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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9781/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which progress has been made to accommodate her efforts to regularise the position of a person to achieve naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford who has lived in this jurisdiction for more than 12 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9782/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9784/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which her Department has been updated on the application for long-term residency-permission to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, with particular reference to the relevant details, in respect of that person's file. [9788/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 218. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 qualifies for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9780/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I, too, welcome our visitors, all of whom are experts in this particular field. Their contributions over the years are unequalled. I am conscious of the need for us not to interfere in an election process in a neighbouring jurisdiction. We need always to be very careful not to do that. When one considers the implications of this issue, it can be equated to a bad hangover in that in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister and his colleagues and I congratulate the Minister on the content of his address. It was very positive, as it should be and as we would have expected given the Minister's previous membership of this committee. It is good to see the Government taking this stance. Of course, there is no other stance to take. I believe there is no other stance for Europe to take, but...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Triocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2013: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I will do my best in a minute but, like the previous speaker, I would appreciate an opportunity to speak on this at some length. I compliment the other Members in the House who have been realistic in their assessment of the position. I totally disagree with the Bill. We have long since established ourselves, since 1939, as a neutral country but we never had a tradition of neutrality in...

Other Questions: Sporting Events (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to assist the Irish Rugby Football Union, in its bid to attract the women’s rugby world cup to Ireland, with particular emphasis on the promotion of the national image, and culture, through the medium of sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9926/15]

Other Questions: Sporting Events (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: This question emphasises the importance of attracting major international sporting events to this country, thereby projecting a positive image of the country and promoting the sport.

Other Questions: Sporting Events (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for the extensive reply and the positive announcement as well. Will he be in a position himself or through the Department to assist in the plan to attract the women’s rugby world cup to Ireland through the negotiations taking place? To what extent are the negotiations held to date likely to succeed? Is anything further required to be done to make...

Other Questions: Sporting Events (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply and wish him and the IRFU well in their agenda. Will it be possible to promote the image of the country as a sporting nation through this medium? I hope it will. This will benefit us from the point of view of tourism and economics because it will show this country's ability to relate to other countries in sport and add thereby to our...

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: We have a mutual interest.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: On the issue raised by Deputy Gerry Adams, I am glad to hear it is proposed to introduce legislative change in the area of prisons. I wish to ask about two other pieces of legislation in this area. Quite a number of people are being threatened with repossession of their homes, many of whom have continuously made the maximum payments they could afford over the past five or six years....

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I now call Deputies Paul Murphy, Thomas Pringle and Seamus Healy who share ten minutes.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Second Stage debate on this Bill, which, like much of the legislation introduced in this House, is landmark, progressive legislation which recognises the need for equality. As a nation, we have always prided ourselves on being a compassionate and caring nation. Those of us in public life for many years have come across many instances in which...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aer Lingus Sale (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the future ownership of Aer Lingus, with particular reference to the extent to which ongoing negotiations are under way, with a view to maximising the benefit to the country, keeping in mind the need to ensure reliability in the context of connectivity and the national interest; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rent support available to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9886/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (10 Mar 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress,to date in respect of an appeal for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10408/15]