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Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle will be glad to know I am concluding. I would love to have a proper debate wherein we could all voice our views and everyone could get involved to the satisfaction of all.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am sharing time with Deputy Costello. I am told I had six minutes. I am not sure. Is that correct?

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this important issue. It is of growing importance. I have been concerned for the past number of days in listening to the debate on data centres and investment in this country and I want to comment on that. Like the Minister, I am committed to alternative energy, bioenergy and the non-fossil fuel-based generation of electricity but we have to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: First, I welcome the Minister to the committee and congratulate him and his colleagues for the safe handling of the Covid crisis. It took a lot of courage and commitment to do so. The Government responded bravely and I compliment it on that. I want to ask a couple of questions. One of the things our friend, the late Professor John Kenneth Galbraith, used to warn about was inflation in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister. Given the expenditure levels across Europe, particularly in the eurozone, and the indications of inflation and the need for a full recovery from Covid, can I further inquire as to the possibility of there being a contradiction in the actions required? Are we as well placed as anybody else in the eurozone or throughout the European Union in relation to borrowing...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Have I time for another question?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I will try to perform that task in a minute. To what extent will the Minister be relying on economic growth to bring about a reduction, by proportion, in borrowing relative to GDP?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which from Ireland’s vantage point on the UN Security council, he expects to create a greater awareness of human rights abuses worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47103/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he plans to encourage the reinvigoration of the United Nations during Ireland’s Presidency of the Security Council with a view to ensuring respect for its role and its ability to intervene in a meaningful way to protect democracy and human rights on a worldwide scale; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of all branches of the Defence Forces; if further recruitment is required to bring each branch of the Forces up to optimum strength; if issues regarding salary, pay and conditions are being addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47105/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which all branches of the Defence Forces are adequately equipped and supplied in order to participate as necessary in overseas deployment, search and rescue missions, coastal reconnaissance or any emergencies of a natural or other nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47104/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance when criteria for obtaining primary medical certificates as recommended by the Supreme Court will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2022 (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied) outlining specific requirements; if consideration will be given to the requests in the context of budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2022 (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has received a pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied); if consideration will be given to the submission in the context of budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he expects to liaise with political leaders in Northern Ireland with a view to ensuring the future of the Good Friday Agreement and adherence to the settlements arrived at between the EU and the UK in the context of Brexit. [34649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which issues arising from Brexit continue to impact on Ireland and on the island of Ireland as a whole; the extent to which progress is being made to address the issues with particular reference to the protection of the Good Friday Agreement including no Border on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which ongoing discussions continue around the Northern Ireland Protocol with the objective of ensuring continued access and opportunities for exporters north and south of the Border. [45169/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to influence the institutions throughout the European Union with a view to ensuring compliance with the European project. [45170/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (30 Sep 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he can use Ireland's position on the UN Security Council to highlight the urgent necessity to restore the status of the UN as a major international peacekeeper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47400/21]