Results 49,561-49,580 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he continues to remain satisfied regarding the veracity of the main economic indicators in view of the challenges of the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Agreements (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department continues to rebut the suggestions from persons in the European Commission to the effect that Ireland has a responsibility to collect taxes on profits earned in jurisdictions other than Ireland; his views on whether this is an interference with Ireland's internal taxation policy; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance when the benefits of the review of the motor insurance sector will accrue in terms of reduced premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45070/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified specific inflationary tendencies within the economy; if so, his plans to address such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to encourage the banking sector to meet the requirements of small and medium-sized industry and the retail or commercial sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45073/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which overdraft facilities continue to be restored to the business and farming sectors with particular reference to the need to ensure the availability of adequate resources to facilitate ongoing economic performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45074/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossessions (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department can address the situation arising from potential large-scale repossession of family homes directly or indirectly through repossession of buy-to-let properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45075/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossessions (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if family home repossessions over the past 12 months have been in accordance with the Central Bank regulations with particular reference to the impact such repossessions have on the housing crisis and the activities of unregulated third parties that have purchased distressed loan books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45078/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Issues (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that first-time house buyers or the purchasers of a family home are not priced out of the market in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which variable mortgage interest rate charges can be brought into line with those applicable in adjoining jurisdictions, eurozone and otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45077/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The Central Bank consolidation Bill has been promised for a considerable time. Would it be possible to lay it before the House with some urgency, given the need to introduce a new code of conduct affecting third party bankers who have taken over many of the banks' distressed loans and are putting extraordinary pressure on borrowers, including through the repossession of family homes?

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Taoiseach.

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (25 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programme requirements at primary and second level have been identified in all areas throughout the country with particular reference to immediate requirements in the next 12 months; the extent to which he expects to meet such requirements within the specified period and in line with requirements as set...

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (25 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the extent to which the Minister expects to be able to meet the building programme requirements in all schools throughout the country, at primary and second level, with particular reference to the most urgently challenged areas from a demographic point of view.

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (25 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. What is the degree to which his Department can avail of modern building techniques with a view to making economic sense and also having regard to the need to ensure buildings are of lifetime duration rather than the temporary prefabricated buildings to which we had become accustomed over the years? What is the degree to which he expects that...

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (25 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Is the Minister satisfied that the most urgently required replacement schools are likely to be delivered at an early date or within a given time, given that during the period of the downturn in the economy it was not always possible to attend to those with the degree of urgency that they would have ordinarily required?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the funding of third level education in the future, with particular reference to student fees; his further plans on the specific nature in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45007/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the issue of higher education grants can be resolved in order to ensure that all those wishing to avail of a third level education have the means to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (25 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which higher education costs have increased over the past number of years; the extent to which the proportion of the national budget under that heading has varied in the past ten years; his plans to ensure continued access to third level for all students seeking to avail of third level education; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Expenditure (25 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he remains confident that investment in education and the sciences at all levels will continue to be available in the future having particular regard to the need for excellence in the face of growing competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45258/17]