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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I will speak on the research and development element. There is a theory somewhere that research and development should be abolished or minimised in certain circumstances, in order to be seen to be fair in respect of personal income for individuals involved. That is not the thing we should get into. The whole concept of research and development is to ensure we are competitive as an economy....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We should not lose sight of the fact that research and development needs to be at a scale that assists in the competition that firms in this country face from other jurisdictions that are eagerly and aggressively watching what happens here. For instance, most companies start off small. The major international companies operating in this country, like the ones in Kerry, Dundalk and various...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I totally disagree with the contribution of the previous speaker. I disagreed with it all of last summer during the debate in the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. I remind Members that we had a wealth tax. It did not do too much for us. In fact, it had the opposite effect than has been suggested. It is an ideological thing that if somebody improves themselves and they accumulate wealth,...

Joint Committee on Disability Matters Report: Motion (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: The six minutes are up, Deputy. We want to get everybody in.

Joint Committee on Disability Matters Report: Motion (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State. We have 30 minutes remaining for all, and we have five speakers. That is six minutes each. Let us try it and see how it works. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne is first.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Financial Services (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State. I accept the regulations that are in place do not always fit the situation. Invariably we come across situations from time to time in which a proposal is made to the lending agency based on the ability of the borrower to meet it. Invariably it is rejected and the borrower is told it is not sustainable. It is not sustainable for the lending agency, but it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Financial Services (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: They may come again.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Financial Services (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this particular issue, and the Minister of State for coming into the House to address it. It relates to a meeting which the finance committee had with the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and his officials some time ago, wherein he shed some considerable light on the way lending agencies were expected to treat their customers. What...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I again bring to the attention of the House the urgent need for reform in respect of family law. To what extent are procedures in hand to accelerate reform through the House? I bring to the attention of the House the fact that expert witnesses in that area have been questioned in the past and seem to have taken upon themselves the role of the whole administration of family law. What is the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I have met both.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to ensure that the maximum amount of agriculturally productive land continues to grow given the extent to which the agri-food industry has contributed to the recovery in the aftermath of the financial crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46713/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This question seeks to ascertain the necessity to ensure that the maximum amount of agriculturally viable land is retained within the country and within its control, and that thought be given to the fact that the sector made a major contribution to the recovery in the aftermath of the financial crash.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I will take two supplementary questions from Deputies McNamara and Moynihan.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: One speaker only, please.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: A Theachta, you are out of order.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy is out of order.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We will move on to the next question, Uimh. 61.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I will take an introduction to her question from Deputy Conway-Walsh. I will also take a brief reply.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Deputy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We are over time.