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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (19 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which pig producers have been in a position to meet the requirements of animal welfare legislation within the prescribed time and in accordance with conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29643/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he proposes to take in conjunction with his EU colleagues to protect the concept of the viability of the family farm enterprise throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29644/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (19 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent, if known, to which all EU countries including Ireland continue to enforce fishing quotas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29645/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (19 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if and when assessment will be carried out to determine eligibility for speech and language therapy in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29468/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Post-Polio Support (19 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if any evaluation has been undertaken on the total amount of persons suffering from the after effects of polio; if he has received any submissions from such sufferers; if an examination has been done into the extent of any recurring effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29633/13]

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Withdraw that remark.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, on a point of order-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: On a point of order, the Deputy said the Tánaiste has lied. He has accused him of lying.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy should withdraw that remark.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy used-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, may I make my point?

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry but in the course of that, the Deputy accused the Minister of lying.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister was accused of lying. Is the Leas-Cheann Comhairle going to deal with that?

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Can the Leas-Cheann Comhairle deal with the accusation of lying?

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Okay.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this issue in respect of which my views are fairly well known. I have long since expressed my opposition to the concept of the abolition of any element of our democratic structures, the Seanad being one. That said, I have no difficulty in having a referendum where the people are called upon to make a decision as to what lies in the future. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CES (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome Mr. Freudenstein and thank him for his contribution. I find a few points he mentioned alarming - I am not an alarmist by nature, but sometimes I get alarmed. One point concerned the growing tendency among the larger European countries to dominate the debate and the politics of Europe. That is a dangerous development and it is not in line, as Mr. Freudenstein mentioned, with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CES (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Will he be here on Monday again? Good for him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CES (20 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: He is 48 or 49 years in the business, which is even longer than I am. He was a classic example. The experts told us that one could not exist at national level and European level and remain sane but he proves the reverse to be the case because he has been able to bring his national parliamentary views directly into the European Parliament and has circulated in those circles for many years...