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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of eligibility for long term residency/naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19192/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will facilitate the extension of stamp 3 visa in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19299/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate, pending decision under provision section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), if a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19457/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Health if an increase in home help assistance is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose home help has recently been reduced to one hour per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19331/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues: Discussion with Centre for Global Development and GOAL (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: My apologies for my absence earlier. One can make it from the Chamber to the committee room in approximately 48 seconds. I needed to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues: Discussion with Centre for Global Development and GOAL (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I am still alive but if one reads about my passing as a result of it, one will know what happened. I congratulate the witnesses for their input and commitment to the project they have outlined. It is very easy to talk about such issues but it is different to be committed to it and to be committed to innovation and helping people. Reference was made to a global land-grab. We saw evidence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues: Discussion with Centre for Global Development and GOAL (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: If we had a summer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues: Discussion with Centre for Global Development and GOAL (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Andrews and Mr. Glasgow for coming before the committee and giving us the benefit of their observations and knowledge of the subject. We discussed this on numerous occasions. The problem lies in how the international community can intervene in what is essentially an internal conflict. Regime change has become a sensitive issue worldwide since the war in Iraq for obvious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I was reluctant to support the original motion on the basis of its being too argumentative and unlikely to produce any kind of positive response in any situation. Therefore I submitted the amendment. There may be room for some change in that but I stand by the amendment. It is the best possible way to achieve a response that will be of benefit to those who have inquired of this committee,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: When I drafted my amendment I had not seen the letter from the ambassador so was not influenced by it. My original objection to the motion was based on what I considered its unparliamentary approach. The approach would be fine in the case of a person on trial but it was not appropriate to Parliament. I note the difference between Parliament and the Executive. The point I raised at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I used the word "undisclosed" in the amendment because I was not there. I am sure Senator Walsh was not there either. I mean no disrespect when I say that. I am always reluctant to reach conclusions in the absence of the outcome of a court case or when the investigation is incomplete or unfinalised. I take Deputy Crowe's point about the posthumous prosecution. It is implied in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I have no problem going the consensus route. If somebody had liaised with me before the motion was phrased-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: It is not enough for it to be circulated. If my support is sought for something with which I have a difficulty, it is my right as a member of Parliament to make a decision on that. Nobody consulted me beforehand at all as to whether this was something we should support. Second, I wish to reiterate that I indicated my opposition the moment I saw the text, indicating how strongly I felt...

Other Questions: EU Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 10. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has encouraged and availed of European grant aid for the promotion of all forms of the arts here with particular reference to events or festivals throughout the country; the extent to which such funding has been available in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19240/13]

Other Questions: EU Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which local community-based festivals have benefitted from EU grant aid directly or indirectly with particular reference to the specific grant aid for festivals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19702/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which his Department or its subsidiary bodies have attracted private funding for the arts directly or by way of sponsorship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19705/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: The Gathering Initiatives (25 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 50. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has availed of the Gathering as a vehicle for the encouragement, promotion and development of the Arts here and Irish arts and culture worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19239/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: The Gathering Initiatives (25 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any particular emphasis has been placed on offering assistance towards local based community groups involved in various productions associated with The Gathering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19703/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Guardian's Payment Applications (25 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if eligibility for guardian's payment will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19489/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (25 Apr 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 18 April 2013, if she will review the decision to refuse exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19505/13]