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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department continues to ensure the competitiveness of this country’s trade and industry sectors in an increasingly competitive world market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who is having ongoing difficulties obtaining same since their application for naturalisation was granted last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22210/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to monitor issues such as public procurement and-or the removal of any other administrative obstructions that might hinder the progress of the National Development Plan; the areas he has identified as central in such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22333/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform those areas of the National Development Plan that have been most successful in achieving their targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to identify those sectors within the National Development Plan which he sees as being most crucial to achieving its targets in early date; the action taken or pending to expedite various processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22335/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has identified areas where the National Development Plan needs to be expedited with consequential benefit to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22336/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department have identified issues relating to the National Development Plan, with the propensity to accelerate the plan or impede it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22338/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of any reforms he might introduce to expedite the delivery of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will identify the most urgently required changes in the delivery of services likely to be needed in the event of an improved performance in the implementation of the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22342/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform continues to be a part of the vision for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22337/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reforms remain constant and effective in the delivery of his Department's mission statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22339/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which FEMPI has been resolved to the satisfaction of those previously impacted by various cuts in expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department continue to liaise with fellow Government Ministers with a view to delivering the absolute necessities in terms of road and rail transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22343/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that expenditure remains within the constraints laid down by the international community/banking sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22344/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which cognisance is taken of the necessity to ensure that the regions are beneficiaries of sufficient developments in order that the economy might be carefully balanced throughout the country, as opposed to concentration in one region. [13903/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which applications for work permits continue to be dealt with expeditiously in all cases within a reasonable time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to be in a position to facilitate employers who have to endure long waiting times in respect of applications for work permits in vital areas of employment; if it might be possible to accelerate the manner in which such applications are dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22324/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for work permits currently awaiting decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22325/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which applications for work permits can be expedited where the information has been provided previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22326/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (11 May 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to ensure a steady supply of investment resulting in jobs in various areas and regions throughout the country, with a view to alleviating road traffic pressure and pressure on other services in the Greater Dublin Area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22327/23]