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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to the acquisition of existing housing units with a view to meeting the emergency housing requirements of families throughout Dublin and the adjoining counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12388/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is expected that Irish Water will be in a position to make the necessary investment in the provision of storage, treatment and transmission of an adequate and appropriate water supply of the required quality in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12390/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which proposals are in hand to augment/upgrade/modernise various municipal sewerage treatment plants throughout the country with particular reference to investment in line with the specification and requirements set out by the local authorities; the extent to which funding has been made available or is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which reduction targets in respect of carbon emissions are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12391/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it has been found possible to address the serious anomalies in respect of shared ownership housing loans which he inherited with particular reference to an annual increase in the cost of rental equity which made the cost of a loan for persons in that income category to be seriously disadvantaged when...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in the context of the review of the shared ownership loan system, a means can be found to ensure that holders of shared ownership mortgages are not disadvantaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12393/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the full extent of the allocation in respect of housing adaptation grants to meet the accommodation needs of older people in County Kildare has been confirmed; the amount allocated to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12452/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment with a local optomologist can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12303/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the ambassador for his presentation. The committee has taken particular interest in the issues affecting Ukraine and Crimea. I call on Deputy Brendan Smith.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: We can do that, but our time is finite. If the ambassador could record my colleagues' questions, the normal procedure is that a bank of questions are replied to together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: If the ambassador needs to clarify any part of them, he is welcome to do so. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I should have clarified that at the beginning. Sorry about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: We are not dealing with that today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Ukraine. Sorry about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The ambassador has heard the consensus of the committee. Members did not say anything with animosity but made helpful interventions that were in no way aggressive towards Ukraine, Russia or Crimea. The members have a long history and knowledge of the geographical region. I wish to state that it would be a huge tragedy of worldwide proportions if negotiations broke down and ended in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The regional languages aspect was later rescinded, as far as we are aware.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: That was just a correction. We shall let the ambassador continue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: That is a reasonable enough statement. It worries me - this is an observation - that if, for example, the European Union decided to take unilateral action in some fashion and move into Ukraine on one side in order to protect what it would see as its supporters or the people of a similar background and then the Russian Federation did the same for the other side, then we would have a serious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I will let Deputy Eric Byrne in again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I will let Deputy Eric Byrne in again. I am sorry, the Chair intervened, as a former Ceann Comhairle used to say "in order to clarify".