Results 34,461-34,480 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Two of the amendments have been withdrawn and we are now left with one.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 37 is on.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: No.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: No, we will not have that.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Thank you, Deputy.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Thank you, Deputy. It is open to Deputy Catherine Murphy to withdraw amendment No. 37.
- Message from Seanad (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Seanad Éireann has passed the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013, without amendment.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 37 to 39, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Other Questions: Job Creation (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: To what extent is the small and medium enterprise sector assisted by technology and innovation? The Minister might also comment on the degree to which such enterprises can boost their opportunities and competitiveness through technology and innovation and the extent to which he expects this to be of benefit to them in the future.
- Other Questions: Job Creation (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which jobs have been created in each of the past three years to date arising from small and medium enterprise investment; the extent to which the current trend will continue into the foreseeable future; the extent to which he expects investment resulting in job creation to spread evenly across the country in the future;...
- Other Questions: Job Creation (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the need to encourage investment in small and medium enterprises in order to facilitate job creation. I am seeking to discover the extent to which trends have been established in this regard and emphasise the need to recognise the obvious advantages in spreading the type of investment to which I refer across the country in an even way.
- Other Questions: Job Creation (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. Will he outline the extent to which he is satisfied that the necessary strategic infrastructure is in place throughout the county to ensure that attempts at job creation, through small and medium enterprises, will not be impeded? Will he also indicate the extent to which he is satisfied about the trends established in this sector,...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the economic climate here remains conducive to job retention and job creation, with particular reference to the use of innovation and technology; if he is satisfied with the extent to which this jurisdiction remains an attractive and competitive location for investment resulting in job creation; and if he will...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exceptional Needs Payments (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48521/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation and Technology Programmes (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects industry here to avail of technology and innovation as a means of enhancing productivity in the manufacturing and services sectors in the future based on the trend over the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48692/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost in the manufacturing sector in each of the past five years to date; the number of jobs created in the same period; the future expectations for the continuation of the trend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48694/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of indigenous jobs lost and created in the manufacturing and services sectors in each of the past five years to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48695/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost and created through foreign direct investment in each of the past five years to date in 2014; the future expectations in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48696/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which Ireland remains an attractive location for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48698/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (17 Dec 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which other European locations have been noted as serious competitors for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48701/14]