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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 174. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which appropriate training has been made available to all members of the Defence Forces throughout the Army, Navy and Air Corps including the Army Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29538/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which military equipment including telecommunications continues to be updated and renewed throughout the Army, Navy Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29540/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of promotions throughout the Army, Navy Service and Air Corps currently awaiting approval at each rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29541/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 178. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the number of women throughout the Defence Forces has fluctuated in each of the past ten years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29542/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which payment has been received in respect of all overseas military deployment in the past eight years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29543/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Army, Navy Service and Air Corps continue to be prepared for emergency missions such as air, sea rescue or in assistance with the civil authorities in the case of a national disaster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29544/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for the pandemic unemployment payment can be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29330/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of payment including the jobseeker’s allowance, Covid-19 related support payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29546/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29277/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the retention of the Garda roster in place since the beginning of lockdown; if changes should be made so as to enable community gardaí to be out on the beat when they are needed as opposed to being out when they can as a result of the existing roster; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29289/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29307/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an appeal will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29545/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29548/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry application in the case of a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29547/20]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister and wish him well in his unenviable role in the current climate. All roles are enviable or unenviable as the case may be. My first question relates to the extent to which he foresees the need to borrow and the degree to which he may approach limits. I am not asking him to give an indication as to what the limits are, if he thinks it is unwise to answer that question....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister. I refer to capital expenditure. The Minister compared previous experiences. He has available to him borrowing capacity that was not available ten years ago. Does he intend to use that proactively in order to, as it were, nudge the areas we can develop and need to develop, particularly health, housing and education, in the future? A failure to make capital...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister. Given the availability of borrowing at low or zero interest rates and the fact that commercial banks do not apply these rates directly to private borrowers, does the Minister think it is advantageous or advantageous to him, in his capacity as Minister, to have the lower rate prevail in this country as is available to other European countries, in particular members of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I am asking about the two. To what extent does borrowing for the Government impact negatively or positively on the fact we pay approximately 2% for our borrowings in the private market?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: It is of no benefit to the Government from the point of view of sovereign borrowings to have interest rates charged to the industrial borrower here at higher rates than apply in the rest of Europe.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: We look forward to the banks charging the lower rates applicable in the rest of Europe. I have a final question. Given the current situation in regard to Covid, the Minister may have to go back to the borrowing well again and again. I am not saying that is the right thing to do; he will have to make that judgment as the situation evolves. Is the Minister satisfied that we have available to...