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Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I call Deputy Gino Kenny who is sharing time with Deputy Barry.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: We now move to Independents 4 Change, Deputies Joan Collins, Catherine Connolly and Mick Wallace. Will the Deputies share time equally?

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Unfortunately, I was absent on official business associated with Brexit and the chief negotiators with the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs yesterday when my own back yard suffered a major loss of jobs. My question relates to an area where legislation is promised, but it does not really come into the category I had in mind. Is it necessary to enhance the monitoring that normally...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Topical Issue Matters: Naas Town Centre (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to raise an issue, which I have raised on at least eight occasions previously, namely, the unfinished business of and lack of progress on the Naas town centre development. This project has been ongoing for ten years. As I mentioned previously, its unfinished town centre development is not a great addition to or advertisement for the town or a great sign of it being a case of business...

Topical Issue Matters: Naas Town Centre (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I say simply this: the time for action has come. We have done all the talking. This has been going on for ten years, and that is long enough. The softly-softly approach adopted by the local authority is no longer acceptable. The local authority is deemed to have all the responsibility in this area. Therefore, it is time to bring all the...

Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: As this is a Private Members' Bill, it must, under Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141, be referred to a select committee. The relevant committee for this Bill is the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. Does the Deputy wish to move the motion of referral now?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Growth (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department can support and develop the manufacturing and services sectors here to meet the competitive challenges in the aftermath of Brexit, both inside and outside the EU, and the necessity to be in a position to supply goods and services to alternative markets in new environments; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department continue to attract jobs to the less developed regions of the country, thereby encouraging an overall balanced economy with consequent economic benefits in line with the recently announced national plan for Ireland, Ireland 2040 - Our Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the investigative procedures have been concluded relative to long-term residency and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6610/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to regularise residency here in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6611/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6612/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the case for naturalisation has been progressed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6613/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Applications (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 19 January 2017, if a second chance to comply with regulations applicable to a non-EEA student will be given in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6614/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances under which residency status was granted and then revoked on the basis of information from the UK authorities in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6615/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate a further extension to stamp 1 visa conditions which expire on 11 February 2017, in view of the fact that adequate time was not available to respond to correspondence dated 24 January 2017 which did not arrive until the last day of January and which required a response by 1 February 2017, in the case of a person (details...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to issuing stamp 4 residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6622/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of progress in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) [6624/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 15 December 2016, if the person (details supplied) can have the application for family reunification urgently reviewed in view of the urgent need for family help, post operatively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6626/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (9 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if the attention of his European colleagues has been drawn to the importance of Ireland's 12.5% corporation tax, which appears to have suddenly become the target for commentators at home and abroad; if adequate cognisance continues to be taken of the isolated geographical location of the economy in the context of access to the centre of Europe; and if he...