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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Assets Bureau has successfully prosecuted and convicted various criminal elements over the past eight years; if funds have been recovered for the taxpayer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3441/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the number of crimes reported to An Garda Síochána has fluctuated over the past eight years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3442/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the necessary resources to increase Garda Síochána strength at the various Garda Síochána stations including in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3443/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for the illegal possession of guns in each of the past eight years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3444/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a case pursuant to section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3446/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of legal action current or pending initiated by the Institute of Technology in Tallaght, Dublin 24 whether on behalf of management or at the instigation of staff members as a group or as individuals; the nature and basis for any such action; if the subject matter or matters have or were referred for mediation; if legal costs arising...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Year of Development: Discussion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations. A number of issues come to mind, including the recent flooding, not only here but in numerous locations throughout the world. These serve to highlight the fact climate change is taking place and we must embrace it, recognise it and do what must be done. The Paris meeting will have been good if the participating countries which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Year of Development: Discussion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The Chairman does not know any people like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Year of Development: Discussion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Two Government party Deputies were targeted in Kildare, with thousands of leaflets calling on the people to vote against them because they espouse alternative energy. It is a grand enlightened approach, which is very reassuring in the world in which we live. The fact of the matter is that the targets are attainable if we go about it in the right way without any massive impact of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Year of Development: Discussion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Absolutely. The power of the battery-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Year of Development: Discussion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: No. Actually, there is now a car which will accelerate faster than a petrol car.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Year of Development: Discussion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: This is why I like engineers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Year of Development: Discussion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: It is coming down. In fact, however, at this stage they are only capable of approximately 500 km of a round trip. I was driving beside one in town the other day. There was nothing wrong with its acceleration, unfortunately. I thought it accelerated too fast away from me but that is neither here nor there. This is all attainable, however. The alternative is that we accept the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Year of Development: Discussion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: That is the total. It could go slightly more than that. It could go to €8 billion. It will depend on the degree to which we have failed to meet our targets. We can do a lot in terms of electricity generation. We cannot really do a whole lot about heavy road transport yet. We can minimise it a little but we cannot do a great deal about it because we are talking about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Year of Development: Discussion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: If the Irish were treated in that fashion in some of the countries they went to over the years, it would have been a peculiar reaction. I am sorry for going on about it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Lack of actions.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: That is right.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Yes-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: His party failed miserably in its housing policy for 15 years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: He should be ashamed of himself. His party's policies were illiterate.