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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: In the final analysis, we should pay particular attention to the needs of first-time buyers, those in an income bracket who would previously have applied for ordinary annuity loans, SDA loans as they were called or housing finance agency loans as they were called in the 1980s. While that is out of the equation at present, there is an urgent need to bring it back and to ensure that one...

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: It would appear that organised crime, which we have raised on this side of the House on numerous occasions, continues unabated. In that regard I draw the Taoiseach's attention to the fact that such items as pipe bombs and material for making pipe bombs have been found on a regular basis. It is also a fact that approximately 14 people have been executed in the whole area of organised crime...

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: It is in order. There is a plethora of promised legislation. I asked the Taoiseach previously, as did other Members of this House, whether it was intended to bring in a single consolidated legislative measure that would crack down once and for all on organised crime and reassure the public that it was the intention of Government to tackle this issue head on. I do not want to read out the...

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: ——but it includes No. 71, the Criminal Justice (Cybercrime & Attacks against Information Systems) Bill, the European Evidence Warrant Bill and the Extradition (Amendment) Bill. There is a series of such legislation. I want to reiterate the urgent necessity for somebody somewhere to tackle the issue with a single response. That is not forthcoming.

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: On a point of order, I realise the Taoiseach is dealing with other pressing issues but that should not result in——

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: ——neglecting this issue.

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: This is in respect of promised legislation.

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: There are several good reasons. They have been on the Order Paper for the past two or three years and they are not being moved. Why are they not being moved?

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Why are people being shot on the streets on a daily and nightly basis? Why does the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform opposite not do something? His expression has not even changed.

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Can I ask, notwithstanding the fact that the Taoiseach does not like to repeat the answers to the House——

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: There are many things the Taoiseach does not like to repeat about——

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: A Cheann Comhairle——

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Would you not agree, a Cheann Comhairle, as a legal practitioner——

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: ——that there is a serious issue that needs to be dealt with and it is not being dealt with at the present time?

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: It is urgent.

Order of Business (31 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: That is a typical response, a Cheann Comhairle. There is no urgency.

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Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Economic Forecasts: Economic Forecasts (26 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the procedures by which he predicts future economic trends are adequate in view of the fact that new and more serious economic issues seem to arise unexpectedly on a weekly basis; if he is further satisfied that the full extent of the current economic situation was foreseeable a year ago; if not, the reason for same; the...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (26 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is expected that traditional banking practices will be re-established; if this is expected to encompass traditional lending criteria in respect of mortgages or other uses; if it is intended to take steps to ensure that greater emphasis is placed on lending for employment creation purposes; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (26 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken to address the issue of competitiveness in the economy in both the manufacturing and service sectors in each of the past eight years to date in 2009; the results of such measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12735/09]