Results 69,161-69,180 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: It could just as easily have been a deficit. I do not know whether the Government would be fully aware of whether it was a surplus or a deficit. The major difference between a surplus of â¬1.8 billion and a deficit is certain. If the Minister of State happens to have the two in the one year he will find out all about it.
- Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: I will deal with that in more detail in a minute. There are some contradictions which are of great concern to me and which were referred to by a number of other people. We will come to those in a moment. I want to discuss matters for which I have responsibility â energy and communications. I do not know what has gone wrong in the communications area. The Government's delivery of modern...
- Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: I read everything. The Minister of State should not be concerned. I also read that which he may not want me to read. Another concern is that those who need care have already worked for 45 or in some cases 50 years. They paid PRSI and huge sums in interest at times when interest rates were excessively high and reached levels of 22% or 23%. They struggled through all that and bought their...
- Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Let us not get upset.
- Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: A tyre pressure gauge â that is the only way.
- Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: A recent survey in the UK disclosed tens of thousands of visits to child porn Internet sites over a long period of time. Will the promised legislation affecting this area be brought to the House as a matter of urgency? The electronic communications miscellaneous provisions Bill seems to be the obvious vehicle to control this unwarranted and dangerous practice, which is growing. Will the...
- Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: There has been some dispute about that.
- Leaders' Questions. (8 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: What about the real problem?
- Leaders' Questions. (8 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Even as we speak.
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take to ensure the competitiveness of Irish industry, with particular reference to escalating costs and the tendency for industry to relocate to lower cost economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4047/06]
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Irish exporters are able to compete with their respective competitors on world markets; the recent trends in the export area and his proposals to enhance the prospects from an Irish viewpoint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4048/06]
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Irish exports are secure for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4355/06]
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 334: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has studied the effect of the Government's high wage economy on the competitiveness of Irish exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4362/06]
- Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs relocated to lower cost economies in each of the past five years; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4358/06]
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 188: To ask the Taoiseach the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers or other non-established civil servants in the past three years; if such advisers are retained on a permanent or [i]per diem[/i] basis or otherwise; if such persons have had previous experience with Departments or subsidiary bodies;...
- Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which insurance here, favourably or otherwise, compares with costs throughout the EU, with particular reference to motor and public liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4354/06]
- Written Answers — Retail Sector Developments: Retail Sector Developments (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that adequate legislative protection exists to prevent the emergence of a monopoly in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4356/06]
- Written Answers — Retail Sector Developments: Retail Sector Developments (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 329: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if competition is positively affecting the consumer here in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4357/06]
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts he has made to identify the cause of rising costs to industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4359/06]
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (7 Feb 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 332: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that industry is concerned at the increasing escalation of costs to both manufacturing and service industries; if he intends to take steps to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4360/06]