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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 435. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49409/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 436. To ask the Minister for Health if and when required orthopaedic footwear will be supplied, as promised, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49410/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 437. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a Pap1 oxygen system will be supplied in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49411/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has examined submissions from the support group for gaelcholáiste in Leixlip, County Kildare; if she accepts the need for the coláiste in view of the continued high numbers of pupils attending the various gaelscoileanna throughout north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49432/14]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am loath to contribute to this debate as a mere male member of the population because I feel, as the old story goes, we have had this debate many times in the past and it is a very emotive and sensitive subject. It is a particularly sensitive subject for pregnant women and there are always many such women in our population at any given time, including during each of the debates on the...

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: In themselves.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: We are.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I hope he is not suggesting that we are all telling lies.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: They are all lovely over there.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I hope there are none of those neo-liberal hawks over on Deputy Coppinger's side of the House.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: -----regardless of what members over there might say today, will not come out of the darkness, do a u-turn and decide it appropriate that this utility be privatised in order to achieve a particular advantage. To my mind, provision is already sufficiently interposed in the legislation to ensure the protection of the institution as a public entity for the foreseeable future. It should be...

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Thinking back, I must have been one of the first in the House ever to promote the merits of using the word "shall" rather than "may" in legislation and there is a simple explanation for it. 7 o’clock In the event of the word "shall" being inserted the Administration is obliged to do something, whether or not there is a necessity to so do, whereas in the event of the word "may"...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I do not propose to discuss that issue, although we could do so if necessary. Deputy Cowen noted the vast number of people who depend on water. A supply of water is a basic and crucial service that must be made available to every household in urban and rural areas.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I appreciate that, although I note also that Deputy Catherine Murphy and I view the issue from two different perspectives. For example, she proposes that water be supplied without investment or a co-ordinated approach. I have been listening to that perspective for the past 20 years for God's sake and I have yet to see any progress being made. In parts of the constituency the Deputy and I...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: As Deputy Broughan will recall, I was responsible for a different area. While the Department of Social Protection caters for a large number of people, it has a limited role in the supply of water. Everybody depends on having a water supply. Perhaps Deputies should try to function without a water supply for a week or two or perhaps six months or boil water for a couple of days, weeks,...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Let all of the Deputies opposite who have spoken so loudly on this concept propose an alternative. Water is being boiled ad infinitum and they have not yet made a single progressive or positive proposal, other than to reiterate the view that water should be free. I agree that water should be free and is a fundamental right.