Results 29,641-29,660 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I am making a general comment-----
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: -----that applies to all of them.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Absolutely.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I would be quite happy to do that too. May I continue, Chairman?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I have a good idea of what the answers to the questions are, and the people here today have already presented us with what are effectively the questions and the answers. It is up to us to deal with it after that. The issue of support for the vulnerable was raised by numerous people and it is something that is growing. The problem is that growing numbers of people who previous had difficulty...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Master of the High Court (10 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Honohan for coming before the committee and giving his views. I am becoming a little concerned and confused as time passes. While modular housing may not be the answer in many cases, in a crisis one must be guided and bound by the urgency of that crisis and the extent to which we can continue to have families forced out of their homes or living in unsuitable accommodation and...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Law Society of Ireland (10 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I thank our guests for coming before us and for imparting their wisdom. I would agree in general with Mr. Sweetman that the intervention can often create the opposite effect to the one desired in some of these cases. I know from experience the way the process works. One of the points that has been made repeatedly is that developers cannot build because it is not profitable. In other...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Law Society of Ireland (10 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Chairman, just a quick query.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Law Society of Ireland (10 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Can we cut to the chase on this issue about repossessions and the sale of loan books to unregulated third parties? What is Mr. Sweetman's opinion? Deputy Coppinger, correctly in my view, raised the issue as well. To give some degree of assurance to the people in their houses who are under threat, is it not desirable to assume that a regime can prevail whereby the purchaser of the loan...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Law Society of Ireland (10 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Sorry about that, Chairman.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Professor P. J. Drudy, Trinity College Dublin (10 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I thank Professor Drudy for attending. I agree with many of the things he has just stated because, as we all know, we have discussed this issue for the past couple of weeks. However, I do not agree in respect of changing over our system to a reliance on rental, whether private or public. The reason I do not is because when that idea was first mooted ten or 15 years ago, and there was a...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Mercy Law Resource Centre (10 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: This is a subject matter in which I have an interest. Ironically and surprisingly, I am not all that convinced that the placing of a constitutional right into the Constitution is of great assistance. If we, as legislators, are doing our job adequately and reflecting the needs of the communities we represent, it should not be necessary to place such a provision in the Constitution. I have...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Mercy Law Resource Centre (10 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: A constitution is supposed to lay down basic fundamentals or cornerstones which protect the rights of the people in all instances. I do not think it is preferable for it to be that way in this case. One tends to use the Constitution as a means of providing legislation. I do not think that is the right way to go about it. It is far better to produce the legislation in line with the ongoing...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Behaviour please, Deputies.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Independent Deputies Shane Ross, Denis Naughten and Finian McGrath will share time of five minutes each.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: The next slot is for Independents 4 Change. I call Deputies Tommy Broughan and Seamus Healy, whom I understand are sharing. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Can we have one voice, please?
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: The next slot goes to AAA-PBP. I understand Deputies Mick Barry and Gino Kelly are sharing time.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: One voice, please.