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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: The ambassador should be allowed to finish. It is still an important point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I will come back to Deputy Eric Byrne. He should not take a lead from the Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, Deputy Byrne.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Sorry, I want to allow the ambassador to develop his point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: The ambassador will realise now the reservations that the committee members have, as I tried to point out, about the interference in the internal affairs and the possibility of monitors from OSCE or wherever becoming involved as a means of preserving the rights and entitlements of the opposing groups in that region.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Deputy Byrne should hold on a second and let the ambassador speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: No, no, no. I am sorry, I cannot allow this interrpution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: No. I am sorry, Deputy Byrne, we must allow the ambassador to continue. If there is any outstanding matter, I will allude to it at the end.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: There is a difference. For instance, our European colleagues did not authorise or encourage forces from Europe or western countries to enter into Ukraine in official or unofficial uniform. This goes back to the point I raised repeatedly. I acknowledge the ambassador has been genuine in the manner in which he has attempted to respond to the questions but he is looking at it from the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: How does the ambassador square that with the rights of the Ukrainian people to run their own affairs without interference from outside?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: It has been a very interesting discussion, and we thank the ambassador very much for coming along. It is clear that there are certain issues on which we do not agree. That is the way of these matters. However, I hope the ambassador might bear in mind the views expressed by the members of the committee in his discussions with the authorities and indicate to them the values we have, as a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: -----for coming along. We hope the discussion goes some way towards at least having a debate on the subject. My final remark is that whatever happens in the future, it is possible to influence a happy ending at this stage, but it may not be always possible to do that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: We also extend those greetings to the ambassador and his colleagues. We hope the ambassador will be able to come back here at some later stage and that we will be able to say a serious issue was averted. Thank you, ambassador.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I propose that we go into private session to deal with the remainder of the agenda.
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Ba mhaith liom fiosrú a dhéanamh i dtaobh Bille Uimh. 72 - the Mediation Bill, which has been promised for some time. I am anxious to know whether the heads have been discussed and approved by the Cabinet. If so, when is it expected that the Bill will be brought before the House?
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. It is helpful to recall the situation that pertained when this Government assumed office three years and two days ago. There was no confidence among people in this country at that time. There was no confidence in the banking system. On the international stage, confidence in and respect for Ireland was at an all-time low. In short,...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (13 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which he expects innovation, science and technology to play a part in the jobs market in the next two years; the extent to which he expects funding to be made available in this regard from the relevant EU Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12171/14]