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Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if any evaluation has been carried out of the extent to which business sector borrowing requirements continue to be met in cases in which a number of banking institutions have withdrawn from this economy; if any particular investigations or steps have been taken to ensure the availability of the necessary funds to meet the borrowing requirement of...

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent, if any, to which the level of lending by the various banks has been monitored over the past three years to date, with particular reference to meeting the working capital requirements of the small business sector; if such requirements are being met in full, partially or not at all; if the latter, the extent of the effect on the economy;...

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can secure agreement from the banks to meet the borrowing requirements of the business sector, having particular regard to the fact that recapitalisation came at a cost to the economy and the taxpayer and that there is an expectation that in the current economic climate the normal borrowing requirements of the business...

Written Answers — Shared Ownership Scheme: Shared Ownership Scheme (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has received information from the various local authorities in respect of arrears of shared ownership annuity loans; if as a result he will initiate proposals to address the situation whereby borrowers are expected to meet repayments in respect of the rental equity which are greater...

Written Answers — Shared Ownership Scheme: Shared Ownership Scheme (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is expected that the proposed personal insolvency legislation will be available to shared ownership mortgage borrowers who, due to unemployment or other factors, are in danger of having their homes repossessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6163/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons currently on local authority housing lists throughout the country; their average length of time on such lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6164/12]

Written Answers — Illegal Dumping: Illegal Dumping (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost of remedial works in respect of illegal or unregulated landfill sites in each of the past five years to date in 2012; the likely cost in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6165/12]

Written Answers — Water Pollution: Water Pollution (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when his attention was first drawn to the need to protect groundwater from pollution from domestic septic tanks or overflows from malfunctioning or overloaded municipal or other sewage treatment plants; when the appropriate action was recommended or taken; the fine impositions in the event of failure to...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent or scale of grant aid available to him for disbursement to community groups or local authorities throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6167/12]

Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects to be in a position to maintain the fire service, part-time and full-time, throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6169/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of housing units, with particular reference to family homes, built directly or acquired by the various local authorities for allocation to tenants in each of the past five years and to date in 2012; the number of such houses likely to be provided on an annual basis over the next four years;...

Written Answers — Air Pollution: Air Pollution (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which air pollution levels are recorded continuously throughout the country, either directly by his Department or by the Health Service Executive on an agency basis for his Department; the most commonly detected air pollutants; the most serious levels of such pollutants and their locations;...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent, if any, to which he will be in a position to support the funding of local group water schemes by the various local authorities throughout the country on a county basis over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6172/12]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate funds are available to the local authorities to meet the requirements arising from disabled persons' grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6173/12]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and likely position regarding residency or family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6159/12]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6160/12]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an upgrade of stamp 3 to stamp 4 is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6161/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6175/12]

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the important issue of health services, which affect every family in this country. Our current circumstances encourage us to focus on reality. I commend the Minister for Health and his colleagues on identifying the need for reform in the health service. I am long enough in this House to remember when we were members of health boards. As part of...

Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: The companies Bill has been on the map for quite a long time and it should clarify and simplify the companies' code and modernise Irish company law through the consolidation of the existing 15 company law Acts, other regulations and case law. I realise it is a complicated piece of legislation, but it is necessary. If that legislation had been introduced five or ten-----