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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the catchment areas of schools coincide with her Department’s school planning areas; the role of feeder primary schools in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10629/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: 121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a report on the Vacant Homes Action Plan 2023-2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11591/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on his appointment. I watched the news on Channel 4 when the Windsor Framework was announced and the Minister of State came up live from Westmeath which I thought put Westmeath on the map. He did very well in explaining the Windsor Framework at that point. I know about the sensitivities of the Windsor Framework and that the Democratic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: With fisticuffs involved.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social homes returned to active use in 2022 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11592/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: I wish to be associated with those comments wholeheartedly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [11297/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: I ask the Taoiseach about his recent visit to Washington, where he attended a number of events and had a meeting with US President Joe Biden. John Hume began to engage with US politicians in the 1970s and get them to take an active interest in Northern Ireland. Since then, successive US administrations have played a key role in the Northern Ireland peace process. The Taoiseach's key...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: 101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on efforts to restore the Northern Ireland Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: The DUP has clearly linked two issues, the Northern Ireland protocol and the restoration of the Stormont institutions. Following extensive negotiations between the EU and the UK, a new Windsor Framework has been agreed. European ministers agreed to aspects of the Windsor Framework today and the EU-UK joint committee meets later this week to advance it further. The DUP has set up an expert...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Good Friday Agreement (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: I appreciate that all the effort now must be in getting the institutions up and running. However, has the Tánaiste given any consideration to what might happen to the Belfast Agreement-Good Friday Agreement in due course and the reform of same? That has been discussed from time to time, particularly after the Assembly elections. If worst comes to worst and we cannot get the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: This question relates to the recent Council of Europe decision on Northern Ireland legacy issues. I welcome the opportunity to hear the Tánaiste's views on that decision by the Council of Europe. I ask him to give an update on the Government's role in opposing the legacy legislation that has been brought forward and is due to become law later this year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: As we have heard, the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is due to become law later this year. There has been widespread opposition to this Bill from the Irish Government, from all of the political parties in the North, from victims' groups and their families, and from several human rights organisations. The Bill was published unilaterally by the British Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: I raise another legacy issue, which is the issue of the Omagh bombing in 1998. Last month, in response to the finding of a High Court judge, Lord Justice Horner, the British Government announced that it intends to establish an independent statutory inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. This bomb, which was planted by the Real IRA, killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: In recent weeks I have been contacted by a number of parents who have been driven demented trying to find primary school places for their children who are due to commence their formal education this coming September. The majority of these parents live in the Donaghmede-Howth-Dublin 13 school planning area. Parents living in the Belmayne, Clongriffin and Parkside estates are experiencing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Minister for that comprehensive response. Will the Department specifically contact Belmayne Educate Together National School and St. Francis of Assisi Primary School to ask school authorities about their position on this matter and what they would like the Department to do in respect of their schools? There is a particular local demand in the three estates I mentioned. I...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: As regards the brutal war in Ukraine, there is no sign that this will end any time soon. It is becoming as protracted as ever. In recent days we have seen fierce fighting and a huge loss of life in Bakhmut. In addition, there have been more missile strikes on several cities. Of particular concern are strikes in the vicinity of the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant. This plant has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Strategic Autonomy: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: Was there a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Strategic Autonomy: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They were very balanced and they explained the position in so far as it is possible for them to do so at this stage. I will concentrate on the CSDP as well. I was taken by what Professor Cottey said. He suggested there is considerable flexibility for nation states in respect of the policy. I think this suits member states. As he said as...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance given to date by Ireland to Ukraine under the European Peace Facility and the EU Military Assistance Mission in Support of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12536/23]