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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (19 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 866 of 16 January 2013, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8349/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: The members will have a copy of Deputy Crowe's motion to which Deputy Durkan has proposed a few amendments. I do not want to have dialogue on this day and I will give the members time to digest the amendments. I will read Deputy Durkan's amendments to the motion. Normally amendments should be submitted to members in advance in time for them to examine them. Deputy Durkan has proposed an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: If there is unanimous agreement to proceed with the motion, we will take Deputy Crowe's motion, as amended, today. Otherwise we will postpone it until next week for discussion. Deputy Crowe may wish to comment on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: Yes. He proposes in that paragraph to delete all words after the word "experience" and insert the words he has proposed. I will read that paragraph again. The fifth paragraph, as amended, would read "offer to share the experience of the Northern Ireland peace process which culminated in the Good Friday Agreement, and".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: That is a very good point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: Does Deputy Crowe agree with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: Are the amendments agreed? Agreed. Is the motion, as amended, agreed? Agreed. I propose that the resolution of the committee be laid in the Library of the Houses of the Oireachtas. Is that agreed? Agreed. I also propose that the resolution be communicated to the Tánaiste and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the ambassador of Colombia and the president of Justice for...

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The promissory notes deal announced last week is a significant step in the right direction for the country's recovery. While it is not the cure for all our ills, it is a major step forward on the road to recovery. The deal has vindicated this Government's strategy of negotiation and put us back where we should be among the top with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: I have a question for Mr. Talbot. Mr. Martin Murray from Asia Matters attended the committee recently to discuss the trade potential in Asia, in particular in some of the emerging markets. Yesterday afternoon, the Indonesian ambassador, who is based in London, paid a courtesy call. Has Mr. Talbot contacts with counterparts in chambers of commerce in Asia? What is his view on the emerging...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: I thank the witnesses for a very useful discussion which saw good interaction between the members and the representatives of Chambers Ireland. The committee will certainly consider the views of the witnesses when preparing a report. I wish Chambers Ireland well in the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: Members will recall that we received correspondence recently from Jack O'Connor, president of Justice for Colombia Ireland about the peace process in Colombia. The committee subsequently received briefing material from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. A very good meeting was held on 16 January 2013 with the Colombian ambassador. When we reviewed the position at our last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: Some members may wish to comment. Deputy Durkan has also tabled amendments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: Motions are part of the committee process and they are not unusual.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: I will bring in two other speakers, Senators Mullins and Walsh, who wish to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: The witnesses have heard from three members, each with a set of questions. Some of them are overlapping but I imagine the witnesses will answer them as well as they can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: Being a mid-west Deputy, I would like to support Deputy Neville on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: I wish to inform Chambers Ireland that officials will appear before the committee in respect of the business and the tourist visas in the near future, because we see that as a problem. Will Mr. Talbot comment on the visa position for Deputy Durkan before I hand over to Deputy Eric Byrne?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: Senator Norris has a few more questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: I do not think the outsourcing of passports will happen in the near future. There are major security concerns in respect of passports, particularly post-9/11. Around the time of the first meeting of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, we visited the passport office in Balbriggan to see the operations for ourselves. There were some delays at that time but most of the delays...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Pat Breen: Should that be done to help people to export?