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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Availability (28 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when she will provide the required funding to the appropriate third level institutions in County Dublin willing to proceed with the bachelor engineering technology (Ord) fire engineering, level 8 programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Veterinary Qualifications (28 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the procedures to be followed to enable a person (details supplied) to practise in this jurisdiction; if further studies are required; if the person is entitled to practise on foot of a current qualification or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3700/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (28 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 in respect of grant repayment requirement might be reviewed given the likelihood of severe hardship. [3858/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he and Kildare County Council continue to be satisfied with the progress of the completion of the development, in accordance with planning conditions and other statutory requirements, at the Waterways in Sallins, County Kildare; when all outstanding matters will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 877 of 13 January 2016, when the arbitration process in respect of the stalled development of the town centre in Naas, County Kildare will conclude, with a view to resumption of the development works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3872/16]

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Suicide Bereavement Support (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: In recognition of the long service Deputy Neville, like many others, has given to the Houses of the Oireachtas, it should be said that it was a service characterised by participation, perseverance and a spirit and goodwill to pursue his objectives in a way that was not offensive to anybody but was inclusive of all. The Deputy can be rightly proud.

Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: In accordance with an order of the Dáil of 17 December last, I must interrupt proceedings and call on the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Kehoe, to move a motion which will be decided without debate.

Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Bernard Durkan: That was the quickest piece of business we are likely to do today.

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.

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...

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

Bernard Durkan: 29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her priorities for the expansion of recruitment to An Garda Síochána, the upgrading of the telecommunications equipment and training, and the provision of the necessary back-up in line with the requirements of a modern police force on par with the best in Europe, thus enabling An Garda Síochána to combat organised crime and...

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

Bernard Durkan: 32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she continues, through An Garda Síochána, to combat gun crime, drug gangs, the intimidation of witnesses, people trafficking and other criminal activities; if she will provide the necessary resources to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3017/16]

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

Bernard Durkan: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if adequate resources are available to An Garda Síochána to enable it to combat all aspects of modern crime; if extra resources are required in any sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3436/16]