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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (3 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for residency/naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41747/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (3 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1103 of 18 September 2013, if it is possible to review their entitlement to residency extension including eligibility for stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41748/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (3 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all outstanding documentation required for consideration of the case has been received in his Department in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41749/13]

Other Questions: Humanitarian Aid (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I have a related question. I wonder would it be possible to ask the Minister, in the context of the present focus on Syria, whether it might be an opportune time, through the aegis of the international community, to influence the authorities there to at least make some kind of accommodation for the civilians have been under severe pressure and have suffered greatly in terms of their human...

Topical Issue Matters (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Gerald Nash - the need to use freedom of information requests to ascertain the reasons for a refusal of medical cards following a review; (2) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - the need to provide better funding for the...

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 7 has been ruled out of order. We will move on to amendment No. 8.

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are related and will be discussed together.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: When is the sport Ireland Bill, with regard to the restructuring of sporting organisations, likely to come before the House? Similarly, I want to acknowledge that some 120 Bills have been passed into law since the current Government came into office. In the area of justice, there is a plethora of Bills on the Order Paper for some time, some going back to the days of the people who are now in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he in conjunction with his EU and UN colleagues may encourage the new administration in Iran towards a more secular society incorporating a modern attitude to human rights; if it might be found possible for the international community to respond positively in terms of reduction and-or removal of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to monitor the observation of their human rights entitlements by the authorities in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41382/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to engage with the authorities in the Ukraine with a view to ensuring the human rights entitlement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41383/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which it has been found possible, together with the international community, to convince the authorities in Syria to allow the various aid agencies provide the urgently required assistance to the civilian population who have been major victims in the conflicts there; if any progress has been made towards...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out the ongoing progress in respect of European enlargement; the degree to which any particular obstacles have been identified in the process in respect of any potential member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41381/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the situation in the western Balkans continues to remain central to future EU enlargement negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41391/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by the European Union, United Nations and the worldwide community to intervene in a positive way in the ongoing situation in Syria, with particular reference to the need to safeguard the lives of innocent civilians and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41384/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Conflict Resolution (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU/UN colleagues continually monitor the situation in the horn of Africa with particular reference to war, famine and human rights violations; if any particular issue has manifested itself in recent times by way of escalation of the threat to civilians; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade about the extent to which he and his EU colleagues have discussed the implications for this country, Northern Ireland, the UK and the entire European Union in the event of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the EU; the extent to which public confidence in the EU project will prevail in the interim period prior to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombian Peace Process (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the peace process in Colombia remains on course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41387/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the international community has been in a position to intervene in the various conflict zones where child soldiers have been used in combat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41388/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (2 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to be in a position to engage with the US authorities in the context of the regularisation of undocumented Irish in the US; the extent to which agreement has been reached in respect of legislative proposals in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41389/13]