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Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which developments have taken place on the shared island initiative. [60887/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which Irish authorities continue to support moves to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly, with particular reference to any funding initiatives through the shared island approach. [62057/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the degree to which he expects the shared island approach to influence the evolution of North-South and east-west relations in the future. [62058/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Taoiseach for his extensive reply. At this stage, I feel the important thing to concentrate on is the stalled negotiations, which appear to have been stalled for a considerable time. I know that is not the fault of anybody on either side. It is just a circumstance that arose as a result of circumstances outside of the control of this jurisdiction and others. The important...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which he has had discussions with his UK or European counterparts in respect of the Northern Ireland protocol. [2231/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I commend the Taoiseach on the discussions he has already had. The time involved in the discussion on the Northern Ireland protocol is important. It cannot remain static, immovable or unmoved for a considerable period, considering the extent to which the European Union supported the calls to prevent land borders in this country, the need to address the pressing issues from the point of view...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a refusal of a visa will be urgently reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); when a visa is likely to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3473/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3476/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process to be followed by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3513/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in the determination of an application as part of the recent undocumented scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3539/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application as part of the undocumented scheme in 2022 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3540/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry for coming late to the meeting. I was in three or four different places at the same time. I have been listening to the debate and there is a certain amount of déjà vu. Around the time of the financial crash, there was much doomsday speculation that we had limited opportunities, we were going to go down and would be down for years and decades, potentially 50 or 60...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Let us not forget that we had another property tax which brought in substantial money for local authorities and the Exchequer. There was a bad reaction, particularly on the south side of Dublin. It had to be abolished.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: This is not about rates but a different property tax that had to be abolished. It applied to houses over a certain valuation. They were in Dublin in what used to be called the stockbroker belt. It was not positive, it did not bring in what it was intended to bring in and it was punitive for those it affected.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for arriving late; I was in other places. I welcome our guests and I want to ask a simple initial question. Who supervises the vulture funds? Does anybody do so? Is it self-regulation or how does it work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I am not too concerned about Mr. Makhlouf's idea of vulture funds. Essentially I am talking about the funds - as we were informed in the House several times - they do not come under the regulation of the Central Bank. Is that true or have they come partly under its regulation? Do they self regulate? What is to stop them from running wild and buying up half the country? The Irish Farmers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Will Mr. Makhlouf wait until I am finished? What is to stop them from buying up the most agriculturally productive land in the country? They will hardly buy swamps when they are getting involved in this. We talk about rewetting on one hand and rewilding on the other hand, some of which we have to do. We have a lot of wetting and wilding done already. How will they be regulated in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I suggest Mr. Makhlouf answers this one.