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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Access to Cash Bill 2024: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: The next session starts at 5 p.m. I have a couple of comments to make based on comments and complaints that I have received from constituents. The first is the degree to which machines are out of order when a member of the public wishes to access his or her own cash. They will always point out that they want to get their own cash. It is not the bank's cash or the operator's cash. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Access to Cash Bill 2024: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Gilvarry. I look forward to that. We will now suspend for five minutes to bring everybody else into the room and welcome them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Access to Cash Bill 2024: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: In this second session we will engage with the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland as we continue our pre-legislative scrutiny of the access to cash Bill. On behalf of the committee, I welcome from the BPFI, Mr. Brian Hayes, CEO, Mr. Gavin Purtill, director of regulation and supervision, Ms Gill Byrne, head of payments, and Mr. Ali Ugur, chief economist. Members are reminded of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Access to Cash Bill 2024: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Hayes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Access to Cash Bill 2024: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: A couple of issues come to mind. We all accept the fact that banking has a duty to make profits in order to function. Banks are not charitable institutions. They have to make profits and have returns by the end of the year. If there are indications they are losing their profit, or there is a lack of focus as a result of losing profit, they will be out of business. That is the ultimate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9142/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has been requested to supply another statutory declaration, different to the original one supplied with their application and proof of residency having already completed their e-vetting request; if this was sent in error; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8818/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to update a stamp to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently working in Ireland as a dependent on stamp 1G; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9139/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to indicate if an ADHD assessment can be secured for a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9116/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 611. To ask the Minister for Health when a bed for further testing and procedures can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9236/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made to ensure the availability of adequate qualified staffing levels to meet the requirements of the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5676/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the level of Irish technical and academic graduates to be sufficient to meet any demand arising from accelerated economic growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9357/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he foresees the use of innovation as a means of perfecting this country’s education system as well as meeting the market-based challenges in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9358/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied the number of places for students wishing to pursue courses of an academic or technical nature is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9354/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department has planned for the likely increased demand in fourth level education in the future, with particular reference to the need to stay the pace with or at least on par with international trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9360/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected number of fourth level graduates in both technical and academic sectors in the future in terms of the demand and the ability to meet that demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9361/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he sees the demand for innovation extending in the future in the field of job opportunities; whether he remains satisfied regarding the ability of the higher education system to meet the challenges in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9364/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places currently taken up by fourth level education students throughout the country; the extent to which these numbers incorporate the academic and technical sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9365/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the number of training/apprenticeship places to be sufficient to meet the demand in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9355/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department is upgrading the research sector with a view to maximisation of benefit for Irish students and ultimately the economy in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9356/24]