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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rockall Island Ownership (18 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: I appreciate the importance of diplomacy but I still believe that either the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade or the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine should be in consultation with their counterparts in order to provide clarification. The language that was being used on the Friday and Saturday of two weeks ago was quite serious and amounted to unilateral...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rockall Island Ownership (18 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implications of the agreement reached between Ireland and the United Kingdom in 2013 regarding the setting of the boundaries of the exclusive economic zone; if the agreement of 2013 has possible implications for the present difficulties between Ireland and Scotland over fishing rights around Rockall either in the present context or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rockall Island Ownership (18 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: I pose this question to the Minister to clear up any ambiguity. This has arisen since the Government of Scotland communicated with the Government here about Rockall. There were views about the agreement of 2013 on the exclusive economic zone. I want to give the Minister an opportunity to clarify the position and I look forward to his reply.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rockall Island Ownership (18 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: It is important that the Tánaiste had an opportunity to clarify this for all of us because whether intentionally or otherwise, the impression was given that in 2013, without us knowing, we had forfeited our claim, which we obviously have not. What is the Minister's view of the statement and letters to the Irish authorities stating that Scotland had exclusive rights around Rockall to a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Rockall Island Ownership (18 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implications of the agreement reached between Ireland and the United Kingdom in 2013 regarding the setting of the boundaries of the exclusive economic zone; if the agreement of 2013 has possible implications for the present difficulties between Ireland and Scotland regarding fishing rights around Rockall; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (18 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 365. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint new laboratory scientists for Letterkenny University Hospital; when appointments will be made; the arrangements in the hospital for blood testing and other testing required through the laboratory in view of the staff shortages within the laboratory; the costs associated with outsourcing testing due to laboratory staff shortages; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rockall Island Ownership (18 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications of the agreement reached between Ireland and the United Kingdom in 2013 regarding the setting of the boundaries of the exclusive economic zone; if the agreement of 2013 has possible implications for the present difficulties between Ireland and Scotland regarding fishing rights around Rockall; and if he will make a...

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: Amendment No. 1 cannot be moved. Is the motion as amended agreed to?

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: It is agreed.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: Sinn deireadh na hoibre.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: Sorry. I did not hear the Deputy.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: Hold on. I did not hear the Deputy.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: Do not make a suggestion that I deliberately did not hear you.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: Deputies may have heard him but I did not.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: There is to be a vótáil. Any suggestion-----

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: Any suggestions I would do something like that deliberately are wrong.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: Hold on, Deputy. I cannot control the outcome of a vote.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: If there is any other insinuation, I ask the Minister of State to withdraw it.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: Hold on. The Deputy should not challenge me.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: You will not challenge me.