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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals and Ireland's 60th Year of UN Membership: Discussion (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I was doing three or four different duties at the same time, which is quite difficult. I will follow along the lines of Deputy Conway and am supportive of the general thrust of her remarks. From my own experience in dealing with immigrants from developing countries, there is increasing evidence of people who are vulnerable remaining vulnerable even when they come to this jurisdiction. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I think these matters are best left to the appropriate section to deal with in the normal manner. The original motion, parts of which have been disallowed, referred to issues that are not pertinent to the function of any committee. Some of the things that were being suggested are not possible. We do not direct Ministers in this committee because we do not have the power to do so. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: The point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Is it all right to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: As I was saying, this is a typical example of the way we do our business. I believe we have to follow certain procedures, decorum and protocols. If we depart from that, we diminish the strength of our case and our cause. When we are working within the committee, within the Houses of the Oireachtas or in our discussions with other entities such as embassies or ambassadors, we should make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: There is a particular word that comes to mind, but I do not wish to go there. I would like to propose an amendment to the motion before the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all the words after "Convention" and substitute the following:"and the Joint Committee calls on the Minister to convey Ireland’s concerns to the Israeli authorities".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: While I accept the points made by Deputy Colreavy, it is my view that decorum will always win provided everyone shows it. It is when we resort to other means that we must ask ourselves whether they always succeed.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: That is the wrong day.

Social Services and Support: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: I call the Tánaiste, Deputy Joan Burton, who is sharing time with the Minister of State, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (14 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union colleagues have contemplated the potential effects of Brexit or Grexit, with particular reference to the need for a rediscovery of a vision for the European Union among all existing member states and the European Union's institutions; how it is expected to reconcile the extra powers and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (14 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, with particular reference to a medical recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28472/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Application Numbers (14 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing in relation to a refusal of mortgage support to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28820/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Guardian's Payment Appeals (14 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 30 June 2015, the reason deductions are being made in respect of an allowed payment being received by the child in question; when full arrears in respect of a guardianship payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (14 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken at EU and member state level throughout the European Union to address any issues arising in the event of a Greek exit from the Union or the eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28956/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Applications (14 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 440. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for permission to extend a student visa in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28270/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (14 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which her Department is focused on the prevention of human trafficking and the protection of those vulnerable to such activity; the degree to which North-South co-operation exists, and can be developed in this regard, as recently put forward at recent North-South parliamentary discussions; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Jul 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 481. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for residency for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29152/15]