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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Was that 2016 or 2017?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: My point is that it is the Minister of State's money.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Therefore, it is interesting to have a view on whether those involved have the control they need.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the length of time the Government is willing to let the Brexit talks proceed in 2018 without wording on the Northern Ireland Border backstop being agreed by the UK and EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14254/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The draft wording for the backstop was published by the EU on 28 February 2018. It was rejected by the UK, however. The British Prime Minister said emphatically it represented a threat to the constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom. Last Monday, many of us were taken by surprise when the EU's task force released the Brexit document which showed no progress had been made on agreeing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I am concerned by that. The longer we go on without agreed wording on the Border, the more it becomes one of many legitimate priorities across the EU member states. The talks were set up to ensure we could get agreement on a reasonably small number of important issues, including for us the Border in phase 1, before agreeing a transition and moving to phase 2. It was recognised right at the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Why has the Tánaiste allowed it to go on? Why, at the end of phase 2 before moving on, will he not insist on asking our UK colleagues to agree to the wording on what they agreed to in December?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Nobody is suggesting that a free trade agreement will be signed, sealed and delivered by October. It will take years to do that. The Brexit talks were, nonetheless, structured in phases 1 and 2. The whole purpose of that was to make sure we got closure on some important issues. The so-called withdrawal bill, reciprocity of people's rights and the Irish Border were the three which received...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Karen Bradley, that bringing forward a joint view by the UK and Irish Governments for power sharing would not be helpful; if the role of both Irish and UK Government is to facilitate and not impose a solution for the establishment of an assembly and that the DUP...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the UK Government has a different view than the EU and the Government as to the issues which have been agreed in regard to the EU-UK December 2017 agreement on phase one of Brexit; and if so, the areas of difference. [5420/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Supports (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the attempts made by the State to secure additional funding from European institutions to mitigate the impact of Brexit. [5422/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building construction for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the timeline for construction; if a schedule of accommodation has been provided to the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14465/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (29 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the United Kingdom maintaining full alignment with those rules of the internal market and the customs union which, now or in the future, support North-South co-operation, the all-island economy and the protection of the Good Friday Agreement must be the default starting point for North-South alignment pending the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his role with responsibility for Brexit. [14710/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of contingency planning under way within his Department and State agencies for the impact of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14934/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (29 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the additional tax take by the State gained through changes to the taxation of section 110 companies introduced in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14775/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (29 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is investigating whether additional changes are required for the taxation of section 110 companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14776/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (29 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of works under consideration for flood defence in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14770/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Mar 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the opening of the schools impacted by the collapse of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14773/18]