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- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I know he does but does the Minister of State wish to make any comment?
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: If the Deputy wants to give a lecture to the Chair, I will move on. Let us move on from there. Does the Deputy not want to speak at all?
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Seanad amendments Nos. 2 and 46 are related and will be discussed together.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: One is either for or against. We are dealing with amendments. I do not want to wrangle about the merits or demerits of what should have been done before. We are at a certain level and we must deal with it.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I asked the Minister of State.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Seanad amendments Nos. 3, 7, 48, amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 48 and Seanad amendment No. 49 are related and will be discussed together.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: The amendments are from the Seanad, apart from one, which is in a different category. Amendments Nos. 1, 12 and 26 are related and will be discussed together. Seanad amendment No. 1: TITLE: In page 7, line 8, to delete “Clár Tionscal Tógála na hÉireann” and substitute “Clár Tionscail Foirgníochta na hÉireann”.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister and the officials. Have there been any unfortunate experiences in respect of any previous double taxation agreements that we should learn from?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Given the importance of the European Union and United States in this regard, is the Minister satisfied the level of agreement reached between the European Union and third countries is adequate to safeguard the Union's resources?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I agree. Could any other EU country have a different arrangement with third countries which might in any way affect the operation of the double taxation agreement we have with other European countries or that other EU countries have with themselves?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: As we all move near the same standards, is the Minister satisfied no loopholes can be exploited in the interim to benefit a European country, Ireland or a third country, regardless of location?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I have raised a couple of issues with the banks before, including one relating to the availability of an ATM in the Houses of the Oireachtas. I received various reasons as to why it was not possible. I do not accept those reasons. Almost every small business in the country has the convenience of an ATM machine. When one asks what it is there for, one is told that it is for convenience of...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: We do not know yet. We will see.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests and thank them for their introductory remarks. We all empathise with women and with anybody who receives a service which results in their having an ongoing life-changing issue. How many post-mesh cases have been dealt with and have been recorded here in the South and on the island of Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I thank Ms McLaughlin. She has kindly told us about full removal compared with partial removal. To what extent does partial removal continue to take place, if at all?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: It appears that there is a significant lack of data, information and advice about this matter. I am strongly of the opinion that there should be an immediate appraisal of the number of people on waiting lists, the number of people who have had treatment, the nature of the treatment and the results. Those data are required in order to address the issue fully. Is it possible to do that in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Wait a second. I would like the answer first. Can that be done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)
Bernard Durkan: How many minutes do we have?