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Written Answers — Debt Relief: Debt Relief (25 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent and value of the international debt write off proposed in the context of international agreement; the amount delivered or achieved to date; the areas outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34842/06]

Written Answers — EU Accession Negotiations: EU Accession Negotiations (25 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation with regard to Turkish accession to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34840/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (25 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent he and his colleagues at EU of UN level have studied the allegations of genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; if provisions have been made with a view to engaging the worldwide community in an effort to deal with the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34618/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (25 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the UN or EU will take action to deal with allegations of euthanasia, ethnic cleansing and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo; the progress on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34846/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (25 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if action will be taken to assess the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34847/06]

Written Answers — EU Enlargement: EU Enlargement (25 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the preferred options within the EU in relation to immigration from Romania and Bulgaria in the context of enlargement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34839/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (25 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the degree of discussion that has taken place at EU or UN level in regard to the situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34844/06]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (25 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the degree of success achieved to date in dealing with HIV and AIDS throughout the African continent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34845/06]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if and when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for national reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34835/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The tunnel has not even opened yet.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It did not seem that way last week.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: We did not recognise the Tánaiste.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Can the Tánaiste give information on whether the pharmacy (No. 2) Bill, which is urgently and anxiously awaited by the profession, might be brought forward at an earlier date than currently indicated? The postal miscellaneous services Bill was promised this time last year but was suddenly and mysteriously removed from the Order Paper. Will the Tánaiste carry out an investigation to...

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It was promised a year ago. Surely the Tánaiste's memory goes back that far — high office cannot have expelled it from his memory.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Would the Tánaiste like to promise it again? He is in a magnanimous mood.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: There is no harm in raising it again.

High Level of Suicide in Irish Society: Statements (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on the seventh report on the high level of suicide in Irish society. In common with other speakers, I am not an expert on suicide but, like them, I have dealt with scores of constituents whose family circle has been touched by the problem. We have all been contacted by people who are in distress for one reason or another. I acknowledge the...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to expand the tourism industry in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34829/06]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (26 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of funding awarded by him in respect of sporting or recreational grants in the years 2003 to date in 2006; the intended expenditure for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34830/06]