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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which working capital is being provided by the various lending institutions for the farming and business sectors with particular reference to the need to ensure the ability of productive sectors to have ready access to competitively priced credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18031/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which each of the main banks have facilitated the borrowing requirements of the construction sector in the past 12 months; if each are performing adequately in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18041/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the preparations undertaken by his and other Departments for Brexit notwithstanding the ongoing delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18032/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to be in a position to defend the 12.5% corporation tax and dispel the misinformation propagated by certain persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18033/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has identified particular or specific threats to the stability of the economy pre or post-Brexit, with particular reference to changing training conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18034/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to monitor activities in the insurance industry with particular reference to arresting the upward spiral of premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18036/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance if reference can be made to comparisons with other jurisdictions throughout Europe in respect of insurance costs here with a view to ensuring the competitiveness of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18037/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department can forecast economic prospects over the next five years in view of the variety of potential challenges globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18039/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the updated position on the restorative elements of FEMPI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18038/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public sector pay restoration has been achieved and or is pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18275/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if residency will be updated or extended in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17855/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17946/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); when the application will be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17854/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact of a sizeable capital expenditure on the building of local authority houses as required nationally including affordable houses for sale to eligible families as opposed to the various modes of assistance available through rent support, HAP or other interim measures which have an annual impact as opposed to a once...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to unique or valuable artefacts discovered at various locations nationally over the past ten years; the location in which they are now stored or displayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17914/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Alliance Building to Strengthen the European Union: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Like the previous speaker I thank our guests for coming before us and for their very interesting presentations. I compliment them on their success in recent years, especially regarding Brexit and the degree to which they have deployed themselves throughout all the member states of the European Union. They have successfully managed to transmit a message of the importance of Brexit, the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to find support for the Irish position on Brexit and is mindful of the need to maintain a common position throughout the EU with a view to achieving a borderless market and taxation economy on the island of Ireland, respecting the needs of both communities in Northern Ireland and recognising the importance...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he in addition to his EU and UN colleagues continue to press for humanitarian assistance in the various conflict zones globally; if consideration continues to be given to the provision of safe or protective havens for civilian communities fleeing from war, genocide and terrorism; the extent to which peacekeeping...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (16 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the western Balkans continue to accede to the acquis communautaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17802/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (16 Apr 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which European enlargement can be influenced by positive influences in consort with the acquis communautaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17804/19]