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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (6 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 1102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds upon which it has been decided that a person (details supplied) is no longer eligible to receive disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45373/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Could special emphasis be placed on the need to replace the jobs in the areas in which they are about to be lost? Could we use the decarbonisation of the energy sector as a means of doing so?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am trying to ascertain the Minister's opinion having regard to a comment made by a Government advisory service in recent times that overheating in the house building sector could undermine competitiveness and cause the bubble to burst. The reverse is the case in reality. The lack of affordable and local authority houses is an impediment to the competitiveness of the economy. Part of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Does the Minister agree that a lack of affordable housing in the economy is most likely to lead to overheating by way of house price inflation, which could land us in the position we occupied some years ago and where the State might have to intervene? Would he agree that as long as property prices continue to inflate in the way they do without adequate availability of affordable housing,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he remains satisfied about the competitiveness of the economy; the potential challenges in this regard; if he has identified specific areas of threatened inflation which might impact on the stability of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44176/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if issues have emerged which suggest overheating in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44584/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank Loans (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible in an emergency situation to avail of a low interest EU loan to facilitate an immediate onsite start of sufficient houses to alleviate the most serious aspects and locations of the housing shortage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44175/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflationary Pressures (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance if inflationary tendencies in the economy have been detected which may arise from enhanced house prices leading to higher mortgage repayments which might lead to higher wage demands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44578/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which adequate provisions have been put in place to safeguard the economy in advance of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44579/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank will formulate a new code of conduct to regulate the repossession of properties in circumstances in which the borrowers have consistently made payments in line with their ability even though not to the satisfaction of the lender in view of the fact that the lending institutions in the first instance were culpable in the financial...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which inward investment is likely to be affected by Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44582/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains satisfied regarding the attainment of budgetary objectives in 2019 notwithstanding international developments, Brexit and international trade disputes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44583/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Issues (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if the provision of affordable and local authority housing is deemed by the Central Bank to be an overheating issue in the economy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44585/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Savings Rate (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which investment in property is competing with savings in financial institutions; if low interest rates appear to favour property investment instead of savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44587/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Savings Rate (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which savings in the various financial institutions have fluctuated over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44588/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to take to combat house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44589/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Loans (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance if in the effort to combat the cost of the housing crisis, consideration will be given to allowing first-time or subsequent purchasers to buy a rundown property at its current value and the loan to cover the cost of renovation in circumstances in which it is possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects all Departments to observe the budgetary situation as set out in the Budget Statement 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44580/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [44586/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (25 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status including update of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44564/18]