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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fuel Prices (26 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the exorbitant rise in price of marked gas oil and its ability to seriously damage output in the agri-food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27144/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the future of the dairy industry, with particular reference to the need to reduce carbon emissions while at the same time ensuring the development of the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27139/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the poultry section here including exports continues to be viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to encourage the fishing industry, with particular reference to ensuring that the Irish industry can compete with all others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27141/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (26 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor bovine tuberculosis, with particular reference to individual areas that have suffered in this regard in recent times; if he and his Department have identified any particular issues with might cause sporadic outbreaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27142/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (26 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent, if any, to which he and his Department have studied the health of the national deer herd with a view to correlation with outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27143/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to monitor and safeguard the interest of the agri-food sector given the sharp increase in price of inputs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27145/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I know. I thank the Chairman. I apologise for coming to the meeting so late. I had other commitments all day. Like the Chairman, I have had ongoing engagement with all the banks in respect of outstanding debts, impaired debts and so on. With one or two exceptions, the banks have been willing to talk. That is helpful in the circumstances that prevail. The banks that are being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I ask Ms Howard to do so because I have been through all these issues with various banks from time to time and my understanding is that banks make tax claims in the event of write-offs of debt or, in other words, under a bad debt heading. That has traditionally been the case and I presume it continues. It is not peculiar to any one bank; it applies to all banks. In the event of an impaired...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am making a general comment on the matter. The borrower has put it down on paper and asked a question that has already been pursued by Deputy Tóibín. The borrower is willing to do his or her best but will not be able to maintain the full debt, for whatever reason. The debt has been sold, probably at a discount, and, because of that, the borrower is asking for sympathetic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I would be grateful for that. I will pursue the matter again because I also received a letter from the family concerned. Just like the Chairman, I sat at a table with representatives from the various banks in recent years. Some were sympathetic; others were not. I will not mention any bank in particular. Suffice it to say that in the context of those who were not, I had the doubtful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: All my life, I have been in injury time. There are several issues to which I wish to refer quickly. I would have thought it be very simple, once the customer agreed on the bank or lending entity to which they wanted their funds transferred, for the selling banks to meet the incoming bank electronically and transfer the account and have done with it, whatever the facilities were. A matter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: -----that I do not think we have time for. I would like an opportunity at some early stage to raise these in the future. I will finish off by simply saying-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: All right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: How many minutes do I have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I recognise what Mr. Brian Hayes said about the service to customers, personal services, etc. It must be emphasised that the customer must be served. The banks will become irrelevant if the customer cannot be served. From the point of view of these Houses, there must be a greater emphasis on the fact that members of the Houses are persons of special interest in terms of security and I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I need written replies to my questions in that case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Unfortunately, I have to leave because I have another meeting to attend. I need written replies to my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses for being with us. I also thank them for their tremendous work during the Covid-19 crisis and the lockdowns and the commitment they gave to their work in the health services, for so long and, undoubtedly, at huge cost. I do not propose to go through the entire service plan because it contains approximately 170 pages. That is for another time. My questions are...