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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Fair play to the Minister. He makes a fair substitute for the Green wing. As I was saying when the debate adjourned on Thursday last, it is fashionable nowadays to refer to all development as dubious, possibly corrupt, ill-advised, unwanted and surplus to requirements. However, closer examination shows that this is not true. The market has changed rapidly in the past and will change...

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he monitors developments in the insurance industry with particular reference to the level of premium increases in the past 12 months; the degree to which premiums in respect of various forms of insurance cover have fluctuated in the past five years to date in 2010; the grounds for these fluctuations; if an assessment has been...

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the oft quoted assertion that the collapse of the economy was in some way attributable to low interest rates which were dictated by the European Central Bank and that corrective measures at national level were difficult in view of the current economic climate whereby interest rates as dictated by the ECB remain low but there seems to...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she has taken or proposes to take to bring competitiveness in the manufacturing, commercial and service sectors into a more competitive position in respect of adjoining or EU jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5554/10]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken or proposes to take to improve the competitiveness in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5555/10]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which reduced costs in the public and the private sectors respectively has contributed to improved competitiveness in the economy in the past two and a half years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5556/10]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has compared the cost of various forms of insurance cover here with that applicable in other EU member states; the extent to which the charges here have fluctuated in comparison to other jurisdictions in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5557/10]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which insurance premiums have increased in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5558/10]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has studied insurance premium reductions or increases over the past five years to date; the areas or categories subject to most frequent fluctuations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5559/10]

Written Answers — Mortgage Interest Rates: Mortgage Interest Rates (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgage borrowers are likely to become the victims following the overuse of tracker mortgages by lending agencies; the action or actions he proposes to take to ensure that injudicious lending practices do not result in punitive rises in interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5560/10]

Written Answers — Mortgage Interest Rates: Mortgage Interest Rates (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he proposes to monitor mortgage interest charges with particular reference to recently announced increases; if it is intended or expected that such increases are likely to continue notwithstanding the low interest rates set by the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5561/10]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which VAT, income tax, corporation tax and indirect taxation returns are so far in keeping with budgetary projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/10]

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance if a specific request has been made to the lending agencies to facilitate first-time home buyers; the response to such requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5563/10]

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is expected that the traditional lending and borrowing criteria will again become operational with particular reference to the need for the banking system to reciprocate following the Government and taxpayers' guarantee; the efforts he has made to bring about a restoration of such practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5581/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5567/10]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a student visa will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5568/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for leave to remain will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5569/10]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 13 October 2009, the basis under which a person (details supplied) in County Carlow did not meet statutory residency requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5570/10]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (3 Feb 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5571/10]