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Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I want to point out something that we do not consider very much in this House. An income of €100,000 may seem like an awful lot of money but we must also remember that anybody with an income of €80,000, €90,000 or €100,000 does not collect that. They get approximately 60% of it if they are lucky. When Deputies are thinking about these things, they must remember...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the benefit accruing to the Exchequer arising from the implementation of reform proposals across all Departments and subsidiaries thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56672/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform has featured throughout all Departments in a way to ensure the benefits are experienced throughout the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56673/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value and benefit of reform measures throughout all Departments and subsidiaries thereof in such a way as to illustrate the benefits of reform in general, economically and socially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56674/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which reforms throughout the public sector remain in place to ensure accountability, collective responsibility and good value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform has been become a feature of public procurement with a view to ensuring prompt delivery of projects and contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56675/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he expects all Government projects to continue to be completed on time and within budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56676/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in regard to the extent to which he expects the various targets in Project Ireland 2040 to be achieved on time and within budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56679/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which any outstanding matters arising from FEMPI have been concluded or are in course thereof; if groups throughout society with increasing dependence on the satisfactory outcome of FEMPI restoration are satisfied with progress on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he remains satisfied that public expenditure and reform proposals are sufficiently embedded in the system in order to maximise opportunities that might emerge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56681/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the Government intends to support indigenous Irish businesses that are seeking to make the transition to carbon neutral operations and are investing heavily in renewable technologies, but are challenged in doing so by local and national stipulations on wind energy and solar energy locations in areas of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government is planning to take action by way of legislation to try and rebalance the decision-making process at An Bord Pleanála when applications for renewable technologies are submitted for decision in areas that have a perceived archaeological and geological significance, given the current energy inflation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traffic Management (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the necessary funding is being provided through the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, or otherwise in respect of infrastructural projects such as the alleviation of traffic or other issues for Maynooth, County Kildare; the full extent of the total amount of funding awarded; when the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traffic Management (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the necessary funding is being provided through the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, or otherwise in respect of infrastructural projects such as the alleviation of traffic for Naas, County Kildare; the full extent of the total amount of funding awarded; when the award was made; the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traffic Management (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the necessary funding is being provided through the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, or otherwise in respect of infrastructural projects such as the alleviation of traffic or other issues for Celbridge, County Kildare; the full extent of the total amount of funding awarded; when the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (15 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 405. 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. [56664/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds upon which evusheld which is used to prevent Covid-19 was not considered for emergency authorisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58186/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the reforms in the Defence Forces identified in a recent report are being put in place with particular reference to all of the major recommendations including recruitment, pay and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58360/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 190. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces are being upgraded in line with the recent report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58645/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 197. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the ongoing steps to implement fully the recent report on the Defence Forces as it affects the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58652/22]