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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dog Breeding Industry (16 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 1526. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to introduce legislation to ban puppy farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1347/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (17 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance payment for a person (details supplied) will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2196/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request local authorities to make documentation in respect of planning applications available online in a timely fashion; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council considers this a courtesy service thus resulting in documents being made available late; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Chairman and the ambassador for outlining the priorities of the Presidency. I wish Bulgaria well in its endeavours. It is a big undertaking. A comprehensive programme has been outlined, which the other member states will be happy to support. I also welcome the ambassador's comments on Brexit. He obviously appreciates the position of Ireland with regard to the negotiations....

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (23 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the proceedings of the European Council meeting held in Brussels on 14 and 15 December 2017; and the bilateral meetings he had with Heads of Government on the margins of this meeting. [55056/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (23 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Chancellor Merkel recently about Brexit. [3056/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (23 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: The main focus of interest for this country in the summit regarded the Article 50 negotiations at which it was decided that sufficient progress had been made during the first phase of the Brexit negotiations and guidelines for the second phase were adopted. The Taoiseach informed the House last week that we will now move to phase 2, regarding transitional arrangements and the framework for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to provide replacement or new schools in Clongriffin, Dublin 13; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school population in this area is increasing rapidly; the stages at which these school building projects are listed on the school buildings programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3296/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (23 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authority spending is monitored in a satisfactory manner, including spending on infrastructural projects; the role of the National Oversight and Audit Commission; his plans to increase scrutiny of such spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3024/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (23 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the Water Services Act 2007 to allow environmental health officers in local authorities to intervene with householders when private sewage pipes attached to private houses are blocked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3037/18]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: The eighth amendment to the Constitution was passed in a referendum in 1983 by a 66.9% majority. I voted in favour of the amendment at that time. Article 40.3.3° states the following:The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2016: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: I welcome our guests and thank them for coming in. In particular, I welcome our Polish colleague. I wish Mr. Cardiff's successor well. I hope Mr. Murphy gets over the final hurdles to his appointment – I imagine he will. I really have no questions. It is a good report. The citizens of Ireland and the EU can be reassured by this report. Certainly, things seem to be improving....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (25 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have discussed phase two of the Brexit negotiations with the British Government at ministerial or official level. [3055/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if the issue of European immigration was raised when he met Mr. Viktor Orbán while in Hungary. [1447/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 34. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet Committee C (European Union including Brexit) last met. [1446/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (30 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to ensure that health authorities intervene with householders when private sewage pipes attached to private houses are blocked, in view of the fact that this issue is not adequately dealt with in the Water Services Act 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4481/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions (31 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: The European Council President, Donald Tusk, at the EU summit in December endeavoured to launch a major review of the Union's migration policy. It seems that there was much disagreement on this issue and that Hungary and other member states were opposed to mandatory relocation quotas. It was agreed to set up a fund to stem the flow of illegal migration and to consider further the reform of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Communications (31 Jan 2018)

Seán Haughey: 31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his address to the European Parliament on 17 January 2018; the meetings he attended; and the issues that were discussed. [3054/18]

National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Haughey: I apologise on behalf of Deputy Niamh Smyth who is at a function commemorating Countess Markievicz. Fianna Fáil is happy to support the Bill, which is in the interests of Government transparency. It is important that the Republic of Ireland aligns itself in this regard with Britain and Northern Ireland so that we can get across our side of the story in respect of the release of State...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Haughey: 181. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the health hazard posed by blocked and overflowing communal sewage pipes serving private houses; if the routine intervention to deal with such situations by health authorities will be ensured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6125/18]