Results 31,021-31,040 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the extent to which he expects credit availability to small and medium-sized enterprises to improve in line with requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40893/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the current level of personal savings after which deposit interest retention tax is chargeable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40895/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which adequate banking facilities continue to be made available to the hotel and catering sector, thereby providing the necessary facilities for tourism; if any examination has been completed as to the full extent of the requirements, as set out by the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40896/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to monitor the levels of bank charges being imposed by various banks; the basis for such charges, nationally and internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40898/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which mortgage lending rates are likely to converge with the rates applicable in other European jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40899/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Membership (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he continues to monitor the potential economic fall-out in the event of a partial or total exit from the European Union by the United Kingdom; if the full implications continue to be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40900/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (18 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the receipts from deposit interest retention tax in each of the past eight years and 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40903/15]

Paris Terrorist Attack: Statements (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: One has to sympathise and empathise with our neighbours in Paris and France on the atrocity perpetrated against them last Friday evening. One can only imagine the scenes of chaos and confusion, the loud explosions, the staccato bursts of automatic weapons, the sound and smell of gunfire, the smell of blood and terror that prevails in such situations and does not go away. It could happen to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the review of the methodology used in the calculation of contributions to determine eligibility for the State pension (contributory) is in place, with particular reference to the number of women who find themselves disqualified, due to having below-average annual contributions over their working lives,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department continue to address the issue of youth unemployment, with particular reference to utilising all available resources, including funding from Europe; the extent to which such efforts have been successful to date; the future expectations in this regard; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tourism Employment (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which the number of jobs in the tourism sector has improved in each of the past four years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39736/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she will be in a position to continue to offer adequate rent support to occupants of privately rented accommodation who are on the local authority housing lists, unemployed, or in low-wage employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40583/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent support, by county or by local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40584/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a carer's allowance was refused to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40090/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why it is asserted that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare owes €312 to her Department, given that the person continues to provide payslips, etc. to her Department in respect of payment under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; the correct level of jobseeker's allowance in this instance; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a jobseeker's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40320/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate an increase in rent allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who will be homeless unless her Department provides further assistance, with particular reference to documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40532/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Benefits (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment benefit and jobseekers' allowance; the extent to which such figures have fluctuated over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which recipients of the one-parent family allowance who have had any reductions in income arising from changes to the qualification criteria have had such shortfalls met by way of the family income supplement or other payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40582/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (17 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have failed to qualify for the State pension (contributory) due to insufficient contributions throughout their working lives, with particular reference to those who took time off to rear their families and who later took up employment in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a...