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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: This is definitely the Minister's final reply.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We must proceed. We have 164 amendments, and at the present rate of progress, we will probably get to them by Christmas Eve; I am not relishing the prospect of being here on Christmas Eve. We should all try to do our best here. We will try to give everybody an opportunity to speak. In order to do that, we have to move on. Within section 2, the proposal was that a new section be inserted...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The amendment has fallen.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The question has been declared lost.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I invite Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (9 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance if, as part of the retail banking review currently under way by his Department, consideration is being given to reducing the 10% reserve requirement for credit unions, which are now operating current accounts and banking services as a result of the large amount of new customers that they are receiving, due to the exit of banks (details supplied) from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that have been requested to be resubmitted by the Passport Office as a direct result of officials in that office being unable to contact Garda stations that are not operating on a 24-hour basis in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the policy in place in such instances; if consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (9 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who has submitted the required documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55676/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of an alleged overpayment; if their appeal can be expedited given the stress that this ongoing case is causing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55677/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (9 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of fuel allowance payable in the case of persons (details supplied); if the full amount is being paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55734/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Immigration Status (9 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a stamp 3 provided in the cases of persons (details supplied) can be upgraded to stamp 4, given that their mother is an Irish citizen, that all persons have been in Ireland since 2006, who have all attended primary and secondary school in Ireland, who are unable to contribute given their pending citizenship applications,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Immigration Status (9 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application as part of the undocumented persons scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55714/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Visa Applications (9 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of visa applications in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55719/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Immigration Status (9 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55903/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the procedure in place for ensuring that NIAC recommendations are put into practice; the procedure to be followed to ensure the procurement of vaccines, as recommended by NIAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (10 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent, if any, to which heavy vehicles use the main arterial routes to and from the city at peak travel times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (10 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures proposed or currently in hand to alleviate traffic congestion on main routes such as the M50, M1, M4 and M7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56050/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (10 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which any upgrading of arterial routes to the city can be completed to speed up local commutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56052/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (10 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of any restrictions on heavy trucks at peak times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56096/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been assured that road, footpath and boundary realignments arising from the electrification of the north Kildare rail routes will be minimised to ensure the least impact on the existing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55815/22]