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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (8 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for my late arrival. Other issues intervened. I thank our guests this morning. We are talking about the impact that Covid is having but we must have a serious talk about the impact of Brexit on our economy. Can the witnesses give particular advice on this double whammy? I have advice that I wish to give as well. I am one of those who spent at least four or five years before...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Analysis: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (8 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Is it possible to allow and encourage economic recovery to be the central factor in proportionate debt in respect of total debt and annual borrowing ratios? In the past it was found possible to encourage rapid or reasonably rapid economic growth up to this level of wisdom and to allow that to bring our borrowing, and debts, into a reasonable proportion in comparison with our economy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Financial Services Union: Discussion. (8 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for coming. There a couple of things the committee needs to deal with. I was unable to attend the earlier meeting as I had two meetings at the same time. The non-attendance of representatives of the Ulster Bank and the Central Bank on foot of the committee's request is unacceptable. Presumably it is based on its view that it is none of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Financial Services Union: Discussion. (8 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: We should complete an interim report or some other report so it is available as a reference. I know the time for that is short, but it could be helpful. I refer to the reluctance of the Central Bank or any banking entity to come before the committee to hear what it has to say. In the not-too-distant past, there was a period during which one could only describe what went on as reckless...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Financial Services Union: Discussion. (8 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: They have of course-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Services Provision (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: The next matter was tabled in the names of Deputy Mattie McGrath, Nolan, Michael Healy-Rae, Canney, Grealish, Michael Collins, O'Donoghue, Tóibín and Fitzpatrick. As far as I can ascertain, only five of those Deputies are in the Chamber. With their co-operation, I will try to accommodate each of them.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: That is not-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, but everyone has the right to raise a Topical Issue-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: -----without interruption.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy O'Dowd to continue, please.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Deputies, please observe the usual courtesy when someone else is in possession. Allow Deputy O'Dowd to continue. Time is running out rapidly.

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Like other speakers, I welcome this important provision in the Finance Bill and congratulate the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, for the work that they put into it. It is long overdue and, as other speakers have pointed out, there is still more to be done, especially the updates to machinery that are simple to apply and do not take even a day...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who return to work in the retail or hospitality sectors in December 2020 will be able to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment in January and February 2021 in the event that further restrictions are required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40013/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Qualified Child Allowance (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the increases to the qualified child payments as announced in budget 2021 will take effect; the number of families that will benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40014/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he has developed the necessary structures to reassure victims of mother and baby homes that their interests are fully protected including accessibility to records; the protection of all such records and that the fears expressed by victims are fully acknowledged and assuaged; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which his Department has been alerted to increased numbers of children at risk during the Covid-19 restrictions; if he has been in a position to actively respond to the trends in this area; the specific actions involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40657/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of application for carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); if all documentation has now been received; when applications will be concluded with a view to granting of payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40911/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an enhanced exceptional needs payment will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41013/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which a comprehensive response has been made available in respect of children at risk who have been increasingly vulnerable during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40991/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (3 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 259. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which it was possible to provide a place of safety for children at risk in the past nine months; the number of notifications of potential child abuse brought to his Department on a weekly basis in each of the past nine months to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40992/20]