Results 40,001-40,020 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: That concludes questions on programme A and I call on the Minister to reply.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I congratulate the Minister on his performance in this area and on the launch of the new passport card, which will become very popular. It is a handy device to gain quick access to Europe and, to some extent, other places worldwide. It represents a huge leap forward in terms of the utilisation of modern technology in a modern fashion to meet modern needs. With regard to distressed Irish...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Will the Minister address the case of an Irish citizen in prison in Egypt?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry for having to leave the meeting. I compliment the Minister, his officials, the Ministers of State and all involved in the Stormont House Agreement. It went largely unnoticed at a time of competing issues in the public airways but if it had been unsuccessful, it would not have gone unnoticed. I mark that and compliment all concerned. The challenges are different with regard to...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I know we will come to that. My last point refers to something the Minister said. The issue of the right to practise religion and freedom of speech is topical at present. I offer a personal view. The Constitution provides protection for the practice of all religions and respect for all religions whatever they may be, and respect for each other as well. That is as it should be. In the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I ask the Minister to comment on the UN and the right to practise religion.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Take it easy.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: That is not his function.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I think the Deputy-----

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: It is another moment for the plinth.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Go to it again, Barry.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Sinn Féin is starting to sound much like Fianna Fáil.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputies are confused.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: No, the alternative Government walked out.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: The alternative Government walked out, and it was even in disarray out there.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: What was it like out there?

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: All together.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: It could not have been from the Attorney General. She advises the Government.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (29 Jan 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which deficiencies in terms of access to and quality of broadband have been identified at various locations throughout the country with a view to the taking of emergency initiatives to address the problem at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3891/15]