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Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy will need more money for that.

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Outrageous. The same old stuff every day.

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: On a point of order-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: On a point of order-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, on a point of order, how many minutes have we left?

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: This is a point of order under Standing Orders.

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Are we in order or are we not?

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: This House has been out of order for the last ten minutes.

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: We have a problem getting messages across other than Deputy Higgins's negative ones.

Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Apropos the matter raised by the Leader of the Opposition, Deputy Micheál Martin, this is an acknowledgment of something all Members have raised in the House in the past. There is urgent necessity for legislative measures and I compliment the Taoiseach on his response. There is another issue I have raised repeatedly in the House, including from the Opposition benches five, ten and 15 years...

Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: It is inexorably growing in one direction. It is something the Deputy might learn about in time.

Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, a plethora of legislation is promised. For some reason, there appears to be difficulty in taking organised criminals off the streets. They cannot be put out of action, decommissioned or drawn to the side. They are at liberty to pursue their crime. It is the only industry that is growing.

Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: There is promised legislation on bail. I have repeatedly raised this issue. Ultimately, something will have to be done to take such people off the streets permanently.

Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Does the Deputy want to be able to drink clean water?

Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: What kind of water does Deputy Mattie McGrath want to drink? He is campaigning for dirty drinking water. Is that what he wants?

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the introduction of the Bill, which is timely, particularly given that considerable public concern has been voiced by other speakers about the operation of the legal profession, the costs involved and access to legal advice, and we all recognise those concerns. I to compliment members of the legal profession who regularly take on cases on a pro bono basis. In many cases, they fail...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: I recognise that one should not drop the ball especially when one is in possession and I will do my best not to do that.

Defence Forces Ombudsman (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which issues raised in the last report of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces have been identified and addressed in the interim period; the most important issues requiring attention arising; the extent to which such issues have been addressed; if he will indicate his intentions in regard to these or any other outstanding matters...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: I had to rush here from a foreign affairs committee meeting and, unfortunately, will have to rush back again shortly. I will be brief. I referred earlier to the costs of the tribunals to the taxpayer and the necessity to re-examine the way we do things and the manner in which such costs seem to accumulate. As Deputy Alex White said, it gives the legal profession a bad name and creates an...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (8 Feb 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which he has had discussions with his EU or UN colleagues in the context of peacekeeping or peace enforcement in respect of which the Defence Forces could be asked to participate; the most likely areas for such participation in the future; the likely strength of any such deployment; the extent of special training if any required in...