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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which emergency action can be taken to protect Ireland’s infrastructure, on and offshore, inside and outside territorial waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22875/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which sufficient attention has been drawn to the exercise of Russian war ships off the Irish coast, with particular reference to ensuring the protection of vital infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22874/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: These questions seek to ascertain the extent to which our security forces can intercept, in an emergency, if necessary, to intervene to protect vital national or international infrastructure, given the unusual interest shown by foreign powers in these areas in recent times.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Tánaiste for that detailed reply. My question also focuses on the ability of the military services here to take the necessary action to dissuade those who might want to loiter, for want of a better description, in territorial waters, or non-territorial waters for that matter, close to the Irish shoreline. I refer to the degree to which it might be possible to receive...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: It is a new one that I invented myself.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: It depends on the intent.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Tánaiste again for that response. In view of the heightened level of anxiety about the operations of certain vessels in our territorial waters, and given that we have a long shoreline and are off the west coast of Europe, albeit not directly because one country stands between us and it, can we be assured, and can the Tánaiste be assured from the information available to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Tánaiste.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the most salient issues to be addressed to bring about a more expeditious delivery of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21472/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects reform and prudent management to continue to remain central to his Department's policy having regard to the need to ensure stability in the financial and banking system here notwithstanding increased corporation tax revenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21473/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department continues to ensure the competitiveness of this country’s trade and industry sectors in an increasingly competitive world market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who is having ongoing difficulties obtaining same since their application for naturalisation was granted last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22210/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to monitor issues such as public procurement and-or the removal of any other administrative obstructions that might hinder the progress of the National Development Plan; the areas he has identified as central in such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22333/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform those areas of the National Development Plan that have been most successful in achieving their targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to identify those sectors within the National Development Plan which he sees as being most crucial to achieving its targets in early date; the action taken or pending to expedite various processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22335/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has identified areas where the National Development Plan needs to be expedited with consequential benefit to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22336/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department have identified issues relating to the National Development Plan, with the propensity to accelerate the plan or impede it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22338/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of any reforms he might introduce to expedite the delivery of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will identify the most urgently required changes in the delivery of services likely to be needed in the event of an improved performance in the implementation of the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22342/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform continues to be a part of the vision for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22337/23]