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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority has received a traffic management plan from Meath County Council for Slane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4397/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority has submitted a report to him regarding the Slane bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4398/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will support the creation of an autism spectrum disorder unit in a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5053/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (10 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration being provided to increasing the amount of funding that will be provided to Meath County Council, through the National Roads Authority, to maintain roads in north Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5803/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Election of Vice Chairman (10 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: As members know the previous Vice Chairman, Deputy Dara Murphy, was appointed as Minister of State with responsibility for European Union affairs. I ask for nominations for the position of Vice Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Election of Vice Chairman (10 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Are there any other nominations? As there are no other nominations, I declare Deputy Kyne elected as Vice Chairman of the committee. I am glad to be the first to congratulate him and I look forward to working with him in the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Colm McCarthy (10 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: The committee is now in public session. I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. It is not sufficient to have them on silent mode because they could cause problems for the broadcasting staff and the sound system. Today the committee begins a series of meetings considering critical issues for Ireland in the event that our near neighbour, the United Kingdom, decides...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Colm McCarthy (10 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: As I have to leave the meeting temporarily, I ask the Vice Chairman to take my place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. It is not sufficient to leave them in silent mode as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment. I welcome viewers on UPC and Sky channels, on which the meeting is being broadcast live. The joint committee is continuing its series of meetings on what would happen in Ireland if the United Kingdom were to decide to exit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: English would remain an official language, no doubt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the witnesses and was glad to hear Mr. Zuleeg's comments about the need for a debate across Europe. One reason the joint committee is having this debate now is that if the Conservatives win in May, one of the first items on that party's agenda will be discussions across Europe on how Europe can be changed and how the Conservatives can put some proposals to the people in advance of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We should not comment on whether it is sensible for another country to have a referendum. We are concentrating today on the impact-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: -----that an exit would have on us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We will take answers at this stage and then come back for another round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Mr. Zuleeg's article was circulated beforehand and we had sight of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Mr. Zuleeg. We will have a few more questions from our panel beginning with Deputy Kyne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: One out of every three EU citizens is outside the euro. With a Brexit, that would change to one out of every four.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: On behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Zuleeg and Mr. Freudenstein for travelling to Ireland today and for being so generous in their contributions. The committee will meet again on Tuesday to hear from a number of guests on the issue of the free movement of goods, services, capital and people and how it might be affected if the United Kingdom were to withdraw from the European Union.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind people to turn their phones off. It is not sufficient to put them on silent mode because they may interfere with broadcasting equipment. Apologies have been received from Senator Colm Burke. Today the committee continues its series of meetings considering critical issues for Ireland in the event that our nearest neighbour, the UK, decides to exit from the European Union. A...