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Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: So has bad budgetary policy for the past ten years.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I promise not to interrupt myself in the course of my contribution. We are facing what is probably the greatest single test of the European Union and its institutions since their inception. The eurozone territories are assailed on all sides by greedy and well directed speculators who have only one objective, namely, to prise one country - it does not matter which - out of the monetary...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I encourage interruptions. I have been listening to Deputy O'Brien in recent days and he would be well-----

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I will not waste the time remaining. I ask the Acting Chairman not to interrupt me because that makes it even worse for me. In a debate as important as this, it is a sad reflection on our democracy that we have only six or seven minutes to make our contribution in the national Parliament. I challenge any comer on the other side of the House to deny that whatever submissions were made in the...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Acting Chairman for his intervention on my behalf in the course of my contribution.

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent to which she has met, had discussions with, or received submissions from the stakeholders in the tourism sector with particular reference to addressing the issues affecting the industry in the present economic downturn; the initiatives she has taken or proposes to take to address the matters arising; her plans to...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans, if any, to assist the hotel and catering industries in the current economic downturn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21052/10]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she has met with representatives of the tourism and catering sectors in the context of the need to stimulate that sector of the economy; if she intends to favourably respond to submissions she has received regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21056/10]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the specific action she has taken, if any, or proposes to take, to stimulate the hotel and catering sectors, thereby contributing to a revival of the tourist economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21057/10]

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her proposals, if any, to utilise sport and culture as a means to stimulate the economy for the future with particular reference to the way in which this can be done at local level linking into sporting and cultural organisations and the voluntary sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20687/10]

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the degree to which she has developed plans, proposals or preferred options to utilise sporting and cultural activities to positively reflect the national image with a view to assisting in economic recovery; the degree to which she has identified specific issues in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to assist sporting or recreational groups now experiencing financial operational difficulties in situations where her Department has previously offered capital grant aid or other assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21046/10]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the full extent of funding available for disbursement through her Department from the proceeds of the National Lottery in 2010 throughout County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21047/10]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the full extent of funding available for disbursement through her Department from the proceeds of the National Lottery in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21048/10]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the full extent of funding available through her Department for capital grant aid towards the provision of major or minor sporting and recreational facilities, indoor and outdoor, passive and active in County Kildare in 2010; the number of applications received for such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the full extent of funding available through her Department for capital grant aid towards the provision of major and or minor sporting and recreational facilities, indoor and outdoor, passive and active throughout the country in 2010 the number of applications received for such funding; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Arts Plan: Arts Plan (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent to which she intends to utilise the arts to generate a national culture and image to assist in economic recovery at both local and national level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21053/10]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (19 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent, if any, to which she proposes to take steps to address the negative impact of the carbon tax on the tourism sector with particular reference to transport and heating costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21055/10]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: That surely merits adjournment.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.