Results 6,061-6,080 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is to be a broad spectrum reply.

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: As opposed to yesterday.

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Will the Minister indicate to the House what is likely to happen following the disablement of two major power stations in the midlands——

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It does, and there is promised legislation.

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: When I finish the sentence I shall come to it. On health and safety grounds——

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: This is likely to affect the power grid for the entire country.

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: These are power stations that have been recently commissioned and they have cost taxpayers a significant amount of money——

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: ——in addition to the private investors. The consumer is awaiting the outcome. The legislation to which I refer is the single electricity market Bill.

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Will the Minister indicate to what extent the availability of electricity from these power stations and possibly other stations to be constructed in a similar fashion is likely to be affected in the overall single market?

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: And on the stations and how they affect us.

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: That is a most comprehensive answer.

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Government side is a most impressive bunch this morning.

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The reference has been noted.

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Who is in control over there?

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: That is familiar territory.

Pension Provisions. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position on old age pension payments to Irish missionaries who have served overseas and who propose to remain there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17537/06]

Pension Provisions. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made on paying old age pensions to Irish missionaries who wish to remain abroad after retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17829/06]

Pension Provisions. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Will the Minister indicate when the report will be published? Concerns exist within the working group of the Committee on Foreign Affairs about whether an early response will be received. Has the Minister taken into consideration the suggestions made about crediting people who made contributions prior to leaving this country? What progress has been made on that model?

Pension Provisions. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Does the Minister realise that many of these missionaries spent 40 or 50 years out of the country, often spending their working lives in tropical countries and that they wish to remain abroad? Given that they would qualify if they returned home, is it not possible to work out a formula based on the total number of such people? Can that be done as a matter of urgency? It is not impossible to...

Social Welfare Code. (11 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to improve the qualification guidelines and level of payments for the family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17832/06]