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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (11 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which proposals in respect of the replacement of a school (details supplied) and the accommodation of the proposed schools at a campus; if the project has progressed satisfactorily since early July 2021; the precise stage at which each of the projects now rest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55460/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (11 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55292/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an urgent oral hearing can be facilitated online or in person in respect of an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55327/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (11 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when it is expected the application can be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55458/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 343. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance with travel to medical appointments for treatment for cancer can continue to be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55456/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which ongoing testing of new and orphan drugs continues; the number of cases approved in each of the past 12 months to date; the extent to which availability of such drugs can be enhanced by way of specific changes or accelerated process; the extent to which remuneration continues to play an important role in making such drugs available to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our guests for their interventions. I am a little bit of a pessimist in this regard. I raised this question numerous times in the run up to the financial collapse. Our guests might not have read the Official Report, but I raised this question time and again. We were cautioned not to raise it lest it cause a run on the currency, on investment or on confidence. I felt that we were...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am not concerned about one element of inflation so much, having regard to the experiences of the past. It is when there are a number of competing elements, all of which contribute to inflation, that I would get worried, and I mentioned house prices for starters, although there are other issues. However, there are some areas where we could control our own destiny to some extent, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister. I have two brief questions. Was any assessment done during the course of the discussions on this change to 15% minimum - I believe "at least" is gone from it - as to who might benefit most? The Minister said it will take time to assess what will happen, but some discussion must have taken place about who might benefit most from the change. The next question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Some of the promoters of the need for the change from 12.5% have been heavily involved in aid for trade. They are providing aid to developing countries, but only on the basis of an agreed level of trade or an enhanced level of trade. How do the changes affect them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I will move to a slightly different angle on this. I raise the question of the Central Bank's control under the Bill and the general role of the Central Bank, which licenses the activities of all financial entities in this country, in particular in respect of the investment companies that have bought many of the impaired loans. All of the banks leaving this jurisdiction are either in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I accept the Minister's point that it generally works out but there are exceptions to that. I am not certain whether we can adequately deal with those exceptions. There are numerous cases involving properties that were repossessed by the lending institution up to ten years ago and then left idle. They have now been sold on to an investor which will move into top gear to dispose of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Risk Assessment (16 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which further potential risks have been identified in the context of the national risk assessment. [51253/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council (16 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 24. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which progress was made at the most recent European Council meeting with particular reference to the most pressing issues. [52868/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 48. To ask the Taoiseach the measures he will take to achieve the aspirations arising from discussions at the COP 26 United Nations climate change conference. [54701/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (16 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which FEMPI has restored or continues to restore relevant incomes in accordance with agreements to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55829/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Nov 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which examination of ways and means to acknowledge the efforts and dedication of front-line workers throughout the Covid-19 pandemic is ongoing; the options available to him to reward such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56142/21]