Results 55,341-55,360 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department can forecast economic prospects over the next five years in view of the variety of potential challenges globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18039/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the updated position on the restorative elements of FEMPI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18038/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public sector pay restoration has been achieved and or is pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18275/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if residency will be updated or extended in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17855/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17946/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); when the application will be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17854/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact of a sizeable capital expenditure on the building of local authority houses as required nationally including affordable houses for sale to eligible families as opposed to the various modes of assistance available through rent support, HAP or other interim measures which have an annual impact as opposed to a once...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to unique or valuable artefacts discovered at various locations nationally over the past ten years; the location in which they are now stored or displayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17914/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Alliance Building to Strengthen the European Union: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Like the previous speaker I thank our guests for coming before us and for their very interesting presentations. I compliment them on their success in recent years, especially regarding Brexit and the degree to which they have deployed themselves throughout all the member states of the European Union. They have successfully managed to transmit a message of the importance of Brexit, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I also compliment the Minister on his efforts to bring about restoration of pay and conditions in the Defence Forces. In particular, I raise the question of the need to reassure members of the Defence Forces that the report is imminent and that it will be positive. It is not in the interests of the morale of the Defence Forces that there is a question mark over their future, particularly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department continues to monitor all aspects of public expenditure with a view to ensuring the utilisation of reform to control spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18025/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I seek to ascertain the nature and extent of the use of reform to control - not restrict - public expenditure that has already been flagged.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent does the Minister remain satisfied that sufficient scope is built into the budgetary situation to enable him to take any steps that might be necessary in the event of changing economic circumstances, whether as a result of Brexit or otherwise? Is he satisfied that the public finances remain sufficiently protected in that kind of scenario?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: In the immediate past, reform within the public sector was responsible for making considerable savings in a way that had not been done before. Is the Minister satisfied that scope remains for the utilisation of reforms within the system to achieve the benefits that he requires and the provisions he foresees as being necessary in the future?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The adoption (tracing and information) (No. 2) Bill is long-promised legislation which could not be moved on until the No. 1 Bill on the same subject was processed. How stands the No. 2 Bill and when is it likely to come before the House given the interest of adoptive parents and their children?

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: One speaker only, please.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the innovative steps he foresees as being required to ensure maximum benefit to the economy and to the Exchequer by way of ensuring best value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18026/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) qualifies for an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18250/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (18 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the correct level of income tax payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18259/19]