Results 39,401-39,420 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (2 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons currently on the various local authority housing lists throughout the country, with particular reference to County Kildare; the extent to which rent increases in the private sector are making it impossible for such families to exist or remain in their homes; if urgent provision will be made to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (2 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he continues to take to address serious anomalies in respect of shared ownership housing loans which he inherited with particular reference to an annual increase in the cost of rental equity which made the cost of a loan for persons in that income category to be seriously disadvantaged when compared with higher...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects to be in a position to provide the necessary funding to meet the requirements of group water and sewerage schemes throughout County Kildare in the current year, with particular reference to meeting the needs set out and prioritised by the local authority; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Pollution (2 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which river or waterway pollution has been reported or detected in each of the past four years to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46353/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Pollution (2 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the degree to which monitoring continues to take place in respect of air and water pollution; if particular trends have become noticeable arising from this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46354/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Property Sales (2 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he continues to monitor sales of property by the National Asset Management Agency with a view to identifying the extent to which such residential property has been acquired by first-time home buyers; the proportion of such disposals that have gone to investors; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects Kildare County Council to be in a position to draw down the necessary funding to meet the urgent local authority housing requirements, with particular reference to identifying properties that may be purchased in each town or village, thereby addressing the most serious aspects of the...

Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The sale of alcohol Bill has been promised. To what extent has it been progressed and are we likely to see it at an early date?

Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Early next year?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this particularly important subject matter. In the economic climate the Government inherited only a few weeks ago it quickly emerged that the Government faced the prospect of having to throw up its hands and abandoning all attempts to provide large areas of service. We inherited a health structure that clearly did not work. It is all very...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Loan Books (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 14. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the situation with the various lending institutions in respect of mortgage arrears with particular reference to the purchase of loan books by unregulated third parties and the influence this may have on banking in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45950/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Rate (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which economic indicators reflect improvement in the economy on an annual basis in each of the past three years to date; the extent to which such trends will continue with resultant ongoing benefit to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45949/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the role he sees for redundant banks that have ceased to trade in the domestic market but have remained open to investment in corporate sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46503/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Savings Rate (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the level of savings here continues to remain strong; if any fluctuations have occurred; if competing agencies for such savings have emerged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46504/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: GDP-GNP Levels (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the average industrial wage and-or GDP per capita here compares with other EU, Eurozone and Non-Eurozone States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46513/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance the way economic growth in this jurisdiction now compares with all other EU member states, those within the eurozone and without; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46514/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address the plight of those with AMRFs who cannot currently access more than 25% of their savings other than by way of a nominal monthly payment of less than €200 unless they have a guaranteed independent pension income of €12,700 per annum; the number of such schemes currently in operation; if they continue to be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which provision might be made to ensure that first time house buyers or those currently without a family home are not priced out of the market by investors; the extent to which provisions already in place to assist the first time buyer remain effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46516/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which it is expected that the Central Bank of Ireland may regulate the mortgage market in such a way as to facilitate the needs and requirements of first time or homeless home buyers without having to accumulate unreasonable deposits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46520/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which homeowners whose mortgage loan books have been acquired by unregulated third parties can be assured of being appropriately accommodated by such lending agencies in a way which has primary regard for the homeowner where he or she makes a proposal that is reasonable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46517/14]