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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (8 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date in determination of eligibility for assistance under the pyrite remediation scheme in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29833/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 645. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for subsidiary protection in a case (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29545/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 646. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29548/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (8 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 659. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29843/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (8 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 730. To ask the Minister for Health if a transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly from Kerry General Hospital to the Lakeview unit of Naas General Hospital may be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29440/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (8 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 750. To ask the Minister for Health the documentation outstanding in respect of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29560/14]

Electoral (Amendment) (Hours of Polling) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this Bill and congratulate my colleague, Deputy Andrew Doyle, on bringing it before the House. It gives us an opportunity to focus on a very important part of our democratic system, voting. There is merit in setting out opening and closing times of polling stations because it will give people advance warning of the time when they should be there...

Valuation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: My heart goes out to my poor colleague stuck with those two tickets. I am sure we would find many takers to relieve him of his burden and responsibility. I hope the issue works out well for all concerned. Like other speakers I am generally supportive of the principle behind this Bill but the matter is not as easy to solve as it looks. It is far from easy because there are many issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: As it is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: We can all point to utterances by various spokespersons over the past five years, in particular, in respect of which there have been, to my mind at least, serious breaches of legislation on incitement to hatred and racism where effective legislation exists, either in individual member states or in European institutions. There is not much sense in having the European institutions stipulate,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Absolutely. We seem to go along as if we were on a floating barge on a river going downstream.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Oscar Wilde said duty is what one expects from others, but not necessarily ourselves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I have a brief question. Immigration in Europe seems to have become an issue in recent times. That is a nice word for it - there is another description of that issue as well. In the recent European elections, immigration featured. The question that arises then is to what extent has Europe got an immigration policy that is fair and equal across the board and applicable to each member...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Has it been invoked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry I was not in time for the initial presentation. Having tried bilocation, I then attempted trilocation, which is even more difficult. I was singularly unsuccessful. This is an important subject. I empathise with the points expressed by Deputy Seán Crowe and other speakers. It behoves us to carefully balance our attitudes in cases where the European institutions might...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The national paediatric hospital development board Bill is promised legislation. Given the recent announcement on the imminent development of the project, with which I totally agree and on which I congratulate the Minister and the Government, is it intended to bring the Bill before the House for early discussion in order to facilitate the rapid ongoing development of the project?

Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Oil and Gas Fiscal System Review: Statements (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: We should not resort to a situation like that supported by those who signed up to the previous regimes that give these resources away.

Oil and Gas Fiscal System Review: Statements (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Not as good a gas as the Deputy.

Oil and Gas Fiscal System Review: Statements (3 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: He has the history to show for it.