Results 22,821-22,840 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (28 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14477/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Qualified Child Increase Payments (28 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an adult dependant allowance in respect of a person is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14298/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (28 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility of a person who is self-employed for illness benefit; the status of support for the self-employed in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14333/18]

Other Questions: Banking Operations (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: There is absolutely no reason that all banks cannot treat the customers in the same way, with particular reference to a code of conduct. Currently, the only code that is acceptable is the one the banks manufacture themselves. They become judge and jury. They put out the code of conduct. They tell the client, "Sorry, you do not comply; your loan is unsustainable." It was unsustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will introduce statutory rules appertaining to the code of conduct applicable to primary and secondary lenders or their agents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13650/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Project Ireland 2040 (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he is satisfied that the targets already identified for 2018 and thereafter in the context of Project Ireland 2040 are achievable and that the resultant economic benefit will accrue as anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13648/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Competitiveness (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland's economic development compares favourably with other European countries within the eurozone, notwithstanding the impact of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13649/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to have discussions with his counterparts at EU level with a view to preventing an economic crash in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which adequate working capital remains available to small and medium-sized enterprises with particular reference to the need to ensure the protection of jobs in the indigenous sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14232/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the main banks are making adequate resources available to facilitate the house building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14239/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Costs (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance when the benefits of the review of the motor insurance sector will accrue in terms of reduced premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14233/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Rate (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he expects the economy to grow in the context of this and subsequent years, notwithstanding the potential threat of Brexit or other external factors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14234/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Rate (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects his economic projections to remain on target throughout the course of 2018; if particular issues have emerged or are likely to emerge in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14240/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to make provision for issues arising from Brexit in such a way as to maximise opportunities for the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14235/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department continue to monitor the policy of lending institutions that are set to repossess family homes, even in instances in which the borrower has over the past number of years continued to make repayments to the extent of up to one third of income; if a protocol can be devised to facilitate such borrowers (details...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce statutory rules appertaining to the code of conduct applicable to primary and secondary lenders or their agents with a view to ensuring the protection of families who continue to pay their mortgage to the best of their ability, or those who can demonstrate an ability to so do, and the need to ensure that the current housing crisis is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Creation Data (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of jobs projected to be created within the economy over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14238/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he has quantified the likely contribution of reform in the public sector in the context of economic performance in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13535/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which each Department remains committed to using reform to achieve economic benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13536/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (27 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if particular Departments or public offices or bodies under their aegis require reforming procedures with a view to increasing efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13540/18]