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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Councils: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Tánaiste. It is hard to believe that only seven weeks remain before the end of the Presidency. While it appears to have gone so fast, it has been a busy time, and as the Tánaiste indicated, significant progress has been seen in many areas Ireland prioritised, including the MFF, banking union, trade agreements with the Far East, the United States and Canada and of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Councils: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for his briefing in advance of the forthcoming General Affairs Council meeting. On behalf of the committee, it is very much appreciated that he and the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, have been exemplary in their attendance at this committee in advance of General Affairs Council meetings. The European Movement has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (14 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects work to begin on a school (details supplied) in County Meath as announced in bundle 5 of the public private partnership school building process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22234/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Building Regulations Compliance (14 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new school building for a school (details supplied) will be fully accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22999/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Industrial Relations Issues (14 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 483. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way he is engaging with the Association of Garda Sargeants and Inspectors in relation to the LRC revised pay proposals that are currently being negotiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22841/13]

Good Friday Agreement: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the Government amendment which demonstrates that we are fully committed to the agreements that underpin the Northern Executive. The Government is working with the Executive to finalise the work commenced with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement 15 years ago. As my time is limited, I will focus on one aspect of the motion, namely, the proposal to introduce an Irish language...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (15 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 215. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a special student visa for students from Turkey for English language training schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23270/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps Gardaí are taking to reduce crime in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23625/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 223. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps Gardaí are taking to reduce crime in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23626/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: As we have a quorum, the meeting is now in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputy Donohoe who, unfortunately, cannot be with us today. The first item on the agenda is a discussion with Amnesty International on its recommendations for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. On behalf of the committee, I am delighted to welcome Mr. Colm O'Gorman,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you very much, Mr. O'Gorman. Before asking my colleagues to contribute, I will make a few comments on the presentation. We were delighted to receive Mr. O'Gorman's comments on the EU Presidency to date, as well as his thoughts on what we should be doing for the remaining few months of the Presidency. Mr. O'Gorman is absolutely right concerning the need to talk further about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I will make sure that Mr. O'Gorman has got a copy of the documents the Deputy is referring to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: The documents given to Mr. O'Gorman were published by the European Commission and are based on its assessment of the national strategies on Roma that have been produced in the various countries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: You mentioned where the European Union has leverage. Are you proposing that sanctions should be applied? What do you think should be done by the Union and the Commission to try to put pressure on member states?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: For any particular cases, or in general.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: In regard to Islamophobia, the witnesses will be aware that Ireland hopes to open a chapter on Turkey's accession to the European Union but there will undoubtedly be resistance to Turkish membership. How much of that resistance would the witnesses ascribe to institutional Islamophobia and is Amnesty International doing anything to combat that on a pan-European basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: We will ask the Minister of State about that. She will be before the committee in about two weeks. We will make a note to ask her about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Islamophobia?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: What is Ms McGowan's best estimate of the number of Muslims in Europe? Is it 15 million or 20 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Irish Presidency of EU: Discussion with Amnesty International (16 May 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: If there are other points the witnesses want to raise having reviewed the minutes of the meeting, I ask them to send them to us and we will make sure members receive a copy of them.