Results 19,081-19,100 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Eddie Murphy in "Police Academy".
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: That is if the taxpayer accepts responsibility for them. Who said the taxpayer is responsible?
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: We heard that before too.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: That is what the Green Party is doing anyway.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: I thought the Green Party would be reassured.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Any such funding will be used up by the time NAMA is finished.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: That is what the Government is doing. It plans to spread the debt over ten years in the hope that inflation will save it.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: The Government has been receiving windfall taxes for the last ten years. There were massive receipts from VAT and stamp duty.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: It is less social dividend and more a case of divide and conquer.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: What about the school sites that were purchased from developers?
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Strategic prices.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: In some cases the sites were provided without charge but not by developers.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: They were provided free but not by developers.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: The moral of the story is that when moral wrongdoing goes unpunished, there will be more of it.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: It is the least painful option for the perpetrators.
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which overseas development aid is expected to proceed in 2009 in view of the likelihood of increased need arising from the world economic downturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31955/09]
- Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which it is expected or intended to establish further embassies abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31959/09]
- Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if progress is expected to be made in the matter of undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31953/09]
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the top ten countries currently most readily recognised for human rights abuses; the action taken or planned at EU and UN level to bring about an improvement in the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31954/09]
- Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (17 Sep 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo with particular reference to the hardship experienced by the international community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31956/09]