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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: If it did not arise, it should have. What interaction did the those voting on behalf of Ireland have with the Minister or his officials prior to the vote? Do we just assume that they are going to do the right thing? I will leave that element to one side for now. I have a number of questions regarding the European consensus on development. I note that Mr. Gaffey, the Director General of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I did not say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: No one is asking the Minister to do so.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: International Trade Agreements: Motion (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: On behalf of the committee and of my party, I want to express our deepest sympathy and condolences to the people of Manchester, and to the British Government, following the horrendous attack on Monday, and also on the attack in Jakarta, Indonesia. I have two questions for the Minister. This debate is welcome, and I thank him for his presentation. First, I am interested to know the reason...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: International Trade Agreements: Motion (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Under section 39 of the Health Act 2004, many voluntary providers employ hundreds of home help workers who carry out a low-paid job on the front line of our health services. Since February 2013, I have raised with successive Ministers for Health, Senator James Reilly, Deputy Varadkar and Deputy Harris, the issue that the last Government and the current one are in breach of two Labour Court...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Funding (24 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to open applications for grant aid funding for new swimming pools and refurbishment of existing facilities, in view of the fact they are specifically excluded from the capital sports grants programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State has not taken asylum seekers from Italy under the relocation programme; the efforts that are being made to resolve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24704/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, including unaccompanied minors, that have been accepted here under the resettlement and relocation programmes, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24705/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (23 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in 2017 in accepting unaccompanied minors from the now dismantled Calais camp as agreed to in a motion passed by Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24706/17]

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

Darragh O'Brien: 368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the efforts being made by his Department to secure the release of a person (details supplied) currently being detained without trial; the efforts being made by him and his Department to ensure this person is being treated in a fair and humane manner and that their human and legal rights are being upheld; and if he will make...

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

Darragh O'Brien: 369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland contributed to the debate on the rule of law in Poland at the General Affairs Council Meeting on 16 May 2017; if so, if he specifically addressed and spoke out against the threat to the rule of law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24408/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medical Negligence Cases (16 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to bring forward legislation on periodic payments for medical negligence cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23133/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (16 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that are utilising the auxiliary fire service resource within the Civil Defence to assist and supplement the permanent fire brigade service in view of the increase in grass, gorse and forest fires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22773/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider awarding a State pension on reaching retirement age to those persons who contracted hepatitis C and were unable to work due to their illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23104/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies Membership (16 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 294. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Taiwan's continued participation in the World Health Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22777/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 295. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has a policy of asking for a report on the way human rights, including the rights of women, are being improved in Saudi Arabia when visiting the country; if not, if this will be policy in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22852/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 301. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent meetings he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart; the dates and times of meetings; the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22846/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 296. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he was last briefed by the Irish Ambassador to the UN regarding women's rights in Saudi Arabia; if these briefings are organised regularly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22851/17]