Results 71,721-71,740 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's programme for decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18695/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax concessions he proposes to offer to producers of biofuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18696/05]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which extra revenue has accrued to the Exchequer from higher oil prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18697/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to reduce taxation on fuels used by the road transport and haulage sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18698/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which tax incentives are currently available to producers of alternative energy; the extent to which he is prepared to improve on this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18699/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation inducements he has to encourage the production of wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18700/05]

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear, and we must do it quickly.

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: This is about legislation. Could the invisible man, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, attend the House to bring forward the legislation he has removed from the Order Paper, the Postal (Miscellaneous Services) Bill? I hope the Taoiseach will not be invisible now, like the invisible man.

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Did we offend him? Was it something we said?

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Everything has been taken off the list. This is important legislation and should be brought in now.

Computerisation Programme. (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent will e-Government extend to subsidiary agencies, such as health service executives and local authorities, if that is what is intended?

Computerisation Programme. (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: One would not think so to listen to them.

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: We have had the $50 million man, by way of a Minister. We have had the Red Cow roundabout, and we have had the small tunnel for big trucks.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: The Government reduced the level of home help.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (31 May 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job replacements achieved or anticipated in respect of job losses at a company (details supplied) in County Kildare and proposed job losses at a company in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18467/05]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (31 May 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he has examined the cause or causes for the proposed relocation of the jobs of more than half the workforce at a company (details supplied) in County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the increased incidents of the relocation of manufacturing jobs to more competitive economies; if he proposes...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (31 May 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the growing lack of competitiveness in manufacturing industry with resultant relocation to lower wage economies; if he has taken steps to address this issue having particular regard to the number of such manufacturing jobs lost to this economy in the past five years; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (31 May 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to non-national workers in 2005; the way in which this compares with previous years; the extent to which he and his Department monitor the pay and working conditions of the persons concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18050/05]

Written Answers — Imports and Exports: Imports and Exports (31 May 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach the top ten trading countries with which this country trades in terms of exports and imports; the extent of the growth or otherwise of this trade with respect to each such country in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18459/05]

Written Answers — Imports and Exports: Imports and Exports (31 May 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach the economies which have shown greatest increase in terms of imports and exports with this country in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18460/05]