Results 43,101-43,120 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to monitor the levels of bank charges being imposed by various banks; the basis for such charges, nationally and internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40898/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which mortgage lending rates are likely to converge with the rates applicable in other European jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40899/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Membership (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he continues to monitor the potential economic fall-out in the event of a partial or total exit from the European Union by the United Kingdom; if the full implications continue to be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40900/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the receipts from deposit interest retention tax in each of the past eight years and 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40903/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: COP21: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Thank you, Chairman. I apologise for missing the start of the meeting. Unfortunately, I had a clashing event to attend. I am not convinced there is a groundswell of support to tackle climate change such as Mr. Clarken described. Those of us who have for several years been giving the leadership he referred to find ourselves facing assassination from all sides. I have to attend a public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: COP21: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I am very conscious of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: COP21: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: The good Senator from Kerry knows what can and cannot be done also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: COP21: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: We heard the Senator before.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: COP21: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: To go back to anaerobic digestors, the extent to which they will take up the load on the national grid is very small. A former colleague of ours was involved in that for years and he gave up on it. It is a help, but it is a minor one. Nuclear, wave, tidal and biomass energy are also in their infancy in so far as research is concerned. I have been hearing about them for the last 25 years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: COP21: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I will finish on this. We need to be very cautious and careful about the degree to which we might undermine our agriculture and food industry.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Partnership Agreements: Motions (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Ordinarily, I would be very supportive of proposals of this nature and I wish to be supportive but I am a little bit at sea as to the detail. The Minister of State is probably relaying what is in the general agreement and we may not find out the detail until a later stage. We have had one bad experience in relation to a similar agreement in the past, namely, the termination of the sugar...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: There is some shadow-boxing going on over there too.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: It will be a long time before the people forget.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Speaking of games-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: That is what your people did. Sinn Féin cannot govern its own members.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: That is what happens when a country goes bust.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: As we all know, Europe is facing a volatile and threatening security situation at this time. Is there any intention to bring forward the explosives Bill which could have a bearing on that matter? The sale of alcohol Bill has been promised repeatedly. We expected to have this important legislation before the House before now. Is there any prospect of it being brought before the House in the...

Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I would even go so far as to describe it as a hallucinatory state or a state of constant denial. Will the misuse of drugs Bill be considered as a matter of priority to appease them somewhat?

Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Who signed up to them in 2006? Fianna Fáil did.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (19 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects his Department to continue to meet deadlines, and to continue to play an important part in economic recovery, with particular reference to the need to ensure stability and sustainable economic growth across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40575/15]