Bernard Durkan, TD

To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has had discussions with local arts groups with a view to incentivisation of job creation activities..

To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer financial support to locally organised cultural and or heritage events over the next three years..

To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he or his Department is aware of the number and location of historical or heritage sites which are open to the public...

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs teaching requirements in the context of special needs teachers and special needs assistants...

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs teaching requirements in the context of special needs teachers and special needs assistants...

To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address the employment issue of the long term youth unemployed...

To ask the Minister for Social Protection having regard to the considerable variation in the costs of residential renting in the private sector at different locations throughout the country particularly the greater Dublin area...

To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address the employment issue of the long term youth unemployed...

To ask the Minister for Social Protection having regard to the considerable variation in the costs of residential renting in the private sector at different locations throughout the country particularly the greater Dublin area...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had discussions with the lending agencies here with a view to ensuring the ready availability of adequate working capital to the industrial, commercial and retail sectors...