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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (19 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which higher education costs have increased over the past number of years; the extent of financial assistance now available for all students seeking to avail of third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45995/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he continues to make provision for an increased number of technical graduates/apprentices in order to meet the needs of individual sectors in the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45997/23]

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I acknowledge the wisdom of the Taoiseach and Tánaiste in the work they have done and in putting forward the views of the Irish people, as they correctly saw them, at international fora. That is of great importance at a time of war. It is equally important for all of us in this House to be even-handed in the way we treat such issues. While something may seem like an atrocity to some...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent UN summit in New York, with particular reference to discussions he had with representatives of other countries. [41347/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with President Biden. [41348/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [41576/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [41575/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Taoiseach for the comprehensive reply. At the next promised Cabinet committee meeting, will the inability of the Department of Health in general to come within budget and deliver services as anticipated be recognised? Is it expected that dead reckoning, or as near as possible to it, can be achieved in respect of this? Has sufficient emphasis been put on the people charged with...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister of State and her officials. Prior to proceeding with the debate, the usual citation applies in relation to speaking about those outside the House who might be identified by speeches as being the person referred to. We avoid such instances. Any member acting in substitution for a member of the committee should formally notify the clerk to the committee now, if he or...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 1 is in the name of an tAire. Amendments Nos. 1, 19, 24, 26 to 38, inclusive, 47, 49 and 50 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: On section 3, amendment No. 1, is the arrangement in relation to the amendment agreed?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We will now move on to amendment No. 2. Amendments Nos. 2 to 7, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 8, 10 to 13, 16 to 23, and 46 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I cannot comment from this position other than to say that from past experience, careful regard must be had for movements in the vulture funds into the mortgage area and the drift to ever-increasing mortgages and the extent to which that can virtually cripple the borrowers in the marketplace at any given time. For instance, we all spent 19% or 20% on interest rates in the past but there is a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We should all relax on that matter. However, it has an appalling effect as we can see on individual borrowers all over the country. Should there be competition between the vulture funds, investment funds or whatever we want to call them and the pillar banks and the credit unions, we could have a big problem on our hands and it could escalate very quickly. The interest rate is on a much...