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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which expenditure trends are overstepping their targets; whether particular areas have come to notice in this regard; if inflation or other issues are contributory factors; if he plans specific measures to ensure that budget remains in target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19767/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain, given recent announcements, the Departments which are responsible for spending more money than was anticipated in the year to date. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Can I further ask whether, given that the Minister's colleague, the Minister for Finance, issued a similar statement bringing to the public attention the tendency to overspend in certain areas, is it within the capacity of management to curtail this in sufficient amounts and numbers between now and remainder of the year? The tendency in an election year, and we have two elections coming up...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [19206/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the former Taoiseach's recent visit to Boston. [12985/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent has the Taoiseach gleaned the conclusion that current measures taken against the Russian invasion of a fellow nation have been effective so far? Are they sufficiently progressive to ensure or bring about a change of mind in respect of the attitude of the Russians? Was there a general consensus that there needed to be a change in emphasis or a different approach in order to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent visit to Paris. [10816/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent conversation with President Zelenskyy. [16766/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I do not have the relevant sheet in front of me. I have all the other sheets.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I congratulate the Minister on advancing the school meals programme. I ask the Minister about the efforts that continue to be made to ensure a balanced and nutritious diet is maintained in what are children's formative years.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I asked about the dietary balance.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which issues are being considered which are most likely to have an impact on improving delivery on the national development plan, with particular reference to specific infrastructure which is now or is likely to become in the near future critical to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15401/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which the Minister has identified issues likely to impact or impede the rapid development of the various aspects of the national development plan.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for that reply. Are they the most important challenges or are there others in the wings that might have a similar impact? Is the Minister certain adequate progress has been made in dealing with the issues to which he referred?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I ask the degree to which the Minister's Department, or any other Department, is in a position to drill down into the causes of inflation and where it most seriously impacts negatively on the work the Minister is trying to do? Are there positive signs it is being controlled? In line with the progress in other jurisdictions, will the Government do something similar?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am in support. I emphasise the point being made to me, and I am sure everybody else as well, is the time taken to administer all the available assistance. What used to be contained in a single page now goes to 29 pages, which takes time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I congratulate the new Minister and Minister of State, and the renewed Minister of State as well, and wish them every good fortune and support in their tenure. I wish to ask a simple question. There appears to be strong evidence to the effect that many businesses are affected by a multiplicity of regulations imposed upon them and are having difficulty. Recently, a small business brought...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply. I ask if it might be possible to do an audit of the hotel space available in County Kildare and other midland counties with a view to ensuring the maximum bed space is available to accommodate tourists to encourage them to avail of the opportunity of visiting those constituencies. This is not to suggest that other temporary occupants of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any further measures are anticipated to assist the tourism sector in advance of the summer season and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16935/24]