Results 26,961-26,980 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: What does the Commissioner say to the allegation made that the European Commission, having no responsibility for taxation in sovereign member states, is seeking by a circuitous route to take control of taxation? The Commissioner mentioned that the US Senate committee was the first occasion on which this particular occasion arose. That was not the case. The same situation was raised by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The Chairman would like this one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The Chairman would like this one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I will give the witness the direct one, so. The European Commission and the Commissioner are taking responsibility for taxation in a member state in which they have no authority whatsoever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: What does the witness think the outcome of the court appeal will be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: What does the Commissioner think? Mr. Sven Giegold said that he knows-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: -----what will be the outcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I know.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 19 January 2017, the detail of the stamp currently held by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4024/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which appeals in the cases of decisions to deport and subsequent appeals have been successful in each of the past three years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department have had communication from the board of management at a school (details supplied) and the patron in regard to enrolment issues in 2017; if he is in a position to identify an amicable resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4602/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in respect of meeting enrolment requests at a school (details supplied); if, together with the patron of the school, he will endeavour to meet the requirements of the parents and the management board by way of approval of a third stream for the school, having particular regard to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a rent allowance payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3809/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support will issue in the case of a pending application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3845/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason jobseeker's allowance has been suspended pending review in the case of a person (details supplied); when the review will be complete with particular reference to the hardship being caused to this person; the reason supplementary welfare payment did not issue in the interim when the person presented in the local social welfare office...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); if an oral hearing can be arranged in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4467/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Promotion (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 428. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage nature to promote the national image at home and abroad with particular reference to the need to generate increased interest in such matters among young persons; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 429. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to provide funding for the arts at local and community level, directly or indirectly, particularly in view of the recent action plan for rural development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4589/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 430. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department have identified the primary issues of concern among community groups in rural or urban settings whose quality of life has been diminished for one reason or another, such as rural isolation and urban or rural anti-social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4590/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 431. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to encourage internationally the use of Ireland as a film location with obvious beneficial economic implications; if difficulties have been encountered in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4591/17]