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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting and European Parliament Elections: Minister of State for European Affairs (6 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Growing influence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting and European Parliament Elections: Minister of State for European Affairs (6 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive explanation of where we are at present. We all wish him the very best at the General Affairs Council meeting next week in Brussels. At our next meeting we will discuss voting rights with the academic Dr. Adrian Kavanagh and Jennie McShannon from the Federation of Irish Societies.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (7 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 132. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 30 April 2014, the options his Department is considering to repair Dunsany Cross; which expert opinion is his Department talking to; the timeline for when the work will begin to repair the cross; if funding is available for this to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (8 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding that has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) by Irish Aid in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20739/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (8 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any review has been undertaken into the partner organisations that an organisation (details supplied) works with and supports in Irish Aid partner countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20741/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (8 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Irish Aid's policy in regard to the secondary organisations that deliver the programmes that it funds primary organisations to do; if it carries out any inspection of the secondary organisations to ascertain the way the money is being spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20740/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (8 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20658/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Fatalities (8 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 160. To ask the Minister for Defence the action the Government will take to bring a matter (details supplied) to a close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20724/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (8 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 196. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding discussions with Russia about a bilateral agreement for adoptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20726/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to expand the memorandum of understanding on flood defence data with Insurance Ireland to a river (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21177/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind members and delegates to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. It is not sufficient to leave them in silent mode. They need to be switched off, as otherwise they will interfere with the broadcasting equipment. Apologies have been received from Deputy Dara Murphy. I inform members that this is the last occasion on which the joint committee will be assisted by Mr. John...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Today the joint committee will be discussing a communication received from the European Commission in recent months on the voting rights of EU citizens and their ability to exercise their right to mobility within the European Union. The Commission criticised five countries, including Ireland, for failing to provide voting rights to their citizens living in other member states. Malta, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Less than 1%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Like the UK model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you. The next presenter is the chief executive officer of Irish in Britain, Ms Jennie McShannon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: I have two questions for Ms McShannon and one for Dr. Kavanagh. On logistics, it has been suggested that if we extended voting rights to our citizens in the United Kingdom and did not make it possible to vote online or electronically, we could end up with people queuing for miles at our embassy at Grosvenor Square or wherever. How would voting work in practice? How would people living in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: We would have to change the Constitution to do so because we would be treating citizens in a different way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: The ambassador of Estonia came before the committee to outline how it works and it was a very interesting session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: One can change one's vote as often as one likes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: There is also the case that people can have two votes for the same parliament. Some citizens living in Dublin have a right to vote in the European elections in their birth country as well as in Ireland.