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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Would it not be possible to alleviate the worst situations? The issue of people in emergency accommodation must be a priority.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I congratulate the Peter McVerry Trust on its tremendous work and the example that it has set down the years. I am not a great admirer of approved housing bodies, AHBs, which everyone knows at this stage. Fr. McVerry knows as well, since we have had this conversation many times.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I wanted to refer to it in passing. There would not be a need for AHBs if the local authority system had prevailed. Unfortunately, the weight of the housing issue is being thrust upon AHBs, which are not capable of dealing with it and were never suited to it. As the Peter McVerry Trust shows, though, they are capable of dealing with specialised issues, for example, addiction treatment and...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: -----and I like to say so occasionally in order to achieve consensus. I see nothing wrong with the institutions that lent so liberally in the boom times bearing some responsibility for picking up this tab. I am not suggesting that they provide write-offs but rather that they lengthen repayment terms and so on. It is wrong that others would be expected to pick up that tab. In that context,...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I just need to correct something. I have the greatest respect for Deputy Coppinger and for her ideology. However, I do not believe that we can solve the housing crisis with a dose of ideology. Many of us on this committee remember the time when we were able to solve all of these housing crises without any reference to radicalism, as suggested by Deputy Coppinger. I do not know how many...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: It may well be but I do not sniff around Members' interests to any great extent because I look after my own interests-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: -----as best I can. I am not a landlord.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: If I am, I am incorrectly listed. I wish to correct something, Chairman. I am not a landlord.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Suggesting otherwise is totally incorrect and it is wrong to try to create an impression that is incorrect.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Let me finish. The matter was raised.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I am dealing with the point, Chairman.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to mention that I totally agree with the response of Fr. Peter McVerry and the Peter McVerry Trust. I commend the work they have done. I totally agree with them and there is no doubt about it. However, we have a housing emergency and the Taoiseach has indicated that we have a specified time within which to deal with it. He has indicated that he will drive it himself, along with the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I did not set out to start a political argument about this but since somebody wants to start one, I am up for it too. Do not forget that.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Focus Ireland (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our guests for attending this meeting and compliment them on the work they are doing and have done for many years. As in the case of all the other witnesses who have appeared before the committee, it is good to engage with people dealing at the coalface with an issue on a daily basis, as opposed to getting information second-hand, of which there is a great deal. I understand...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his European Union and United Nations colleagues continue to press for humanitarian assistance in the various conflict zones globally; if he and they are considering the provision of safe or protective havens for civilian communities fleeing from war, genocide and terrorism, and making peace-keeping interventions in the most...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UK Referendum on EU Membership (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is addressing the implications of a British withdrawal from the European Union with his European Union counterparts; if he is fully committed to the European project; if he is conscious of the need to review the impact of ultra-nationalism across Europe; the need for a specific response; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will defer a decision to deport a person (details supplied) until a review can be undertaken which might address a number of conclusions arrived at in determining the person's eligibility for refugee status, given considerable doubts with regard to the basis of the decision to refuse refugee status; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12343/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of determining the eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) who has Stamp 4 status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12345/16]