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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available for the provision of information technology access and training for older persons (details supplied) [25049/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Information and Communications Technology (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding that is available for the provision of information technology access and training for older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24234/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Information and Communications Technology (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding that is available for the provision of information technology access and training for older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24233/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implication for the Brexit negotiations of the ECJ ruling on the trade agreement between the European Union and Singapore; the implications of this ruling in the context of the Irish negotiation position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24195/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Information and Communications Technology (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 594. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding that is available for the provision of information technology access and training for older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24235/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: First, I wish to acknowledge the departure of An Taoiseach, Deputy Kenny, and should have done so earlier. I also wish to acknowledge his work over the years in very difficult times, and I wish him and his family the very best. I wish to ask the Minister about the possibility of the introduction of a supplementary budget before budget 2018, specifically in the context of what we spoke...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: The Minister's response goes to the heart of what is causing increasing concern among farmers, agrifood companies and Irish-owned SMEs because they know Brexit is coming and it will harm them but many of them do not know what to do about it and they are looking to the State for support. His response is consistent with that of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade,...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: Everyone in the House agrees that Brexit presents one of the biggest challenges the country has faced in decades. We do not know how hard it will be, but it is obviously the Government's job to prepare the country as well as possible. Unfortunately, it is becoming increasingly clear that we are not as prepared as we should be in several areas. There has been a focus on the Good Friday...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (17 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 80. To ask the Taoiseach if work has commenced on the paper on the economic challenges of Brexit as referenced in the programme for Government annual report 2017; the specific topics that will be covered in this paper; and the expected publication date of this paper. [23563/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Callinan for his contributions. On the issue of a veto, we have an unprecedented situation in British-Irish relations where all through history, through the good times and the bad, the relationship was always negotiated between Ireland and Britain. For the first time in history, the future of Ireland's relationship with the UK will be negotiated between the UK and a third party....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: There are two obvious issues in respect of which to seek a veto. One is a veto on the withdrawal only as it pertains to Northern Ireland. The second would be to seek a veto, which is what the Spanish have achieved, on the future relationship only in so far as it pertains to Anglo-Irish relations. I will give Mr. Callinan an example of where European law and existing Anglo-Irish agreements...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: Usually the point of a veto is not to exercise it. The point of a veto is that it gives one leverage. What concerns me is that the British have very little leverage in these negotiations and the Irish have even less. By far the most important economic, political and cultural relationship Ireland has ever had, or is ever likely to have, is with the UK. That, however, is now being largely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: A new survey on jobs and trade by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation shows that 15 out of 20 Irish-owned companies surveyed believe that Brexit will damage them in some way. Despite that, only three in 20 companies have done anything about it and only five in 20 intend doing anything about it, which suggests a big skills gap. These are sophisticated businesses that live in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 95. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a timeframe and expected date for publication of adaptive sectoral response plans for Brexit; and the position regarding the progress of these plans [23321/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an enforceable contract has been finalised for the purchase of a site (details supplied); if a price has been agreed; if a closing date has been agreed; if there are conditions precluding the agreement of a closing date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23206/17]

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: This debate concerns the Government’s Brexit strategy, which was published a few days ago. Brexit is widely acknowledged as the greatest economic threat Ireland has faced in decades. The Taoiseach has said that the negotiations will be the most important in our history as an independent State. Nearly half of exports from Irish-owned firms go to the UK. Representatives from...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome Deputy Lahart's motion and congratulate him on seeking action in respect of the increasing traffic congestion in Dublin and surrounding counties. In Wicklow the situation is now extreme. Some 70% of the working population leave the county to go to work. As my colleague Deputy Casey said one solution to that is more local jobs. In the meantime, however, something has to be done...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (10 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the development of a Brexit working capital guarantee scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22218/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the development of a business advisory hub for SMEs; the timeframe for development of this hub; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22219/17]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (3 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health services’ preparations for Brexit. [20784/17]