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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Department of Health (3 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, just a quick one. Going back to the point raised by Deputy Burke, an advertising technique that is used is to offer 10% extra free. That technique is used in all products, from breakfast cereals to soap powders, or anything that consumers want. It is clearly an area that needs to be addressed, whether it is in relation to how the products are sold in the retail outlets or the way they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Department of Health (3 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: What percentage of that 42% achieve their objectives?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Department of Health (3 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: A point we also need to remember is that we talked about the smell of smoke on people's clothes and in the house and so on. To the smoker that is a comfort zone, an enjoyable place to be. Within that zone the smoker feels this is lovely, like a garden of roses. It is a different perspective altogether. How do we address that? I did not smoke until I was in my 20s, which is most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Department of Health (3 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I might make one point by way of light illustration. There was mention of the influence of films, with actors smoking and so on. Ben Affleck had a film about the release of hostages from Iran, where the plan was to disguise a crowd of people as actors and to get them out of the country that way. He smoked wall to wall and floor to ceiling throughout the film. I almost choked looking at...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he sees the possibility of inflation causing complications in the course of recovery from the financial effects of Covid-19; if this issue can be addressed at national or EU level in order to achieve the most effective and least painful methods of dealing with the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 283. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor developments in the insurance industry with particular reference to the need to provide insurance cover for all types of insurance at viable rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54734/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his EU colleagues in the context of addressing the issue of inflation throughout the European Union; if corrective measures are required or are likely to be required in the short to medium-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54351/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects the Eurozone countries to address the issues such as inflation now emerging throughout the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his EU colleagues continue to monitor issues likely to impact on this and other European economies with particular reference to price hikes which appear to have emerged with increasing frequency; the extent to which he and his colleagues monitor their origins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54730/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which microgeneration of electricity might be used by the agri-food producing sector to mitigate against carbon emissions; the availability of models whereby this might be successfully done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54179/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department has examined the various potential options for micro electricity generation, farm management, tree planting and or any other measures likely to offset against or reduce carbon emissions with particular reference to the need to ensure family farm viability into the future; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to monitor any inflationary tendencies in Ireland with a view to corrective action if required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54717/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to observe inflationary tendencies in this economy with particular reference to the need to identify their origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54731/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures available in this jurisdiction to combat such issues as inflation, in Ireland or throughout the Eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54719/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Issues (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had discussions with EU finance ministers in his role as president of the Eurogroup, the various issues which now constitute a threat to economic stability in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54720/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Issues (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to influence thinking in the Eurogroup with the view to ensuring a united effort to challenge potential threats to European economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54721/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to review any difficulties faced by borrowers who may have had to postpone meeting scheduled mortgage payments during the lockdown; if any specific provision is being made or can be made to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which house price inflation here is likely to affect economic performance in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54723/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which home borrowers here can expect to be able to borrow at interest rates that prevail throughout Europe and in accordance with the single market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54724/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (9 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the ongoing effect of Brexit on the economic performance in Ireland as well as other EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54726/21]