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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (13 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 271. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card is likely to be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12672/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 272. To ask the Minister for Health if and when medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12673/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 273. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns raised about staffing and the facilities available at St. Brigid's Hospital, Crooksling, County Dublin. [12674/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (13 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 274. To ask the Minister for Health if refusal of a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed with the intention of awarding the card in respect of their child who suffers from a severe medical condition. [12675/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 275. To ask the Minister for Health when a surgical procedure will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12676/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: It has been a very interesting discussion, and we thank the ambassador very much for coming along. It is clear that there are certain issues on which we do not agree. That is the way of these matters. However, I hope the ambassador might bear in mind the views expressed by the members of the committee in his discussions with the authorities and indicate to them the values we have, as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: -----for coming along. We hope the discussion goes some way towards at least having a debate on the subject. My final remark is that whatever happens in the future, it is possible to influence a happy ending at this stage, but it may not be always possible to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: We also extend those greetings to the ambassador and his colleagues. We hope the ambassador will be able to come back here at some later stage and that we will be able to say a serious issue was averted. Thank you, ambassador.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I propose that we go into private session to deal with the remainder of the agenda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: There is a difference. For instance, our European colleagues did not authorise or encourage forces from Europe or western countries to enter into Ukraine in official or unofficial uniform. This goes back to the point I raised repeatedly. I acknowledge the ambassador has been genuine in the manner in which he has attempted to respond to the questions but he is looking at it from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: How does the ambassador square that with the rights of the Ukrainian people to run their own affairs without interference from outside?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: That is a reasonable enough statement. It worries me - this is an observation - that if, for example, the European Union decided to take unilateral action in some fashion and move into Ukraine on one side in order to protect what it would see as its supporters or the people of a similar background and then the Russian Federation did the same for the other side, then we would have a serious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I will let Deputy Eric Byrne in again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I will let Deputy Eric Byrne in again. I am sorry, the Chair intervened, as a former Ceann Comhairle used to say "in order to clarify".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The ambassador should be allowed to finish. It is still an important point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I will come back to Deputy Eric Byrne. He should not take a lead from the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, Deputy Byrne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Sorry, I want to allow the ambassador to develop his point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The ambassador will realise now the reservations that the committee members have, as I tried to point out, about the interference in the internal affairs and the possibility of monitors from OSCE or wherever becoming involved as a means of preserving the rights and entitlements of the opposing groups in that region.