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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Ireland (25 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which standard procurement procedures have been applied in the case of the proposed relocation of the centre of excellence of Horse Sport Ireland to a new location; if the normal procurement tests have been applied and incorporated in the process; if best value for money has been proven; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Ireland (25 Feb 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the proposal by Horse Sport Ireland to relocate to a centre of excellence further away from the focal points of activity associated with the horse industry in respect of both bloodstock and sport horse genetics as an essential part of the business meets the principals of good value for money and reform; and if...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise that I was not available for the start of the meeting. Apropos of the previous discussion on procurement, we must recognise that in an emergency we need to have an emergency procurement process. Whether it has operated effectively or efficiently remains to be seen, but it needs to be in existence. Inevitably, emergencies occur and in an emergency it is not possible to go...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I strongly support the Chairman's views on this subject. While we are on the subject of the banks, I want to remind myself and everybody else that a major issue was tracker mortgages. The banks held the view for a long time that they could not afford tracker mortgages because they were losing money on them, which, of course, was untrue. They were not losing money but, potentially, they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I have a plethora of questions but I do not propose to ask all of them. I will put them down for written answer, which is probably the best way of doing it. My first question is on those who have other conditions who are now part of a backlog awaiting attention. Have all of them had online discussions with their GP or consultant? If only a portion of them have had such discussions, what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State. Will the Minister address the question of the student nurses?

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: We will take Deputy Jim O'Callaghan's question now, following which the Minister will respond.

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The next slot is a Sinn Féin slot. I call Deputy Tully.

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister and Minister of State have three minutes and 20 seconds. They can do a lot of damage in that length of time.

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Paul Donnelly may have a few more seconds.

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Is that agreed? Agreed. I urge the Deputies to stay as close as they can to the time because we are running out of time.

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I call Deputy Nolan. I am sorry about the time, but there is nothing I can do about it.

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: We will have to wait for written replies to those questions. The last speakers from the Independent Group are Deputies Connolly and McNamara, who are sharing time and have 3.5 minutes each.

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I know. The Deputy has one and a half minutes left.

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I think that is fair enough.

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister has 40 seconds in which to reply.

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and the Deputies for their co-operation.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he had discussions with a group (details supplied) in the context of the proposed layoff of 150 staff whose jobs it is alleged are being transferred to Malaysia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12145/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of funding that has been allocated to Kildare County Council over the past ten years from either his Department or the National Transport Authority for traffic management plans for Newbridge; the amount of this funding that was drawn down and spent by the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11046/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) can be addressed in the short term; when a decision is likely to issue regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11085/21]