Results 13,561-13,580 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take action to discourage house price increases that currently make it difficult or impossible for first time house buyers to build or acquire a home of their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Central Bank to enable applicants for mortgages to use their time in rented accommodation as a reference for the ability to service a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17651/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects, along with his EU colleagues, to design a benign lending system to assist economic recovery and job retention in the aftermath of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17652/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be necessary to invoke emergency housing procedures in order to assure the rapid delivery of direct build local authority houses on public lands in the shortest possible timescale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17654/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he has considered additional measures to address the housing crisis with particular reference to the rapidly escalating house prices, the increasing number of persons seeking to purchase an affordable house and the number of applicants on local authority housing waiting list; his plans to introduce...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU and UN colleagues can alert and activate the international community to the alarming abuses of human rights across the globe affecting women and children and entire communities in which persons and groups are detained against their will and appalling atrocities are committed on a daily basis; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full return to school is now effective for all children at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for basic supplementary welfare will be re-examined in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17809/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if permission to work will be given in the interim given the hardship Covid-19 is causing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which Ireland and other European Union member states can rely on the delivery of adequate supplies of Covid-19 vaccines to meet their urgent requirements and to ensure that contract deficiencies are replenished without delay in order to meet urgent health targets in respect of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17653/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 359. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which efforts are being made to ensure the acquisition of the number of Covid-19 vaccines initially indicated with a view to ensuring that targets indicated can be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects targets in respect of Covid-19 vaccination to be met in the next two months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1 Apr 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that carbon emission reduction targets are being met without damage to agrifood production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (31 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the ill effects of Brexit, with particular reference to impeding economic performance here; if particular issues have been pinpointed as being in need of urgent attention in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (31 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance to the extent to which he remains confident that adequate economic provision has been made or is available to facilitate recovery in the aftermath of Covid-19; the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the ill effects of the virus on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17156/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 363. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can take steps to make satisfactory provision for the customers and staff of a bank (details supplied) given the announcement by another bank in relation to the bank’s future here; the extent to which he can encourage other banks to become involved by way of replacing and restoring the role of the bank as a third bank here;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (31 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 313. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economy is withstanding the double impact of Brexit since the beginning of 2021; the degree to which specific or unforeseen issues have arisen which may need a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1835/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (31 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 314. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland’s economy is withstanding the double impact of Covid-19 since the beginning of 2021; the degree to which specific or unforeseen issues have arisen which may need a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 364. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he remains satisfied that the Covid-19-related support measures already in place are sufficient to meet all identifiable contingencies; if further steps are required to support the economy and protect the consumer against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10588/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (31 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place will be facilitated for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16903/21]