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- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive, and amendment No. 6 are related and will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I must mention that acceptance of this amendment involves deletion of section 4 of the Bill.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: No, we are on section 5.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Let us not hesitate when things are going well.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Do members wish to put any further questions or comment on the Bill before we conclude? They should keep in mind we must have ten minutes' break before 3 p.m. as well.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy has that privilege. Does the Minister of State wish to make any final comments?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State and his officials, as well as members, for their attendance.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I will draw attention to the mobile phone notice. I ask members to take out their mobile phones, squash them, switch them off and break them up. Every speaker should know each other by now but we would appreciate it if members say their names before they speak, especially if they are outside the committee room. Apologies have been received from Deputies John McGuinness and Pearse Doherty....
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Sean Fleming, and his officials. To provide for the smooth running of the meeting, any member acting in substitution for another should inform the clerk now. Divisions will be taken as they arise, for which members must attend in person. Members attending this meeting in accordance with Standing Order 106(3) should be...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: By section.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Do members wish to make any final comments on the Bill before we call on the Minister of State?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the members of the committee and the Minister of State for their co-operation. Nobody wants to make any final remarks; it is late enough.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 and has made no amendments thereto. Under Standing Order 100(2), this shall be deemed to be the report of the select...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses. They are all very busy people who have other things to do, as do members. Why does the Minister think there is growing opposition to the proposal? Is there a particular reason he can put his finger on? Can anybody on that side of the table put their finger on the reason?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Does Professor Higgins agree that the Savita Halappanavar case was a benchmark in terms of the need to treat women in an urgent manner?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Have any of our guests concerns about the title, the agreement entered into, the board, the number of directors or the influence on the hospital in the proposal? Has anybody concerns?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Our guests can honestly give us their assurance that they are happy with the arrangement and that it will work soon. As a result of that, women like Savita Halappanavar will get care and attention from the word go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: There seems to be confusion about the cost. Depending on who one talks with, the cost may be €10 per annum for a certain number of years, €800,000 or €600,000, or whatever the case may be. Could our guests shed some light on where that conflicting information is coming from? Can they tell the committee from a legal point of view, which is it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Does Dr. Mahony have any worries about any possible religious influence on the procedures that may or may not take place in the hospital?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Before the second round?