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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)

Seán Haughey: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when details of the new model for allocating special needs assistants to schools will be known; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that schools are enrolling students with additional needs now but that they have to wait until May 2022 before they know what supports will be available to them; her views on whether this could lead to a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Feb 2022)

Seán Haughey: 671. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the decision making process undertaken in respect of the announcement to locate the central trauma network’s major trauma centre at the Mater Hospital, Dublin; if this designation process followed the public consultation document issued prior to the decision being made; if he has considered the concerns raised by neurosurgeons...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Feb 2022)

Seán Haughey: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [9364/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Feb 2022)

Seán Haughey: I want to ask the Taoiseach about his attendance last week at the European Union-African Union summit and the need to develop a strategic partnership between Europe and Africa. As the Taoiseach knows, Africa faces many challenges including Covid-19. Only 11% of Africans are fully vaccinated at this time. There are also issues with hunger, undernourishment, conflict, political violence,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (23 Feb 2022)

Seán Haughey: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the shared island unit will hold its next dialogue. [9446/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (23 Feb 2022)

Seán Haughey: As the Taoiseach knows, the shared island initiative was launched in October 2020. The objective of the initiative is the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement in order to develop enhanced links, co-operation and mutual understanding on the island of Ireland. In this regard, I welcome in particular the shared island dialogue. This has given a voice to many individuals, groups...

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and Reports of Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Seán Haughey: As well all know, on 14 July 2021 the British Government published a command paper outlining plans for legislation providing for a statute of limitations ending criminal investigations and prosecutions in respect of Troubles-related incidents, as well as inquests and civil litigation. One obvious intention of these proposals is to prohibit future prosecutions of military veterans and...

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Seán Haughey: I wish to acknowledge the presence of the Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland and to express the solidarity of the Fianna Fáil party with her and her people at this time, as I am sure the Minister of State has done already.It has come to pass, after months of speculation, that Russia has moved on Ukraine. As we were warned all along, a pretext was engineered to give cover to Russia to...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: Russia has embarked on a full-scale invasion of Ukraine since we debated this situation in the Dáil six days ago. The Russian war is illegal and a serious violation of international law. Russia's attack is totally unjustified and Ireland and the EU are right to demonstrate steadfast support for Ukrainians' rights to sovereignty and territorial integrity. Peace has been shattered and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [11728/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: I am glad to learn more about the international unit in the Department of the Taoiseach. It is obviously doing important work. As we all will be aware, international affairs are dominated just now by the horrific Russian war on Ukraine. The Taoiseach has engaged with a number of Heads of Government in this regard in recent days. Can the Taoiseach give me a sense of where world leaders...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will revise the local authority home loan scheme in order that the purchase of a house above the value of €320,000 can be considered given the level of the house prices in the Dublin area; if the 10% deposit sought from purchasers can be increased in this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: I welcome the publication of the 278-page report by Amnesty International on Israel's apartheid against Palestinians. I accept its conclusions. I said as much in a previous Dáil debate in May 2021. The main conclusion of the report is that "Israel has perpetrated the international wrong of apartheid, as a human rights violation and a violation of public international law". There have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will put practical measures in place to facilitate Ukrainian citizens who are related to Irish citizens, including grandparents, to take-up residence in Ireland for the duration of the current hostilities; if they can be assisted in physically exiting Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12038/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will provide practical assistance to Ukrainian citizens who are physically trying to travel to Ireland to live with family members here due to the current hostilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12146/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the German Chancellor. [12786/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [12787/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [12788/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (8 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 292. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give guidance to persons wishing to donate privately for humanitarian relief in Ukraine; if a list of suitable aid organisations can be prepared including the organisations in which donations qualify for tax relief; the non-governmental organisations that the Government will contribute to in order to alleviate distress in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (8 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 293. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will propose to the United Nations Security Council a resolution calling for the immediate establishment of a reconstruction, reparation, and redevelopment fund for Ukraine which would be financed initially by the immediate confiscation worldwide of the assets of those oligarchs who have accumulated wealth by their ties to the...