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- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: I can help the Deputy out. It is traditional in Parliament that when Members put forward an amendment that imposes a charge on the Exchequer, that must come from somewhere within the existing Estimate, and that must be qualified. That is the long-standing tradition in this House, as I know from my years on the benches. As the other spokesman will readily acknowledge, there is no provision...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: There is no point of order in regard to this.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, there is no point of order. The issue is not for debate at all. I gave latitude to the Deputy in whose name the amendment was put forward.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: The point is noted, but it is not a point of order.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 9 and 10 are out of order as they involve a potential charge on the Exchequer.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 12, in the name of Deputy Catherine Murphy, is out of order as it involves a potential charge on the Exchequer.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: I must put the question.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: This section is opposed by Deputies Joan Collins, Patrick Nulty, Willie O'Dea, Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Catherine Murphy. Is it agreed to?
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: I thought the Deputies were not going to speak at all.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: I was waiting for somebody to stand.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that adequate provision has been made to meet requirements and costs imposed on the agri food sector arising from the implementation of animal welfare legislation after 1 January 2013; if any particular difficulty has been brought to his attention in this regard; if he sees any particular response as being appropriate...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he hopes to be in a position to make good any losses likely to be suffered by any particular category of farmer arising from ongoing financial constraints arising from the economic situation; if he is satisfied that he can assist economic recovery through astute management and encouragement of the agri food sector...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current and correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason rent support was discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56186/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the correct level of one parent family allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56187/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of carer's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that they receive one parent family allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56188/12]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work in Syria: Discussion with Médicines sans Frontières (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: Like other speakers I welcome our guests. I thank them for their attendance and for giving us their views and insights on the conflict areas. Dr. McMaster referred to the anger of the people in the field, which is understandable. Unfortunately, anger does not solve the problem either. The committee needs to pick the brains of the delegates as to how best we can assist from outside, with a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work in Syria: Discussion with Médicines sans Frontières (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: Professor McMaster focused on the issues involved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work in Syria: Discussion with Médicines sans Frontières (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: What is the best way to protect MSF personnel in war zones? What is the most appropriate means of securing their position and defending the people in their care?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work in Syria: Discussion with Médicines sans Frontières (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: Have there been instances in which the organisation’s presence in an area, albeit for positive and genuine reasons, has been used by either side in a conflict as a shield to cover up their atrocities or proposals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work in Syria: Discussion with Médicines sans Frontières (13 Dec 2012)
Bernard Durkan: Exactly.