Results 58,821-58,840 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Last week, the Minister told the House that prior to establishing this scheme he would instruct his departmental officials to investigate the situation in the Central Bank and the Office of the Financial Regulator. What was the extent of the investigation and how many investigators were involved prior to the introduction of the scheme? What was the outcome of the investigation? What...
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Has the investigation to which I referred taken place? That was my question.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I refer to the Minister's official investigation.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Is the audit complete?
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I am aware of that.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Like the last speaker, I think the Opposition must proceed to a great extent on trust. We trust that the required information is being made available to the Minister and that he has demanded the right degree of information and undertakings from the banks and other financial institutions. I am not so sure, however, and I remain sceptical. I am one of the three remaining Members of the House...
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: He should not be appalled, however, because it is a fact. If what I am saying is untrue, the obvious question we must pose is why the regulator and the governor were not fired for not doing their jobs. This country is in a woeful mess. The Minister for Health and Children told the House yesterday that the country is in a serious financial crisis. She is not in opposition, she is a member...
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy need not bother opening his mouth on this subject because he was in that Department and is culpable also. As a former Minister of State at the Department of Finance, he was part and parcel of it so he should not go there.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: In the last debate on this matter, the Minister was asked to give undertakings, but he was vague about it. My conclusion is that he could not get those undertakings, for example, regarding the degree of exposure of the lending institutions, their solvency and liquidity. All these matters keep recurring. I do not know if the Minister received any such guarantees, but he should not be coy...
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: We must also keep it that way.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: What happens if it does not remain so?
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Actually, it was envisaged.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: They are doing that already.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I agree with the Minister of State but, unfortunately, they are doing that already.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I suppose there is a first time for everything.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: That is not the case in here.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister for Finance back to the House. I am sure he was taking the reaction to the budget in the community and on the European scene. I know there is some considerable turmoil outside the House but there has been turmoil here today too. Confusion exists about some of the budget's provisions and I hope the Minister will shed some light on them. "Health cuts hurt the elderly,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when provision will be made for speech and language services and occupational therapy services in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which is in need of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35324/08]