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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 550. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31556/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 551. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31558/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 552. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31560/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 553. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [31561/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 642. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the recent refusal of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31532/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 682. To ask the Minister for Health if he has studied recent submissions from the Vasculitis Ireland Awareness foundation with particular reference to the need for early diagnosis for those suffering from the medical complaint and the need to ensure awareness of the condition in view of the fact it is a rare disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31971/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Given that under the Lisbon treaty both the national parliaments and the European Parliament have gained more power and influence, how does Dr. Piedrafita anticipate the evolution of European-wide parliamentary parties being affected by what I consider to be an imbalance whereby the larger countries in the European Union will inevitably have much more influence than the smaller countries,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: The big countries and the big parties within big countries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Sadly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: One final question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Regarding subsidiarity, since the introduction of the euro in non-euro countries, surely the European Central Bank should have an overall governance feature throughout the eurozone in particular, an issue we raised in a previous meeting of this committee, whereby each member state within the eurozone would automatically feed into a general policy over which the ECB would have supervision, not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Very few people agree with me that readily.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: This good weather is for a special occasion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Agreed. Will we be allowed ask questions and create a rumble in the media and so on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (2 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I was all wound up for that.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Martin's party in government did not generate much Dáil reform.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (3 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to retain workable levels of pupil-teacher ratios in all schools throughout the country, primary and post-primary, private and public, religious and non-denominational, keeping in mind the need to maintain adequate capitation levels; if he accepts that variations already exist in this regard...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the extent to which he expects to be in a position to continue to meet the requirements in respect of resource, special needs assistants or other special needs teaching notwithstanding the restrictions imposed on his Department arising from the memorandum of understanding entered into by his predecessor; if he expects to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (3 Jul 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has been able to avert any loss of teachers at primary and second level schools throughout the country; the extent to which he is in a position to initiate any alleviating measures in any such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32502/13]