Results 19,861-19,880 of 26,320 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the rights of 1.8 million persons in Northern Ireland to EU citizenship under the Good Friday Agreement will be protected in full after Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18552/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: In light of the decision of the British people and British Government to lodge the Article 50 letter, will the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade confirm that the right of the 1.8 million people in Northern Ireland to EU citizenship under the Good Friday Agreement will be protected in full by the Irish Government in the post-Brexit Europe? Will he expand on the steps our Government is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister for the response. We would or should all agree that anyone born in Dungannon, Belfast or Newry is as Irish as anyone born in Swords, Malahide or Skerries and that their rights need to be protected. On foot of that, their right to EU citizenship needs to be protected. I welcome the Minister's response but I have a concern over the manner in which the British Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister. We want respect for the Good Friday Agreement to form part of the Brexit agreement. The British Government will have to buy into this, as will the European Union. I seek that after 2020, for argument's sake, people born in Belfast or elsewhere in the North who rightly claim the right to Irish citizenship will be conferred automatically with EU rights and EU...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent events in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18292/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reverse the decline in the percentage of GDP allocated to overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18293/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18290/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent events in Hungary including the silencing of critical media outlets; the steps that have been taken at EU level in view of such events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18291/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps other than statements of condemnation which have been taken or will be taken at EU and international level against the preparators of the chemical attack in Idlib, Syria, which is a violation of International law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18289/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (11 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the commitments the Government has made in terms of accepting refugees and unaccompanied minors here; the number of persons to date who have been accepted here under the various resettlement and relocation programmes, in tabular form; the number of unaccompanied minors who have arrived here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (11 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his most recent meeting at the European Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (11 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the situation in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17632/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the current political situation in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17633/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Registration of Births (11 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of foreign birth registrations from 2012 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18136/17]

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Read our manifesto. The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, is talking nonsense.

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Fine Gael wasted €500 million on obsolete water meters

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proportion of the €1 million funding provided for in budget 2017 for community CCTV schemes which will be allocated to north County Dublin; when she expects this money to come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17181/17]

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: As my party's spokesperson on foreign affairs and trade, I welcome a further opportunity to speak on Brexit, but all of us would rather not to be in this position. The date 23 June of last year was a sad one for the EU, Ireland and, in particular, Britain, especially in light of the disgraceful and treacherous campaign run by the Brexiteers, the lies that were told and the unrealisable...

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister for his response and update. When I met Ibrahim, and in correspondence since, I assured him, as others did, that we will not forget about him and we will not give up until we get him home. How we approach this is important. While I do not doubt anyone's bona fides and that everyone cares about his situation, some of the comments that have been made from time to time...

Topical Issue Debate: Ibrahim Halawa (5 Apr 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy knows what. I genuinely believe what she said is most unhelpful.