Results 64,841-64,860 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the curbs on public expenditure in Ireland will not inhibit progress on infrastructural investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21591/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which investment in wind turbines that are capable of producing electricity in the short term can be funded as a matter of urgency, with particular reference to the dependency of Ireland and Europe on imported fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21598/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to examine the contributory factors to inflation; the extent to which each and any can be controlled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the causes of inflation continue to be examined by his Department with a view to addressing these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which all issues deemed to be a cause of inflation are being examined by his Department with a view to ensuring that unattributable inflation does not occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21577/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the alleged causes of inflation can be traced directly to their sources, thus avoiding unnecessary price spirals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland’s economy continues to compete with other European economies inside and outside the eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21578/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which Irish manufacturing and services costs remain competitive within the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21585/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which efforts are in place to curtail the upward spiral of inflation affecting house prices; the extent of the measures anticipated to control this surge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21579/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which investment funds here are contributing to the spiral of house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether investment funds in Ireland are making an opportunistic profit through the use of the construction sector given the fact that the main banks here are not competing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21582/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cost of Living Issues (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can continue to take measures to control the cost of living without contributing to inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21584/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which the OECD agreement on corporation profits tax remains; if attempts in some European countries to derail the proposal are ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21586/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which home borrowers in Ireland have to pay higher interest rates than many of their counterparts throughout the European Union; if these issues are being addressed in the short and medium-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21880/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he proposes to continue to use reform as a means of controlling costs in this jurisdiction for the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21587/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public expenditure on infrastructure can be targeted at those areas most in need of infrastructural investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he expects reform to be a part of Government policy in the future, having particular regard to success in this area in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21590/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he remains satisfied that the level of reform interposed with public expenditure is sufficient to continue to meet the targets as laid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21592/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Wage-setting Mechanisms (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if reform will play a central role in the context of national wage agreements in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the progress of Government contracts, with particular reference to the need to ensure any progress of a positive nature continues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21594/22]