Results 1-16 of 16 for 5 million speaker:Bernard Durkan

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...what happened in Rwanda, where a particular merchant of hatred seized a radio station and used the position he was in to pump out hatred against selected people. It resulted in a backlash and 500,000 people were beheaded. It was an appalling testimony to making hatred readily available and to the vehicles which created the opportunity for hatred to be transmitted. I remember speaking...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: ...urgency. I refer to the allocation of funding in relation to monkeypox, the incidence of which is rising from zero. Is adequate provision being made for that in the future? Since June, €2.6 million funding has been applied to subhead L1 to fund the revised contract and fee structure for GPs of the CervicalCheck programme. How is that proceeding and will there be ready access?...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...a second-hand house - or any house, for that matter - will be asked to make an offer. As the market is tested over the following week or ten days or so, that price will escalate by up to 20% or 25%, which is a massive leap. That means the deposit which was required in the first instance is no longer relevant and the person has to wait or wait for more so he or she is still in the market....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...of the health committee and other committees. We need to be constantly aware of the fact that we are part of the European Single Market. The power that goes with being part of a population of over 500 million is very important. When one is sourcing goods, materials and services, one is in a far better bargaining position by virtue of being part of a market of 500 million people than one...

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...in the House that he was in favour of total unemployment. That is the reverse of Government policy. For the first time in the history of the State we have achieved employment of more than two million people. I remember in the 1980s it was a struggle to get employment past 1 million. The people of the State who made the sacrifices during the down times, and the Government, should take a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Bernard Durkan: ...do not know if we can resolve it permanently or not. I am strongly of the view that the Single Market should apply in this as it does in everything else. If one is ordering a product on behalf of 500 million people, one certainly has greater clout than if one is ordering it on behalf of 5 million people. I would ask that special emphasis be put on bringing it to the fore as soon as...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...that we used to have a system to deal with this situation many years ago, which was abolished and replaced with a different system that did not work. Some of us spoke about it at the time. About 15, 16 or 17 years ago, there was a switch-over in what the local authorities did regarding rental accommodation being provided by the State or what are called approved housing bodies, which were...

Topical Issue Matters (26 Nov 2015)

Bernard Durkan: ...centre in Tallaght, Dublin 24; (4) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - concerns regarding the pending industrial action by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Association in hospital accident and emergency units; (5) Deputy Paul Murphy - the need to discuss the campaign by the Teachers Union of Ireland against cuts in third level education; (6) Deputy Sean Fleming - the need to discuss the exclusion of...

Topical Issue Matters (23 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: ...of the national forensic mental hospital; (4) Deputies Regina Doherty and Peter Fitzpatrick - the need to engage with local councils regarding the re-evaluation of outstanding commercial rates due on the new rateable basis, including those in respect of local sports clubs; (5) Deputy Seamus Healy - the need to protect 160 jobs at risk at the Intellicom Contact Centre at Clonmel, County...

Topical Issue Matters (21 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: ...future launches under the Ireland's ancient east initiative will include areas north of the River Boyne; (4) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to protect jobs at the Cadbury factory, Coolock, Dublin 17; (5) Deputy Micheál Martin - the planned reduction in Aer Lingus regional services from Cork Airport; (6) Deputy Finian McGrath - the need to protect jobs at the Cadbury factory,...

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Bernard Durkan: ...in the business sector, at this stage is hugely negative. This is not a wise decision and I do not know why it was made. It was indicated that the increase will lead to the accrual of €227 million in a full year. That is a considerable sum. When consumers realise the import of what is proposed, the Government will subjected to a reaction that will bear little resemblance to what it...

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 5 March 2008, the precise location of the 200 primary care teams in respect of which €40 million has been provided in the period 2006 to 2008; the range of facilities at each location; the degree to which local existing health centres are incorporated into the programme; the plans for...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance to apply the Business Expansion Scheme to wind farms; to increase the BES limit from €1 million to €5 million; to increase personal BES contributions to €100,000; to ensure the extension of the BES to 2010; and to ensure tax free rental income for the landowners in relation to wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18322/06]

Energy Sector: Motion. (9 May 2006)

Bernard Durkan: ...; calls for: —the removal of all excise duty on biofuels to stimulate production; —legislation compelling all filling stations to include a 2% mix of biodiesel in all diesel sold and a 5% mix of ethanol in all petrol sold; —a system of labelling for all new motor vehicles based on energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources, similar to that currently used on electrical...

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: ...a property should render themselves homeless before receiving any help is crazy. I know what people will say. For the site of an ordinary house in suburban Dublin, the going rate can now be €1 million to €5 million. However, we are living in cloud-cuckoo land, since that will not continue. No one should be in any doubt about that, and the farther that we go down that road, the nearer...

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: ...of all property dived overnight for no reason. There were various worldwide fears of oil shortages connected with Iran, and the gentleman said that the value of his property had gone down by IR£1 million in one year. He counted himself lucky to have survived to tell the tale. We must consider what will happen if we continue as at present. I mention that in the context of this legislation,...