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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (22 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will permit a proposed new primary school (details supplied) to enrol senior infants from September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33444/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with political leaders in Northern Ireland. [33004/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: The Northern Ireland peace process has always been very fragile. As we have seen so often, the stability of the Northern Ireland institutions cannot be taken for granted. In the immediate future, we need to ensure that a First Minister and a deputy First Minister are in place and that the current Assembly continues until the scheduled elections next year. We also need to ensure that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: I am Fianna Fáil spokesperson on foreign affairs. I am delighted to engage with the witnesses. As the Chairman has said, we have an experienced House of Lords team engaging this morning and we are delighted they are doing so. I will concentrate on the Northern Ireland protocol, as I know the witnesses are preparing a report on that. Lord Jay said in his initial remarks that this is a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress with regard to the implementation of the provisions of New Decade, New Approach and the need for a functioning power sharing executive in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: 162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current state of relations between Ireland and China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33854/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans to provide funding to Dublin City Council for the provision of a discovery centre building on the North Bull Island, Clontarf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34062/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [33006/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: I wish to raise the Conference on the Future of Europe. This was launched on 9 May last. We must have real engagement with citizens here on this matter. In particular, we have to engage with citizens living in Northern Ireland, other EU citizens living in Ireland and especially with young people. I have a question for the Taoiseach about the issue of treaty change. In practical terms,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (30 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [33005/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (30 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: As we know the British-Irish Council, established under the Good Friday Agreement, deals with the totality of relationships on these islands. It is welcome that the council met recently and important that it, along with the North South Ministerial Council and the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference, would meet regularly. I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the state of Anglo-Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: On the overall EU mood, the EU has been very supportive of the Northern Ireland peace process from the word go. The solidarity shown by our fellow EU member states towards Ireland has been extraordinary and has held. It never broke down on any of these issues throughout the process. One of the sessions of our Joint Committee on European Union Affairs was to deal with the whole question of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Anglo-Irish Relations (1 Jul 2021)

Seán Haughey: 233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the outcome of the recent meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Historical Conflicts (1 Jul 2021)

Seán Haughey: 234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will recognise the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide against Ukrainians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35591/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Seán Haughey: 291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason applicants for the new transitional payment for persons aged 65 years are deemed ineligible to receive this benefit and considered to be self-employed and engaged in insurable self-employment if they are paying class S contributions arising from sole income from a self-funded private pension scheme; and if she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: I thank Mr. Tony Murphy and his team. It is good to see them at our committee again. It is interesting to see that Ireland is a net contributor of €229 million to the EU. We all knew that was the case in recent years but it is interesting and no doubt it will increase in future, all things considered. My first question is a throwback to one from the Chairman of this committee in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2021)

Seán Haughey: 357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will facilitate employees of an airline (details supplied) to continue to receive jobseeker’s benefit when eligibility for this payment has been exhausted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36177/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2021)

Seán Haughey: 550. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes beyond 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29958/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (7 Jul 2021)

Seán Haughey: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council. [36369/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (7 Jul 2021)

Seán Haughey: Nobody can say the Taoiseach is not accountable to this House on his participation at European Council meetings. In the past two weeks, there have been pre-European Council statements, post-European Council statements and today there are further parliamentary questions. Will he give the House further information on his discussions with the Romanian president on plans to purchase 1...