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Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: There were not too many funds to divvy up when Fianna Fáil left office.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Remember that.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: No. The family law Bill has been promised to update and improve family law legislation and provide for greater clarity in this area. What stage has the preparation of the Bill reached? Have the heads been approved by the Cabinet? When is the Bill likely to be brought before the House? Similarly, the purpose of the insurance Bill is to provide an alternative statutory regime for those...

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak for a short time on this issue. I concur completely with the last speaker in every respect. One of the things we have learned from the era of the so-called Celtic tiger is that we can do things if we are pressed. We learned to recognise that we could achieve greatness if we applied ourselves. Of course, we learned a few other things we should not...

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I compliment the Acting Chairman for being present at this moment in order to hear what will be said during this debate.

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I do not know how this country survived given the amount of negative input from some quarters. Every single issue was negative. For those who suggested that they put the country on the right road before they left office, I have bad news. They did not. They made three attempts to do so and three times they failed. Three times they fell back again having been re-elected in 2007. Three...

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: This is on the dairy sector. It is permissible, as Deputy Troy, as an incumbent of the Chair, knows, to make passing references to the whole economic situation.

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I stand by the Acting Chairman's superior knowledge in these areas and I will not go into it too much further, but it is not permissible for the Acting Chairman to keep interrupting a Member either. When the time comes to recognise the benefit of the opportunities that have opened up in the dairy sector, which have been provided by the current Government, I hope that all of the people who...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Applications (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an appeal for maternity benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if an oral hearing will be facilitated at the earliest possible opportunity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12346/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he might be in a position to prioritise and encourage the provision of vital infrastructure, particularly where such provision is vital to economic recovery nationally and regionally; the extent to which public private partnerships or specific Government development bonds, as a means of addressing such issues...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department can encourage reform or policy initiatives with a view to maximising the potential for economic recovery and development in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12330/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to indicate the degree to which he expects public expenditure constraints and reform policies, effective in the context of economic recovery, to be used as a basis for prudent economic development in the future; his plans to implement innovation, in this regard in the future, to maximise economic benefit; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the most effective policies pursued by his Department over the past four years in addressing the economic needs of the country, with a view to identifying the most likely and effective strategy to be followed in terms of public expenditure and reform, and the future economic needs of the country; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which all Government Departments and their subordinate bodies have met the targets set down by his Department, in the context of public expenditure and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12333/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the Croke Park and Haddington Road agreements have achieved their objectives; the extent to which this is likely to influence policy in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12334/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects savings to continue to be made throughout the medium of public procurement in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12338/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget for each Government Department to meet its requirements over the next twelve months; if any particular measures are required to address specific issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12339/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the requirements of the Troika, which he inherited from his predecessors, have been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12340/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he sees recruitment, in specific vital areas of the public sector, being adopted as a policy initiative in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12335/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (25 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to utilise reform policies throughout the public sector in the course of the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12336/15]