Results 161-180 of 72,549 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent of the monies allocated and spent by her Department through the various schemes available to rural/urban community groups suffering from isolation/deprivation; the extent to which such expenditure continues to benefit directly from schemes under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she intends to continue with her Department’s support for rural and/or urban community groups under the various schemes available in order to reassure people in these areas that it is her intention to continue with such programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20834/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to encourage a peaceful resolution in the conflict in the Middle East along with his other EU and UN partners; the extent to which he remains satisfied that measures can be put in place whereby agreed parties can submit their issues to an authoritative body capable of making a serious contribution to a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to interact with his EU and UN colleagues, with a view to highlighting security threats to this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20837/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to have engagements with UK authorities in relation to immigration issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21121/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he remains satisfied that the UK authorities remain committed to the Brexit Agreement; whether other modifications are envisaged at this stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21122/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to have discussions at European and UN level in regard to the Palestinian-Israeli situation with particular reference to the need to ensure strict adherence to a peace deal and recognition of the need to avert a repetition of the violence since 7 October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent if any to which European enlargement is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21124/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Bodies (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which European cohesion remains steadfast throughout European institutions with a view to ensuring universal acceptance of the principles of law and order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21125/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Bodies (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which progress continues throughout the European institutions with a view to ensuring continued security and peace in the Western Balkans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21127/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he continues to have with the US authorities with a view to regularising the undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21129/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to use the Irish embassies and other installations abroad to further the trade interests of this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21130/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures currently in place, or intended to be introduced in future, to reduce the incidence of anti-social and threatening behaviour on public transport and in public transport stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21095/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the safety protocols in place should a member of the public notice anti-social behaviour on public transport and how they should react; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21096/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the tender for the permanent building will be approved and published in the case of a school (details supplied) given the urgent need for its construction and the serious capacity issue to accommodate additional classes after September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21098/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21094/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she is satisfied that the most recent European proposals in respect of immigration are sufficiently grounded to ensure universal acceptance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21126/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps, if any, available to the European Union to ensure the availability and acceptance of universal immigration policy throughout Europe to which all EU countries can contribute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21128/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) whose application was granted in December 2023 will be invited to a citizenship ceremony; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21093/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a final decision in respect of an application for citizenship will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21097/24]