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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: This is quite a technical issue and I will ensure the Deputy gets a good response in writing also. I will address some of the issues now, as flagged by Deputy Lowry. The legislative framework for the import and export of waste in the European Union is set down in very clear regulations in the European Parliament and the Council. Under the waste management and shipment of waste...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I will re-emphasise the point that farmers and the group that they pay into, the IFFPG, have done what seems to be an efficient job. One does not see much in the way of farm plastics being disposed of inappropriately any more. The collection hubs and the collections from farm yards, which I understand are organised and paid for by the levy, work well. I also understand that what has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: As we have said week after week, there is not a recruitment freeze. There is recruitment going on, but it has to be within budgets that have been planned for.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: There is no Department that allows the sectors that it is responsible for to recruit staff without a budget to do so. That is what the HSE did in the past, but not any more. This does not mean that the HSE is not recruiting. It is. We need to provide more money, and we are. That is why there are significantly more doctors and nurses in the system now than 12 months ago. We will continue...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: My understanding is that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, is reviewing the legislation in this area to ensure that it is watertight and that incitement to hatred, hate speech and spreading falsehoods, inaccuracies and lies that promulgate fear for political reasons can be responded to appropriately. The challenge we face in terms of social media platforms providing a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: And candidates. That is correct. When candidates say things that are wrong, they need to get pulled up on it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: If they are decent people, they will apologise and try to correct the inaccuracies. If they are not, then the public will have to make a choice.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: This is a debate that the House and all parties in it need to have in a non-party political way to support new initiatives that the Government may introduce in the coming months.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: It is a matter for the Commissioner-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: -----but it is welcome that we are seeing increasing numbers of An Garda Síochána. Where they are assigned has to be determined by where the policing need is most-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: -----and it is the Garda Commissioner who determines that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I also met a parent of somebody who accesses these services and has done so regularly in recent years. She made a similar plea to some Deputies this afternoon. The issue, as I understand it, is that the IWA has proposed to move from providing services in this facility to locating services in accessible hotels in both the Galway area and the midlands as an alternative to what Cuisle is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy knows, if the Government declines to give a money message it has to give a reason for that and that reason has to stand up to scrutiny. I will ask-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: -----the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, to come back to the Deputy on where he is with that decision.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I understand the approval of the drug is under active consideration by the HSE but I will ask the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to come back to the Deputy with a more detailed answer.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: Yes, I will. Of course, DKIT will get a fair crack of the whip. I have visited the college and it does a super job. Like all other third level institutions, it makes the case for increased funding. We have an ambition to create technological universities. There is already one and we would like to create many more. Advantages will flow from creating technological universities, but the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I will have to ask the Minister to revert on the issue.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I was asked the same question last week. It is a matter for the Revenue Commissioners, but if there is an update, I can certainly ask the Minister for Finance to revert to the Deputy on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: As I think the Deputy would expect, I do not have the details to hand but I will ask the Department to revert to her.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I assure the Deputy that nobody would like the beef task force to get up and running more than the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. He is committed to it and to reform in the sector in a way that can protect farmers and their families. The last time there was an attempt to get this process started, the Deputy knows what happened. We have to make sure there is no repeat of that.