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Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: -----which was selective in the sense that those whom it accommodated were a particular group which excluded the rest of us. I am so sorry to have to advert to it now but I remember being here during the course of it. Those were the halcyon times, which I am sure the Deputy will recall. The House lacks the ability to address in legislation the issues which arise from time to time which...

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I see Deputy Mattie McGrath has entered the House and I welcome him because he, also, was part of that during the halcyon days. It might grate on his teeth and his nerves might get slightly raw at the prospect of this but he was concerned about only one thing: he wanted to spend more money on everything. His exit even from Fianna Fáil was on the basis of his failure to accept that...

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Responsibility was not at the races.

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The unfortunate horse, Responsibility, was left standing in the stalls while the whips were out and everybody said, "Go for the line." Unfortunately, poor old Deputy Mattie McGrath was not able to measure up to it at the time and they threw him overboard.

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Since then he has found his voice again, licking and sucking up to his former leaders, looking lovingly with doe-like eyes at them, hoping for that day when he might be brought within the fold once again, buried in the bosom of his former party.

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I would hate to be around when that happens because then this country will surely be going back to where it came out of in the last few years, back down the tubes once again. The sooner the people of this country recognise that the better.

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: People like that are still around shooting the breeze in the same old way as they did before, behaving as if there was nothing wrong, looking around and saying what they would do. It is called sticking-plaster politics. You add a little bit here, a little water here, a bit of steam, a little bit of hot air over here now and again and all of a sudden everything is rosy in the garden again....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the European Union and the international community in general continue to use its influence to protect the civilian population in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8577/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total indicated death toll arising from the ongoing conflict in Syria; if sufficient efforts continue to be made to bring about a cessation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8580/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated loss of life in respect of the civilian population in the course of the ongoing strikes in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8581/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he directly and in conjunction with his EU colleagues continues to monitor the situation in the Western Balkans with particular reference to the ongoing economic situation there and consequent possible destabilisation as evidenced in recent times; the degree to which particular reference has been made...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union continues to monitor the situation in the Western Balkans with particular reference to the need to support the various authorities in their efforts to achieve to the acquit communautaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8573/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which underlying social or economic issues in the Western Balkans are a basis for recent disturbances there; the extent to which this has raised concerns within the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8574/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the success to date in efforts to distribute aid to civilians trapped by the war in Syria; the extent to which aid missions are under threat and by whom; if the international community can be more effective in protecting those distributing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8071/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which international aid can be made available in the course of the ongoing conflict in Syria; if adequate efforts are being made to protect aid convoys and personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8578/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the international community has specifically engaged with the opposing factions in Southern Sudan with particular reference to the urgent need to protect the civilian population; if any specific initiatives are being taken in this regard in recent times; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which human rights abuses in the Horn of Africa remain a concern for the international community; the steps taken or to be taken to address such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8576/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which aid promised to the Philippines, Haiti and other areas similarly affected by natural disasters in the past five years has in fact been delivered in full as promised; the degree to which such deficiencies have been identified by the international community and with what effect; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated death toll in respect of the civilian populations at the top ten conflict locations worldwide in the past five years; the extent to which such facts continue to be used by the international community to bring about a replacement of violence by constructive dialogue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (19 Feb 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, in the course of the ongoing foreign policy review, it is intended to have special regard for new trade opportunities; if consular or other diplomatic appointments are likely to remain a feature of the need for establishment of new markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8583/14]