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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (14 Jul 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 948. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the meetings that have taken place between his Department and Meath County Council regarding the Slane bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29054/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (14 Jul 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 949. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the meetings that have taken place between his Department and the National Roads Authority regarding the Slane bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29055/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (14 Jul 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 950. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider increasing the amount of funding that County Meath will receive for road maintenance and upgrading in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29056/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (15 Jul 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age who would qualify for the JobsPlus incentive scheme as projected by her Department by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29254/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (15 Jul 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and the organisation and-or sector they represent of the five persons appointed to each Education and Training Board, under Section 30 (d) of the Education and Training Boards Act 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (15 Jul 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 296. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the development of Local Economic and Community Plans by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29251/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Data (15 Jul 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 297. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on all local authorities in respect of Section 20 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012; the percentage increase or decrease applied by each, or where they maintained the Local Property Tax at current levels as notified to his Department for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Youth Employment Initiative (15 Jul 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 298. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Youth Employment Initiative under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme; the budget of the Programme; the allocation to each Programme implementer; the key objectives; the projected number of young persons reached by the Programme; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (22 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 301. To ask the Minister for Finance if he consider a proposal (details supplied) for a bike to school scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30534/15]

Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I am proud to speak on the Marriage Bill 2015, which we are debating following the Irish people having voted through the marriage referendum in May. I recall speaking on the civil partnership legislation in the Seanad five or six years ago. During that contribution I praised the Irish people for their live and let live attitude. At the time I said that I did not believe the average Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has a date for when the revised wind farm planning guidelines will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32365/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We are in public session. Will those present check their mobile phones and ensure they are switched off? It is no good switching them to silent mode because they can still can interfere with the broadcasting equipment and we do not want that to happen. On behalf of the committee, I welcome back Ms Barbara Nolan, Head of Representation of the European Commission in Ireland. She has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Ms Nolan for her comprehensive comments on the response by the Commission. Before I invite members to question Ms Nolan I advise them that we need to limit contributions to two minutes. I hope I will lead by example. I will begin with my questions. I note what Ms Nolan said about the EU being by far the most stable and wealthiest Continent in the world. I do not think this is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: There were such countries in the Balkans in 1999.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We are tight for time, Ms Nolan. Many questions have been raised and it may be that you cannot cover all of them. However, perhaps you can choose the ones you think are most relevant and take five minutes to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Ms Nolan for appearing before us again. I thank the witnesses for their time. We will suspend the meeting while the next guests take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We are back in public session and will continue our discussion on this issue. I am delighted to be joined today by H.E. Mr. Matthias Höpfner, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ireland, H.E. Mr. Giovanni Adorni Braccesi Chiassi, Ambassador of Italy to Ireland and Mr. Piotr Rakowski, the chargé d'affairesat the Republic of Poland's Embassy in Dublin. They are all very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the ambassador.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you very much, Mr. Rakowski. I will try to limit my comments to a couple of minutes. Ambassador Höpfner, I was in Berlin when the Chancellor announced her decision about the numbers of migrants. I was very impressed by the way in which ordinary people there seemed to open their hearts and doors on this issue. It was an example to all of us in the rest of Europe and it helped to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you, Deputy Kyne. I call Deputy Bernard Durkan.