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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We will leave it there. I ask members to stay back because we need to discuss a number of items of private business today. It will not take long.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Votáil Uachtaráin) 2014: An Dara Céim [Private Members] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I wish to share time with a number of Deputies. Tá áthas orm bheith anseo anocht chun an t-ábhar seo a phlé. I am delighted to speak on this proposal to extend voting rights in presidential elections to our diaspora. The matter was discussed in detail during the fifth report of the Constitutional Convention. Three quarters of the membership of the convention...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (11 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on amendments to the property tax legislation to take account of persons, who are also paying an estate management fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10619/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (11 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 104. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who had to stop paying for health insurance for a period due to a lower income but will purchase insurance after the deadline of 1 May 2015 will have to pay the community levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10680/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (11 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the date by which a person not currently on the electoral register must be included on the supplementary electoral register in order to vote in the upcoming referendums being held on 22 May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10832/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (11 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the date by which a person who wishes to be included on the postal and special voters list on the electoral register in order to vote in the upcoming referendums being held on 22 May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10833/15]

Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: He never left the party, unlike some people in this House.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Universal Retirement Savings Group (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role of the Universal Retirement Savings Group; and the timeframe and nature of the consultation process for the new supplementary workplace retirement saving scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10834/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a welfare payment who wish to undertake voluntary work and who have applied under the voluntary work 1 scheme in each year from 2012 to 2014; the number of these who have been successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10835/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare entitlements of a person in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, or jobseeker's benefit, who wishes to undertake a European voluntary service placement under the auspices of the ERASMUS+ Programme in another European Union member state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10836/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an Intreo office will open in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10843/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the register figures for February 2014 to February 2015 from the Finglas office, which show the change in unemployment for Ashbourne, and Ratoath, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10844/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Woodland Improvement Scheme (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number of hectares planted and the total funding allocated under the native woodland scheme in each year from 2007 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10837/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Woodland Improvement Scheme (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants who were successful in receiving grant aid under the native woodland scheme in the years 2007 to 2013; the total number of successful applicants who qualified for the farmer premia rate; the total number who qualified for the non-farmer premia rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10838/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Woodland Improvement Scheme (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocated to support afforestation under the native woodland scheme in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10839/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Funding (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 171. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding for youth work services provided by his Department in the years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; if he will provide a breakdown of current and capital funding for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10829/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 172. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the implications of the European Union directive on public procurement, which will be transposed by 2016, on youth work services; if his Department has had discussions with the youth work sector on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10830/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Voluntary Work Option (12 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of participants from Ireland who have undertaken European voluntary service in another European Union member state; and the number of persons from other European Union member states who have undertaken European voluntary service here in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10831/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (27 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We will wait a moment while we ask members of the public to join us. I welcome our guests in the Visitors Gallery. I remind those present to switch off their mobile telephones. It is not sufficient to put them on silent; they need to be switched off so that they do not interfere with the recording equipment. This meeting is being broadcast live today. I therefore ask those present to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (27 Mar 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Commissioner. Some ten members have already indicated they wish to speak. I am conscious we have to be out of this room in approximately 45 minutes so in order to allow some time for the Commissioner to respond, I will ask members to limit their time on questions to two minutes. If we do that, everybody will have the opportunity to contribute.