Results 3,621-3,640 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: What about the port tunnel?
- Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: We hate to see a con job.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the imminent danger of industrial action in An Post arising from unresolved difficulties with the distinct possibility of the termination of services with obvious negative consequences for consumers, the economy and postal workers, and the urgent need for the Minister for Communications, Marine...
- Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: All Members will be grateful for the intervention of the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in the dispute at An Post. Hopefully, everything will proceed according to plan. Given the last ditch fire brigade nature of the action, is it not advisable to restore the postal miscellaneous services Bill to the Order Paper, with a view to encouraging the broadest possible...
- Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Will the Taoiseach return it to the Order Paper?
- Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: I will.
- Industrial Relations. (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Sadly, it is almost a year since Deputies discussed the issue of An Post in the House and on Molesworth Street. At that time, everybody agreed that the sad state of industrial relations was of deep concern to An Post workers. The increments to which my colleague, Deputy Broughan, referred were not paid on time during a period when, according to the economic experts on the Government side, the...
- Industrial Relations. (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: They will not ramp them up.
- Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which insurance costs here compare with insurance costs in other European and European Union member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31542/05]
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to counteract job leakage to lower wage economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31543/05]
- Written Answers — World Trade Negotiations: World Trade Negotiations (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 369: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and location of new countries with which trade or other import and export agreements have been established in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31959/05]
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 370: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that adequate new export markets are available for Irish manufactured goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31960/05]
- Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued in each of the past 12 months; the way in which this compares with the prevailing situation in the previous 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31961/05]
- Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 372: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for work permits refused in each of the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31962/05]
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 373: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to improve the competitiveness of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31963/05]
- Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 374: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the countermeasures he proposes to take to address the issue of manufacturing or service job relocation to lower wage economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31964/05]
- Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs which have relocated from here to lower wage economies in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31965/05]I
- Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that public liability insurance costs here are competitive with those applicable in other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31966/05]
- Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (2 Nov 2005)
Bernard Durkan: Question 378: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that insurance costs here are favourably comparable with those applicable within trading partners here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31968/05]