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Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 871. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive can provide figures for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015 of carers it has employed in Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22432/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 872. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive can provide figures for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015 of agency carers it has employed in Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22433/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (9 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 911. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to implement the 0.7% United Nations development goal for Official Development Assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22262/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (9 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate the training allowance for persons who are engaged on community-based training programmes, to ensure that these allowances are available to everyone, regardless of their financial situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22221/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 941. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a pilot study will examine resource hours' allocation for children with Down's syndrome; when the changes from the pilot study will be implemented across the board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21450/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 942. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Down's syndrome will become a listed condition under the National Council for Special Education in order that children do not need to be assessed every year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21451/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (9 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 1063. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received legal advice that An Bord Pleanála should delay any oral hearings into the Emlagh Wind Farm development until the High Court has made a decision with regard to the strategic infrastructure development status of the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21977/15]

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I am glad the Government is not opposing the Second Stage of the Bill introduced by Opposition Members tonight. That is a positive move on behalf of the Government and reflects that we have been pushing to have changes to this issue for some time. There is a Bill in the Seanad, the Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013, prepared by the previous speaker, the Minister of State,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Today we will have two sessions, the first with the noted economics lecturer from University College Cork, Mr. Seamus Coffey, who has previously appeared before the joint committee. He will talk to us about the EU country-specific recommendations 2015 for Ireland. He will be with us for about 25 minutes and at approximately 2 p.m. the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you, Mr. Coffey. It might be an idea for our committee to write to the other relevant committees that are referenced by the country-specific recommendations, CSRs, to bring to their attention the recommendations. I am not sure if the health committee, for example, debates the CSRs or gets a chance to question the Minister as to whether changes are being made. We might make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind members that the Minister is waiting for us and I ask that comments be kept as brief as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: On that point, Mr. Coffey will be aware that after the Second World War the United States reduced its debt-to-GDP ratio not by paying off debt but by increasing GDP. In 1991 Ireland had a debt to GDP ratio of 90%, and that went down to 35% a decade later, not because we were paying it off at a rapid rate but because we were growing at a rapid rate. I would be interested in Mr. Coffey's view...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Mr. Coffey for coming before the committee today and for answering those questions. He has given us very useful food for thought for our next session with the Minister. He is due to come before us in a couple of minutes to outline the Government’s proposed response to the country-specific recommendations, CSRs. I am sure the debate we have had in the past half hour will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: On behalf of the committee I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, back to the committee to brief us on a number of issues, not just the proposed response by the Government to the country-specific recommendations, but also to outline his views on where we are at the moment in regard to the Mediterranean crisis and also the Greek situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State. I am aware he has been speaking for more than 20 minutes and while I do not wish to exhaust him, could he give the committee one or two minutes on the current state of play with Greece and where he thinks it might be going?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State. Perhaps colleagues have specific questions, but I will begin with two questions. The first relates to the EMU. The Minister of State said we want to see a greater focus on aggregate economic and fiscal positions within the eurozone and that we need to recognise that while some countries have excessive deficits, some have current account surpluses. One of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Has the Deputy concluded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: The Deputy has already had three minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We have four other speakers, but we need to be out of the room by 3 p.m. I ask the remaining speakers to try to limit their comments to three minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: That was the Minister for defence.