Results 37,681-37,700 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Recent and Forthcoming Foreign Affairs Councils: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I understand. I was supposed to take that position myself. I thank the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Apologies have been received from the Chairman of the joint committee, Deputy Pat Breen, and also from Deputy Seán Crowe. The draft minutes of the meeting of 26 February have been circulated. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. Arising from the minutes, I wish to point out that a meeting of the joint committee with the Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland has been arranged for tomorrow at...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: We had an apology from Deputy Crowe earlier, but he is here in person now. He is more than welcome.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: It is being negotiated at the moment. The actual date has not yet been agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Turkey is deemed to have had an influence on negotiations on the Cyprus issue for the past number of years. As discussions on that subject are recommencing at present, we intend to bring in all the participating parties. Obviously, they will not all come in at the same time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Yes, okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Yes, that will be possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: The preference is that a short summary should be issued to members before the meeting to provide an update on the situation, the progress to date, the participating parties and the extent to which they have participated or failed to participate in the past.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: That can and should be done. We should also take account of Deputy Byrne's suggestion that the Cypriot ambassador to Ireland should be invited in at an earlier stage. That is a matter for the Department and the committee secretariat to work out. Perhaps the clerk can let the members know to what extent that suggestion can be accommodated, if it is advisable to do so. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Recent and Forthcoming Foreign Affairs Councils: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, and his officials to this meeting. The Tánaiste has had a busy number of days since he was invited to report on the regular meetings of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. Recent events in Ukraine resulted in his having to travel to Brussels yesterday to take part in an emergency meeting of the...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy told the people nothing.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: We waited 15 years for things the Deputy never did.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy ran from the Department of Health.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Will the Deputy apologise to the people for what he did to the country?
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: Fifteen years.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: The Taoiseach should not encourage Deputy Martin.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent decision to refuse the higher rate of higher educational grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10569/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate eligibility for rent allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10372/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (4 Mar 2014)
Bernard Durkan: 161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify what is accepted as sufficient evidence in order to prove a child satisfies the definition of an orphan pursuant to section 2(1) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10375/14]