Results 26,161-26,180 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his programme for the replacement of prefabricated buildings continues at primary and second level throughout the country; the number of prefabs still to be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which psychological assessments are accessible as required in the primary and second level sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17135/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which class sizes and pupil-teacher ratios continue to improve arising from the steps taken over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17136/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which e-technology has become available to all schools at primary and second level throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17137/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UK Withdrawal from the EU: British Ambassador to Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the ambassador and thank him for his interesting address. We all recognise the importance of the time that lies ahead. I think we are all committed to ensuring that we use that time extremely well as we approach the decisions that have to be taken cautiously and with great care to ensure that we do not damage each other's future, the future of the European Union, the UK-Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the Central Bank with a view to the introduction of a statutory code of conduct to be operated by lenders and borrowers to give particular recognition to the status of those borrowers that have continued to the best of their ability to make payments in respect of family home mortgages, with a view to minimising the extent of family...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the ongoing progress of economic recovery; if he has identified particular issues requiring further attention; if he has satisfied himself that the economy remains well placed to maximise its potential, including job creation in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16427/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance if the banks here are justified in charging higher mortgage interest rates than throughout the rest of Europe in view of the fact that taxpayers here are instrumental in bailing out the lending institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16739/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the lending institutions are expected to accommodate by way of extension of mortgage repayment period for borrowers in arrears in respect of their family homes, having particular regard to that fact that all borrowers and all taxpayers have had to contribute to the bailout of the lending institutions; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has received communication from the lending institutions with a view to identifying the degree to which family home repossessions are likely to occur throughout the remainder of 2017; if he has in mind particular intentions to lessen the degree to which homelessness can occur as a result; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a new statutory code of conduct be operated by lenders and borrowers in situations in which the family home is under threat of repossession; his further views on the need to encourage the financial institutions to provide adequate recognition and protection in situations in which the borrowers have continued to meet monthly repayments...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Competitiveness (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that Ireland remains a competitive economy and attractive to indigenous investors and foreign direct investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16738/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Competitiveness (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects this economy to maintain positive performance over the next four years; if he anticipates any corrective measures arising from external factors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16744/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he monitors house property prices with a view to prevention of inflation through that sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16740/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains satisfied regarding the extent to which adequate credit facilities continue to be available to the small and medium sized business sector to allow that sector to develop and grow adequately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16743/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that first-time house buyers or the purchasers of a family home are not being priced out of the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16745/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to continue to encourage the banking sector to meet the requirements of small and medium sized industry, the retail or commercial sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16746/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when consideration will be given to granting invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 405. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which a full examination has been undertaken into the improvements required at Taghadoe Abbey and Round Tower; when remedial works can commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16590/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (4 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approval in respect of a forestry proposal as submitted will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16675/17]