previously, how we did them, the sequence in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests to the committee. I wish to follow up on Deputy Conway-Walsh's line of questioning. Have the witnesses set and identified examples of the most and the least successful PPPs over the years, from the point of view of State interests?