Bernard Durkan, TD

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the competitiveness of the economy has improved when compared with other EU economies...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can foresee an improvement in economic growth over the next two years...

Like other speakers, I am glad to have an opportunity to speak in this debate. It is interesting and ironic that we visit once again our dark past and the secrets with which our society lived...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had discussions with the lending agencies here with a view to ensuring the ready availability of adequate working capital to the industrial, commercial and retail sectors...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the competitiveness of the economy has improved when compared with other EU economies...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can foresee an improvement in economic growth over the next two years...

Like other speakers, I am glad to have an opportunity to speak in this debate. It is interesting and ironic that we visit once again our dark past and the secrets with which our society lived...

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to endeavour to make a positive intervention to secure peace in Syria...

To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor business closures in the retail and or commercial sector deemed to be caused by high rents...

To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and his Department continues to engage and or liaise with traditional or indigenous enterprises with a view to possible job creating prospects...