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Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: This is particularly sensitive and important legislation. It is long overdue to be updated. It needs to be carefully weighted, as has been done, to take into account the views and protection of the child, who may have hidden special needs. A serious problem has arisen in the past where decisions have been made by people who claimed to have the best interests of the child at heart, although...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this important legislation, which was very laborious in its birth, had a long gestation and on which we anxiously awaited the outcome. I agree with many of the points made by the previous speaker, but I want to warn about a couple of issues that cannot be remedied in a small country. No matter what board comes up for renewal, in what capacity...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I want to ask the Minister, in the context of this vital proposed expenditure, whether the M4-N4 road west of Mullingar will be included. That road is heavily trafficked. It is a dangerous road. Many international carriers use the road regularly. This expenditure is absolutely necessary in order to spread development into that region and relieve the infrastructural congestion east of that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I compliment the Minister on his responses so far. Could a means be found to safeguard the interests of first-time buyers and young buyers by way of ring-fencing the assistance that might be available? For example, a person rang me this morning who was outbid by €100,000 for a one-bedroom apartment in the greater Dublin area. Could we somehow devise a means to ensure that the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department monitors activities in the banking and financial services sectors with particular reference to the need to ensure that inflation is not generated from that area given the extent to which monies are made available throughout Europe at a low interest rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21410/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which steps can be taken to curb inflation in the short to medium term; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21409/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department expect strategically to increase areas of public expenditure that may be suffering in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to have reforms in mind that may be helpful in the current inflationary climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21414/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he remains satisfied that levels of public expenditure are necessary and in line with budgetary targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the curbs on public expenditure in Ireland will not inhibit progress on infrastructural investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21591/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which investment in wind turbines that are capable of producing electricity in the short term can be funded as a matter of urgency, with particular reference to the dependency of Ireland and Europe on imported fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21598/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to examine the contributory factors to inflation; the extent to which each and any can be controlled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the causes of inflation continue to be examined by his Department with a view to addressing these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which all issues deemed to be a cause of inflation are being examined by his Department with a view to ensuring that unattributable inflation does not occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21577/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the alleged causes of inflation can be traced directly to their sources, thus avoiding unnecessary price spirals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland’s economy continues to compete with other European economies inside and outside the eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21578/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which Irish manufacturing and services costs remain competitive within the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21585/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which efforts are in place to curtail the upward spiral of inflation affecting house prices; the extent of the measures anticipated to control this surge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21579/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which investment funds here are contributing to the spiral of house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether investment funds in Ireland are making an opportunistic profit through the use of the construction sector given the fact that the main banks here are not competing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21582/22]